10 Planned Movie Sequels To Failed Franchises

1. Spider-Man 4

We all know the story. Studio interference on Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 and the shoe-horning of Venom led to it audiences labelling it a disaster and the once great superhero franchise dying as a result of Sony's instance on rebooting the franchise with Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. But given his huge success with the first two Spider-Man films, Raimi did push ahead with a fourth Spider-Man film for a time, with the story and villains already mapped out and a 2011 release date planned. Dylan Baker's Curt Connors would finally have transformed into the Lizard, making him a more tragic figure than his reboot counterpart due to his already established relationship with Peter Parker. John Malkovich was also in talks to play the Vulture and Anne Hathaway - who eventually played Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises - was tapped to play similar Marvel character Felicia Hardy / the Black Cat. Though even then the rumours go that her Hardy would become the 'Vultress' instead. Yes, I'm sure that would have gone down well. Sadly, after four attempts to produce a great script and pressures to meet the release date imposed by Sony, Raimi was forced to walk away. It is also known that there were plans for a third film in the rebooted The Amazing Spider-Man franchise featuring the SInister Six, but after the mixed reception to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, that also ended with the second reboot in a decade. Fortunately, given the reaction to the third Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the latest trailer for Captain America: Civil War it looks as if the web slinger is finally getting back on track. There are numerous planned sequels to film franchises, many as the result of the first film failing to make the impact to warrant a follow-up. A number of the suggestions above might have seen the failed franchises reclaim their glory days but in the world of reboots, studios - and audiences - have moved on...