Darren Franich

**Darren T. Franich** is a regular Guest G.M. on Screen Drafts, and the cultural critic and editor of the Draftland Zine as part of The Marathon. He has participated in the Threequels, Teen Horror (Millennial Edition), Kubrick, Mixtape Movies, Steven Soderbergh, Florida Crime, Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa and '90s Superhero drafts.

He has also appeared in expanded drafts, including the Best of 2018 Mega Draft, the MCU Super Draft, the 2010s Decade Mega Draft, the Star Trek Super Draft, the Minnesota Mini-Mega, the X-Men Super Draft, the Zombie Mini-Mega, the Rock vs. Diesel mini-Mega and Westerns: Part I, Westerns: Part II Mini-Mega and Westerns: Part III Mini-Mega and Part I of the Steven Spielberg Super Draft.

# Draft History

## 2018

### Threequels

* The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift at No. 7
* Back to the Future Part III at No. 6
* Vetoed The Dark Knight Rises drafted by Chancellor Agard at No. 5 (1st veto of the series)
* Thor: Ragnarok at No. 4
* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at No. 2

### Teen Horror (Millennial Edition)

* Jennifer's Body at No. 5
* Scream at No. 3
* ~~It Follows at No. 1~~ vetoed by Piya Sinha-Roy\*
* Raw at No. 1

## 2019

### Best of 2018 Mega Draft

* The Death of Stalin at No. 17
* The Old Man & the Gun at No. 16
* Vetoed Black Panther drafted by Ryan Marker at No. 14\*
* Mandy at No. 12
* Black Panther at No. 9
* Burning at No. 6
* ~~BlacKkKlansman at No. 3~~ vetoed by Clay Keller
* First Reformed at No. 3

### Kubrick

* A Clockwork Orange at No. 7
* Eyes Wide Shut at No. 6
* ~~Paths of Glory at No. 4~~  vetoed by Jeff Jensen
* Barry Lyndon at No. 4
* Vetoed The Shining drafted by Jeff Jensen at No. 3
* The Shining at No. 2

### MCU Super Draft

* ~~Spider-Man: Homecoming at No. 17~~ vetoed by Ryan Marker
* Captain America: Civil War at No. 17
* Spider-Man: Homecoming at No. 13
* Vetoed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 drafted by Ryan Marker at No. 10\*
* ~~Avengers: Infinity War at No. 9~~ vetoed by Ryan Marker
* The Avengers at No. 9
* Vetoed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 drafted by Ryan Marker at No. 6
* Avengers: Infinity War at No. 5
* Captain America: The First Avenger at No. 4

### Mixtape Movies

* The Royal Tenenbaums at No. 5
* Vetoed The Big Chill drafted by Billy Ray Brewton at No. 4
* Drive at No. 3
* Pulp Fiction at No. 1

### 2010s Decade Mega Draft

* A Separation at No. 20
* Drive at No. 16
* ~~You're Next at No. 12~~ vetoed by Piya Sinha-Roy
* Spring Breakers at No. 12
* Overrode Clay Keller's attempted veto of Alison Herman's selection of Inherent Vice at No. 9
* Fast Five at No. 8
* ~~Toni Erdmann at No. 3~~ vetoed by Piya Sinha-Roy
* The Tree of Life at No. 3

## 2020

### Star Trek Super Draft

* Vetoed Star Trek V: The Final Frontier drafted by Marc Bernardin at No. 11\*
* ~~Star Trek: Generations at No. 9~~ vetoed by Marc Bernardin
* Star Trek III: The Search for Spock at No. 9
* Star Trek: First Contact at No. 5
* Vetoed Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home drafted by Ryan Marker at No. 2
* Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home at No. 1

### Steven Soderbergh

* Side Effects at No. 7
* Bubble at No. 6
* Ocean’s Eleven at No. 4
* Vetoed Contagion drafted by Ryan Marker at No. 3
* Out of Sight at No. 2

### Westerns: Part I Mini-Mega

* 3:10 to Yuma at No. 11
* Destry Rides Again at No. 8
* The Naked Spur at No. 5
* ~~Johnny Guitar at No. 2~~ vetoed by Billy Ray Brewton
* ~~Man of the West at No. 2~~ vetoed by Jared Moshe
* ~~The Man From Laramie at No. 2~~ vetoed by Billy Ray Brewton
* The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance at No. 2

