Max’s chaotic superhero satire “The Franchise” has landed – and I love it

Apart from maybe “Deadpool and Wolverine” and “Penguin”, I haven’t been up to date with superheroes for a while. That was until I saw the trailer for “The Franchise,” the new HBO satire from showrunner Jon Brown, Sam Mendes and Armando Iannucci.

Now, after streaming The Thick of It countless times, I’ve come to wholeheartedly agree with the satire poking fun at the machines that produce content after release, especially ones that do it with the same barbed sense of humor as shows like Iannucci’s gross-out political comedy and outrageous script from “Wicked Little Letters” by Thea Sharrock.