10 Movie Franchises Which Got Terribly Adapted TWICE

The Fantastic Four are one of the most statuesque and recognisable superhero groups of all time, but adapting them from the page to the screen is also considerably more challenging than most comic book IP given the out-there nature of their power set.

And so, if we ignore 1994's unreleased Fantastic Four movie - which was made for a pittance so the producer could hold onto the rights - Hollywood's first "proper" adaptation was 2005's Fox-backed take.

To the film's credit, it was an ambitious undertaking for its era and at least touted a solid cast - especially Chris Evans as The Human Torch and Michael Chiklis as Thing - but the atrocious script and utterly lackluster take on Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon) left much to be desired.

And the sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, totally whiffed its depiction of Galactus hard enough to obliterate any remaining interest in this iteration of the franchise.

In 2015, Fox returned with a second big-budget attempt at making Fantastic Four happen, this time directed by rising filmmaker Josh Trank (Chronicle), who reportedly had major fallings-out with Fox brass during production.

Shooting and post-production were a mess, as evidenced by the clunky, stapled-together end product, which failed to reconcile its more intriguing body horror elements with the studio's clear desire to release a lighter MCU-style quip-fest. Dreadful.

In the very least, the MCU's upcoming Fantastic Four movie has basically zero chance of being worse than these two attempts.