10 Movies That Bombed So Hard They Killed The Sequel

Unintentionally following in King Arthur's footsteps, Robin Hood became the second of English folklore's most famous characters in the space of little over a year to star in a big-budget adaptation that aimed to launch a franchise, but instead ended up being savaged by critics and ignored by audiences.

The tone of the movie is all over the place, and it can't decide whether it wants to be an action-packed and heavily-stylized blockbuster or a more straightforward adaptation of a well-worn story. Instead, director Otto Bathurst decides to try them both simultaneously, and the end result certainly isn't pretty.

It ends on a blatantly sequel-baiting note that sees Will Scarlet named as the new Sheriff of Nottingham as he swears vengeance on the title character, but when Robin Hood struggled to just $86.5m at the box office, it became clear that nobody cared about seeing the latest iteration of the Merry Men ever again.