10 Upcoming Movies That Are Already Doomed

Though there's always the potential for a movie to surprise every single one of us, it's far more common for a film that gives an "off" vibe to match those expectations upon release.

Sometimes the tea leaves just point to a film either being critically or commercially unsuccessful - or perhaps even both - such that even those who made the movie probably aren't terribly surprised by it.

And where upcoming movies are concerned, these are the ones that, bar a miracle, seem completely doomed one way or another.

Perhaps they're sequels to movies that everyone hated, new entries in tired franchises, or simply films that are clearly being put through hell in post-production.

Again, it doesn't necessarily mean that each of these films is bad, but they're clearly not going to have a feted release. 

That is to say, most of them are being sent out to die by the very people who paid for them.

Ultimately time will tell of course, and it's always fun to be surprised by an unexpectedly successful film, but things aren't looking good at all for these movies succeeding critically and commercially...

It couldn't be much more obvious that the final entry in Renny Harlin's woeful reboot trilogy of The Strangers is being sent out to die by Lionsgate.

Though last year's first chapter was a box office hit, the law of diminishing returns swiftly kicked in for Chapter 2, which grossed less than half of its predecessor, seeming to suggest that mainstream interest in the franchise had basically evaporated.

But as the entire trilogy was shot concurrently in 2022, Chapter 3 was always going to come out regardless.

Yet rather than release it next Spooky Season as most surely expected, it's instead being dumped on Super Bowl weekend this coming February - historically a dead weekend for new releases.

It's clear that Lionsgate is just burning this one off as soon as possible so they can collect whatever meagre money it makes and then move on.

Chapter 2 so fatally misunderstood the entire appeal of the series - namely that the Strangers are strangers - that even die-hard horror fans likely won't be showing up for Chapter 3.

And considering the critical response to the two previous films, predominantly negative reviews are near-guaranteed.