10 Movie Franchises That Have Backed Themselves Into A Corner

2. Killing Off The Heart Of The Franchise - The Amazing Spider-Man

Sony are clearly have a tough time with their Amazing Spider-Man franchise; not only did the first two movies in the series fail to deliver the goods, but it just lost its most inherently interesting character. That's right: not Spider-Man himself, but Gwen Stacy, as played by the lovely and inimitable Emma Stone. She was the heart of the series, and now... So how do you fix a problem like The Amazing Spider-Man? Fact is, Sony have backed themselves into a corner in their attempts to build a cinematic universe that doesn't really have the scope to be one: nobody is really interested in a "Spider-Man Cinematic Universe" in the same way that they're interested in a potential DC Cinematic Universe (even the "X-Men/Deadpool Cinematic Universe" sounds more appealing). Now, having killed off Gwen, the world of The Amazing Spider-Man feels noticeably thin on the ground. Sony have shot themselves in the metaphorical foot - and it'll be tough for them to turn it around after so much middling fare has been unleashed upon fans already.