The Story Franchise

The Story Franchise is a Canadian television franchise varying in genres, typically drama, first created by Colby Dorris with Ariel Dorris joining to co-found the franchise. The first series of the franchise, originally not planned to be part of one, was The Death Story which ran from 2017 to 2026 with 100 episodes from nine seasons. After the series' end, ETV confirmed the possibility of a spin-off which turned out to be The Bruce Story which premiered in 2027. After the conclusion of the first season of the series, they announced the creation of The Story Franchise.aaaaa
== TV Franchise summary ==
Crew/detail 	Television programs 	Television programs 	Television programs 	Television programs
Crew/detail 	The Death Story Universe (DSU)	The Death Story Universe (DSU)	Other programs 	Other programs
Crew/detail 	The Death Story 	The Bruce Story 	Creative Justice 	The Teen Storya
Creator 	Colby Dorris 	Ariel Dorris & Colby Dorris 	Osvaldo Tiller 	Ariel Dorrisa
Timeframe 	Oct 27, 2017 – May 8, 2026 	Oct 5, 2027 – Nov 23, 2032 	Oct 15, 2020 – present 	Sep 19, 2030a
Episodes 	100 (finished) 	50 (finished) 	12 (to date) 	10 (scheduled; to date)a
Eli Breasley 	Lead character (1–9) 	Guest character (1, 6) 	style="text-align: center;" rowspan="4" colspan="2" aa	
Bruce Reichert	Recur character (1) 	Lead character (1–6) 	 	
Bruce Reichert	Main character (3) 	Lead character (1–6) 	 	
Bruce Reichert	Guest character (9) 	Lead character (1–6) 	 	
== List of television series ==
=== The Death Story (2017–2026) ===
=== Creative Justice (2020–present) ===
Creative Justice debuted on October 11, 2018, spanning two seasons, before production company BCN dropped out of producing the series, despite two high-rated seasons.aaa ETV thereby launched a bidding process for interested production companies wanting to produce the series.aaa On February 4, 2020, The Story Company announced that they would co-produce the series with Alpex Corp, should the series be renewed for a third season.aaaa The series was renewed on February 17, 2020 for a 12-episode season.
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The series marked the company's first series not to be self-made, as well as it's "introduction to the production company."aa The company also assured that producing the series did not bring it to the DSU and that the series would remain separate from other programmings within the franchise and company.aaaa
=== The Bruce Story (2027–2032) ===
=== The Teen Story (2030) ===
On February 21, 2028, The Story Company announced that following the success of The Bruce Story, they were developing a new series titled The Teen Story.aaa Unlike the two other series', they would not be related to the previous two and would be a teen drama created by Ariel Dorris.aa Due to this move, Dorris slowly moved away from The Bruce Story to fully focus on the new series.aaaa
In late-2028, The Story Company announced a nationwide casting for the two leads of the series.
== List of films ==
On February 21, 2028, The Story Company along with announcing The Teen Story, announced the possibility of releasing original films in the feature.aa In the past, a two-hour television film had been made to serve as the predecessor for the third season of The Death Story.aa On November 24, 2032, Colby Dorris also confirmed the possibility of creating a reunion movie of [The Death Story Universe] in the future.aa
== Founders ==
=== Colby Dorris ===
====Filmography====
Year 	Title 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Network	Notes
Year 	Title 	Writer 	Director 	producer 	Creator 	Showrunner 	Network	Notes
2017–26	The Death Story	colspan=5 	ETV 	 	 	 	 	
2027–32	The Bruce Story	colspan=1 	ETV 	colspan=1 	colspan=3 	 	 	
=== Ariel Dorris ===
====Filmography====
Year 	Title 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Network	Notes
Year 	Title 	Writer 	Director 	producer 	Creator 	Showrunner 	Network	Notes
2020–26	The Death Story 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	ETV 	
2022–23	Three in Love 	colspan=1 	colspan=4 	 	2 episodes 	 	 	
2027–32	The Bruce Story 	colspan=1 	colspan=2 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	ETV 	 	
2028 	Creative Justice	colspan=1 	colspan=4 	1 episode 	 	ETV 	 	
2030 	The Teen Story 	colspan=1 	colspan=1 	colspan=3 	 	ETV