10 Film Sequels Destined To Bomb In 2017

8. Smurfs: The Lost Village

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We live in a post Trolls world now, so that means any nostalgia-baiting animated movie has to include a lot of jumping up and down, earworm song and dance numbers - preferably sung by members of the cast, who just so happen to be pop artists anyway - and a mega-selling soundtrack to boot. This kind of spells doom for Smurfs: The Lost Village, which, following the critical drubbing Smurfs 2 received, is being billed as a reboot of the franchise.

The Lost Village rejoins that famous blue gang and sees Smurfette on a mission to find her place in life, with a mean wizard chucked in for good measure. Demi Lovato and Rainn Wilson join the existing cast and Kelly Ashbury of Shrek 2 fame is on hand to direct, but let's face it, this one isn't going set the box office alight.

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Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing. He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.