10 Upcoming Movie Reboots Literally Nobody Is Asking For

Hasbro seem determined to establish GI Joe as a big-name franchise that can bring them the same kind of commercial success as the Transformers did, and it appears as though they'll just keep rebooting until it happens.

Stephen Sommers' The Rise of Cobra was basically a live-action Team America without any of the irony or self-awareness, characterized by the unintentionally hilarious scene where Channing Tatum's Duke at one point shows up to a funeral. In the rain. While riding a motorcycle. And wearing sunglasses.

Sequel Retaliation abandoned the vast majority of the original cast and crew, drafting in Dwayne Johnson with hopes that he'd live up to his self-appointed moniker as 'Franchise Viagra'. It sort of worked, with the follow-up earning marginally better reviews and a slight increase in box office takings.

These movies have cost at least $130m to produce but neither has managed to come close to cracking $400m globally, which is the low end of expectations for a blockbuster action movie, and it certainly appears from the outside that not a lot of people care about the GI Joe franchise.

Undeterred, awkwardly-titled spinoff Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins arrives later this year to give us flashbacks to how badly Wolverine's first solo movie turned out, while the terribly-named GI Joe: Ever Vigilant is also in the works from director DJ Caruso, which is set to make the series three-for-three when it comes to rebooting itself.