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Fantastic flops!A look back at film reboots that failed to resurrect hit franchises from Charlie's Angels to female-led Ghostbusters and THOSE critically panned Fantastic Four films
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December 3, 2023
Remakes and reboots are almost as old as Hollywood, and some of the best films of all time are redos of earlier attempts. However, the film industry's increasing reliance on established intellectual property (IP) and concerns about financing original stories has resulted in a shift toward increased attention on franchises, which require regular reboots to keep them running. The critically reviled Fantastic Four revival from 2015, which generated less than half of what was expected and ended up being a disaster when factoring in the large advertising and promotion budget.