10 Promising Cinematic Franchises That Completely Flopped

What's the latest curse word in film? Cinematic franchises. Everywhere you look, someone is starting one. Hell, even Adam Sandler is slowly building one on Netflix and none of us are brave enough to stop him before it's too late.

Sergio Pereira

Published: Dec 3, 2017 02:13 pm

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The Dark Tower

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Imagine you’re starting a new film franchise and you’re given a popular Stephen King book series, Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and $60 million. What could go wrong? Well, pretty much everything.

No one could’ve predicted The Dark Tower to flop as majestically as it did this year. With such rich source material to draw from and the star power of two of Hollywood’s finest, this fantasy western turned out to be a boring, slogging non-event that got no one even remotely excited for the prospect of a sequel.

With a critical and financial underperformance, it appears as if the franchise isn’t going to continue on the big screen any time soon. According to King, he thinks the upcoming TV series might be a total reboot, and we certainly hope he’s right.

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Sergio Pereira

Sergio is an entertainment journalist who has written about movies, television, video games, and comic books for the likes of Screen Rant, CBR, Looper, IGN, Thought Catalog, and Fortress of Solitude. Outside of journalism, he is an award-winning copywriter, screenwriter, and novelist. He holds a degree in media studies and psychology.