10 Upcoming Movie Sequels That Are Only Going To Disappoint You

10. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

The Hunger Games was one of the few attempts in mounting a literary franchise in the wake of the Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter boom that managed to make it all the way to completion, although the decision to stretch the final installment out over two movies unsurprisingly resulted in the two weakest entries, with box office returns also gradually declining.

Whenever a lucrative property runs out of source material to mine, the prequel route is always lurking just around the corner, so it came as little surprise when it was announced that Lionsgate were working closely with author Suzanne Collins as she worked on upcoming novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which is set to hit bookshelves in a matter of weeks.

The Hunger Games movies were solid-if-unspectacular adaptations that failed to inspire the sort of rabid following that greeted Potter or Twilight, and we're now half a decade removed from the height of the series' popularity, and revenue already dropped by over $200m between Katniss' second and fourth adventures.

The fact that the studio are so heavily involved in the book indicates that there's little motivation behind it other than to keep the franchise alive, and it seems unlikely that audiences will be anywhere near as interested as they were the first time around, especially with an all-new cast of characters involved.