These series were dead on arrival through bad marketing or a lackluster first movie. However, they deserve another attempt at making a franchise.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While many film franchises overstay their welcome, producing far too many sequels, others die far too young and never fulfill what they could have been. Hollywood is always searching for the next big franchise, often making movies with the sole intention of kick-starting a new film series. When these movies fail, however, audiences are left with empty promises of sequels that will never come.
9 The New Mutants Because of Disney buying Fox, The New Mutants was endlessly delayed and tinkered with until finally being released in theaters in mid-2020, when COVID restrictions were still affecting most of the world. It's understandable why no one wanted to see the movie, but the initial idea of a horror franchise starring younger X-Men characters is a great one.
6 The Dark Universe The Dark Universe was Universal's attempt at recreating the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but instead of superheroes, it would use classic monsters. 2017's The Mummy was meant to be the first chapter of this new universe, but the film was universally panned and bombed at the box office, killing the dark universe before it could begin.
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