Morgan Johnson (franchise)

Morgan Johnson is an American spy film franchise, being distributed by Paramount Pictures since December 6th, 1992.

Synopsis

A high-ranking agent fights threats out to conquer or destroy Earth.

Films

Michelle Pfeiffer era

1. Morgan Johnson: Top Agent (1992)
2. Morgan Johnson: Truth (1994)
3. Morgan Johnson: New Age (1996)
4. Morgan Johnson: Silver and Gold (1998)
5. Morgan Johnson: Behind the Wall (2000)

Neve Campbell era

1. Morgan Johnson: Pentagon (2003)
2. Morgan Johnson: Uprising (2005)
3. Morgan Johnson: War (2007)
4. Morgan Johnson: Vengeance (2009)
5. Morgan Johnson: Little Sour Lies (2011)
6. Morgan Johnson: Shadows (2013)

Danielle Panabaker era

1. Morgan Johnson: Blackhole (2016)
2. Morgan Johnson: Armada (2018)
3. Morgan Johnson: Ghosts (2020)

Characters

Main

• Morgan Johnson (played by Michelle Pfeiffer until 2000, Neve Campbell from 2003 until 2013 and Danielle Panabaker since 2016) - a high-ranking agent of one of the world's best spy agencies.

Supporting

• The Head (played by Clint Eastwood until 2000, Ed Harris from 2003 until 2013 and Harrison Ford since 2016) - the head of International Organization of Peace who wants to TBD.
• IQ (played by Jim Belushi until 2000, Matt LeBlanc from 2003 until 2013 and Jason Sudeikis since 2016) - the International Organization of Peace's head scientist who often shows some gadgets and other tools.
• Ryan Morrison (played by Matthew Broderick until 2000, James Franco from 2003 until 2013 and Tyler Posey since 2016) - a reckless agent who is Morgan's on and off love interest, sometimes joining her on her missions, often providing some and and equipment to help her.

Michelle Pfeiffer era

• Justin Core (played by John Cusack) - a calculating agent who teams up with Morgan to stop Jonathan.
• Carl (played by TBD) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• Luke (played by Johnny Depp) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• [1998 supporting] (played by Kevin Bacon) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• [2000 supporting] (played by Ben Affleck) - a TBD agent who TBD.

Neve Campbell era

• Peyton (played by David Spade) - a tough agent who is assigned to aid Morgan to find out where Xavier Blackmoon is located and to hunt him down.
• Nathaniel Pixz (played by Jamie Foxx) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• [2007 supporting] (played by Heath Ledger) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• Evan Oxus (played by Ryan Reynolds) - a reckless agent who is pared with Morgan to stop TBD.
• Erik (played by Seth Rogen) - a TBD agent who TBD.
• Jonah (played by Orlando Bloom) - a TBD agent who TBD.

Danielle Panabaker era

• Shao Kun (played by Huang Xiaoming) - a Chinese agent who aids Morgan in TBD.

Antagonists

Michelle Pfeiffer era

• Jonathan Moore (played by Tom Hanks) - a terrorist who aims to gain power through stealing an atomic bomb and use it to get power throughout the world.
  • Blankface (played by Kane Hodder) - Jonathan's main henchman who shows barely any emotion TBD.
• Damian Shaw (played by Michael Douglas) - a corrupt businessman who sells illegal weapons to several powerful figures TBD.
  • Emily (played by Kim Basinger) - Damian's assistant who is TBD.
• Lauren Saint (played by Carrie Fisher) - a cultist who believes that TBD.
  • Andre Sacks (played by Stone Cold Steve Austin) - TBD
• Red (played by Samuel L. Jackson) - a rather mysterious corporate hijacker who has a TBD.
• Anna Bloch (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt) - a former I.O.P. agent who TBD.

Neve Campbell era

• Xavier Blackmoon (played by Alan Rickman) - a terrorist leader who believes in natural selection and TBD.
  • Vince (played by Ray Park) - TBD
• Wilson Morningstar (played by Djimon Hounsou) - a black supremacist who wants all TBD.
• Sofia Hunter (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) - a scientist who goes mad and believes TBD.
  • Anton (played by Brad Garrett) -  Sofia's loyal henchman who TBD.
• Anthony Willis (played by Robin Williams) - a more tragic villain who wants revenge on Morgan for accidentally killing his daughter during the fight aganist Sofia in the previous film.
• Selena Silverstone (played by Amy Adams) - a human trafficker who is TBD.
  • Kitty (played by Kate McKinnon) - Selena's ditzy henchwoman who TBD.
• Arnold Duske (played by Dustin Hoffman) - a wheelchair bound old man who plans to use TBD.
  • Elena (played by Brie Larson) - Arnold's badass henchwoman who TBD.

Danielle Panabaker era

• Lily Morton (played by Jenna Fischer) - a mysterious hacker who leads the cyberterrorist organization known as Blackhole, being out to cause chaos mainly for fun.
• Ezekiel Rhodes (played by Fred Savage) - a TBD drug lord who controls a network of TBD.
  • Bruno (played by Vinnie Jones) - Ezekiel's brutal henchman who TBD.
• Christopher Franz (played by Josh Brolin) - a worldwide terrorist who TBD.

In other media

Television

Animated

• Name's Morgan Johnson (Nickelodeon, 2002-2006)
• Agent Johnson (Epix, 2017-present)
• The New Agent (Nickelodeon, 2020-present)

Video games

• Morgan Johnson (2009)

Trivia

• Similar to the James Bond film series, the characters are rebooted at a certain point.
  • In fact, the series' creators confirmed all those eras are distinct universes, with the Michelle Pfeiffer era being named the Origins Universe, Neve Campbell era being named Nexus Universe and the Danielle Panabaker era being named Hope Universe.
    • The extended universe, which includes the Nickelodeon animated adaptions, the video games and the books, is usually named the Brightstar Universe, while the Agent Johnson universe is called the Darkstar Universe.
• The villains usually die in their films.
  • Notable exceptions included Red, Anna Bloch, Sofia Hunter, Anthony Willis, Lily Morton, TBD.
• The creators' decision to make the I.O.P. headquartered in Canada rather in the United States is due to the overuse of the country in media and the necessity to use a more neutral location for the organization.
  • Before settling in Canada, I.O.P. was to be headquarted in Switzerland.
• Morgan's male companions are normally referred as "The Dudes".
• The only villains who don't have henchmen are Red, Anna Bloch, Wilson Morningstar, Anthony Willis, TBD.