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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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1) Fantastic Four

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Genisys wasn’t the only franchise reboot from 2015 that flopped. After the cheesy Fantastic Four and its sequel from the 2000s, Marvel’s First Family desperately needed a reboot. In the hands of Josh Trank, the director of acclaimed and unconventional superhero film Chronicle, fans were hoping that this apparently more grown up Fantastic Four movie would do the characters justice.

As it turns out, it might have actually been worse than the earlier films. At least they were proud to be about the Fantastic Four. The reboot, however, seems ashamed to feature these colourful characters and tries to fit them into a darker film that they just don’t belong to.

Sporting a poorly-told story, Fantastic Four squanders its talented young cast in an effort to set up a franchise that will now never materialize due to this movie’s failure.

After three misguided attempts, fans are really hoping Fox will just return the rights to Marvel already.  

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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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