Dream (franchise)

Dream is a movie and television franchise created by Caddam Green and Circle Corporation. It is centered heavily around a brown-blonde man wearing a green hoodie known as "Dream", who appears to be on the run from other people. The status over whether Dream is a protagonist or antagonist is unknown, as different movies state different roles.
As of 2021, Circle and FOX Film have released six films under the franchise; a television series also exists, made by JBC and TCA. Dream is the highest-grossing movie franchise in history, with it's six films raking in around ₳7.1bn JNA as of 2016.
==History==
=== Creation ===
The concept of Dream was created in 1983 while Caddam Green, the creator of the series, was watching a show on CBC called The Adventurer of Terrania. In it, the protagonist, a speechless, un-named hooded figure, avoided capture by soldiers of different kingdoms. Green thought about what would happen if the character did have a personality, and wasn't just the blank slate it was shown to be. The name for Dream came from an actual dream Green had, in which a green hooded figure with a sword introduced himself by the name.
After a script for Dream was rejected by both Canafilm and Arleyway Pictures, Green considered throwing away the script and moving on to other projects, but in 1985, Circle Corporation, who had made themselves a household name in Canadia with the movie The Forest, approached Green, asking for the rights to make a movie of the character. Green agreed. In order to better distinguish the movie from the TV show, several new characters were created;
* George - A colourblind man wearing what appears to be either goggles or glasses.
* Sapnap - A panda-loving character who serves as Dream's companion for the first movie.
* BadBoyHalo - Also known as Bad. A mysterious character, with a hatred for foul language.
* AntFrost - An anthropomorphic siamese cat who's introverted and has a love for animals.
=== Early success ===
The first movie of the franchise, Dream, was released on February 9th, 1988. Defying expectations of Circle Corporation, the movie was a runaway success, becoming the highest-grossing film in world history, surpassing the position of the then-record holder, the 1970 film The King's Throne. The runaway success of the film overwhelmed both the board of Circle Corporation and Caddam Green himself, the latter of whom began writing a script for a sequel.
In March of 1989, over a year after the movie's original release, Fox Film approached Circle, asking for the rights to distribute the film internationally. The movie then premiered in Jonathia and Lyvena on April 18th, 1989, in Commolacia on May 1st, 1989, and on September 27th, 1989 in other countries.
=== Television show ===
In 2016, an argument between Fox Film and Circle over the rights to releasing some films led to Dream, among several other franchises, being auctioned off to the highest bidder. JBC, the national broadcaster of Jonathia, bought out the franchise, and together with TCA, began to plan a television series based on the six movies that preceded it. Norman Gallagher was originally slated to reprise his role as Dream, but a fatal heart attack on May 29, 2018, caused JBC to start a search for a new actor, eventually deciding on Connor Fenchurch, a well-known Jonathian actor who previously had a major role in the NBC soap opera Kentcester Square.
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