‘The Equalizer 3’ Trailer Teases Unofficial ‘Man on Fire’ Reunion
thewrap.comSony offered up the first footage from “The Equalizer 3” as part of their CinemaCon presentation. It’s the first and only franchise for old-school movie star Denzel Washington.
It’s an unapologetic IP cash-in (“The Equalizer” aired on CBS from 1985 to 1989) where the actual star+concept hook – Washington as essentially “Righteous Revenger Man” – is a bigger selling point than the IP.
Washington remains a butts-in-seats draw partially because he never allowed himself to be defined by IP or marquee characters.
Like Leonardo DiCaprio and Sandra Bullock, the actor *is* the franchise. Tom Rothman noted at the start of this presentation that many of his competitors believe that the movie star is no more, a notion that Rothman hopes to prove is entirely wrong.
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