10 Movie Franchises Which Got Terribly Adapted TWICE

10. G.I. Joe

Not everything needs to be a movie, and yet, Paramount is clearly desperate to make fetch happen with iconic toy line G.I. Joe. 

The popular action figures were first spun off into a 2007 movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, which despite its mammoth $175 million budget proved to be a shockingly not-thrilling affair, populated by a cast who clearly wished they were literally anywhere else (looking at you, Channing Tatum).

Despite flopping at the box office, a sequel finally materialised with 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which by shifting the focus to new characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis ultimately felt less like a follow-up than a soft reboot.

It had its moments, but still failed to be anything more than a dead-generic, super forgettable tentpole actioner.

Retaliation's so-so box office performance ultimately led Paramount to instead reboot the franchise with 2021's Snake Eyes, which achieved the near-impressive feat of feeling even less consequential than its predecessors.

Punctuated by exposition-rife dialogue, generic origin story nonsense, mediocre action, and a sub-par performance from Henry Golding, Snake Eyes was a massive box office flop which served as the concluding argument that G.I. Joe just doesn't need to be a damn movie - let alone three.

All the same, given that last year's Transformers: Rise of the Beasts teased a future crossover with G.I. Joe, Paramount doesn't seem willing to let it go just yet.