### Westerns: Part II Mini-Mega

* Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot! at No. 13
* Unforgiven at No. 12
* The Great Silence at No. 9
* Vetoed Quigley Down Under drafted by Billy Ray Brewton at No. 7
* Overrode Ryan Marker's veto of Blazing Saddles drafted by Billy Ray Brewton at No. 7
* ~~McCabe & Mrs. Miller at No. 6~~ self-veto
* The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at No. 6
* ~~Once Upon a Time in the West at No. 3~~ vetoed by Billy Ray Brewton
* Django at No. 3

### Florida Crime

* Wild Things at No. 5
* Miami Blues at No. 3
* Spring Breakers at No. 1

### Westerns: Part III Mini-Mega

* Bone Tomahawk at No. 10
* Vetoed Tombstone drafted by Billy Ray Brewton at No. 9
* ~~Vetoed Slow West drafted by Drea Clark at No. 8~~ veto overridden by Billy Ray Brewton
* The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at No. 7
* First Cow at No. 4
* The Hateful Eight at No. 1

## 2021

### Minnesota Mini-Mega

* North Country at No. 9
* ~~Kumiko The Treasure Hunter at No. 8~~ vetoed by Clay Keller
* ~~The Mighty Ducks at No. 8~~ vetoed by Drea Clark
* A Prairie Home Companion at No. 8
* Vetoed Grumpy Old Men drafted by Clay Keller at No. 6
* Purple Rain at No. 5
* Vetoed Young Adult drafted by Drea Clark at No. 4
* A Serious Man at No. 2

### X-Men Super Draft

* X-Men Origins: Wolverine at No. 13
* X-Men: The Last Stand at No. 12
* Deadpool at No. 9
* ~~X2 at No. 6~~ vetoed by Clay Keller
* ~~Logan at No. 6~~ vetoed by Ryan Marker
* X-Men: First Classat No. 6
* Vetoed X-Men: Apocalypse drafted by Clay Keller at No. 4
* X2 at No. 3 ~~vetoed by Clay Keller~~ veto overridden by Ryan Marker

### Zombie Mini-Mega

* I Walked with a Zombie at No. 11
* ~~28 Weeks Later at No. 8~~ vetoed by Clark Collis
* Zombie Flesh Eaters at No. 8
* Overrode Clarke Wolfe's attempted self-veto of Night of the Living Dead at No. 6
* REC at No. 5
* Day of the Dead at No. 2

## 2022

### Orson Welles

* The Immortal Story at No. 7
* The Lady from Shanghai at No. 6
* ~~Othello at No. 4~~ vetoed by Bryan Cogman
* F for Fake at No. 4
* Chimes at Midnight at No. 2

### Akira Kurosawa

* Dodes'ka-den at No. 7
* I Live in Fear at No. 6
* Vetoed The Hidden Fortress drafted by Darrin Navarro at No. 5
* Yojimbo at No. 4
* ~~High and Low at No. 2~~ vetoed by Darrin Navarro\*
* ~~Seven Samurai at No. 2~~ vetoed by Darrin Navarro
* Ikiru at No. 2
* Vetoed High and Low drafted by Darrin Navarro at No. 1

## 2023

### Steven Spielberg Super Draft Part I

* Ready Player One at No. 32
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at No. 31
* Vetoed The Fabelmans drafted by Drea Clark at No. 29
* The BFG at No. 28
* The Adventures of Tintin at No. 25 ~~vetoed by Drew McWeeny~~ veto overridden by Drea Clark

### Rock vs. Diesel mini-Mega

* Strays at No. 13
* The Pacifier at No. 12
* Vetoed The Scorpion King drafted by Piya Sinha-Roy at No. 10
* ~~Faster at No. 9~~ vetoed by Jen Yamato
* The Iron Giant at No. 9
* Veteoed Jungle Cruise drafted by Piya Sinha-Roy at No. 7
* ~~Find Me Guilty at No. 6~~ vetoed by Piya Sinha-Roy
* San Andreas at No. 6
* ~~Hercules at No. 3~~ vetoed by Piya Sinha-Roy
* Furious 7 at No. 3

### '90s Superhero

* The Shadow at No. 5
* The Crow at No. 3
* Vetoed Darkman drafted by Dave Schilling at No. 2
* Blade at No. 1

## References

1. ↑ On the Patreon franchise mini-Super Draft of The Exorcist films Billy Ray Brewton mused that he hoped that Darren's middle name began with 'T' so his initials would be 'DTF'. Brewton later determined that Franich's middle name is 'Tony'.