10 Most Disappointing Movie Reboots Since 2000
2. Planet Of The Apes
Credited by Charlton Heston with creating the cinematic space opera, 1968’s Planet Of The Apes was an enormous success that spawned four sequels and a TV series. When Fox decided to reboot the franchise, an executive named Dylan Sellers knew exactly what the remake needed.
“What if our main guy finds himself in Ape Land and the apes are trying to play a game like baseball but they’re missing one element, like the pitcher or something. And when our guy comes along, he knows what they’re missing and he shows them and they all start playing.”
Though the scene doesn’t appear in the finished film that’s exactly the mentality that produced Tim Burton’s woeful 2001 reboot, a movie so needless, banal and stupid that nobody involved has ever said anything good about it.
In his DVD commentary, Burton even avoids explaining the ending where Mark Wahlberg’s ship crashes at the feet of a statue dedicated to Ape-raham Lincoln.