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10 Movies That Were Meant To Reboot Franchises But Flopped Hard

The movie remake has been a popular trend for a while, but right now we are in a hot spot for franchise reboots – films that are not only redoing one popular movie from the past but also have to reignite whole series of movies. 2015 delivered a couple of big successes in this area with Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, while this year will see the likes of Ghostbusters join the ranks of reinvented franchises.
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Published: Apr 11, 2016 01:42 am

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7) Planet Of The Apes

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The original Planet of the Apes movie is a true giant of cinema, with many moments and lines from the film working their way into popular culture. A remake was always going to ring alarm bells, then, and Tim Burton’s ‘reimagining’ of the film in 2001 definitely proved why you should leave the classics alone.

While the ape makeup from prosthetics guru Rick Baker was amazing, the film came across as a 1950s B-movie dressed up as a modern blockbuster. Likewise, Mark Wahlberg delivers a bland performance as the Charlton Heston stand-in while the storyline makes no sense, ending on an infamously nonsensical cliffhanger.

Thankfully, this misfire has been swept under the carpet in recent years as the franchise was reignited with great success in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The third film in that series, War of the Planet of the Apes, is coming next year and we can’t wait to see it.

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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'
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