Fantastic Four (2015)

Following the big-screen success of Marvel heroes the X-Men and Spider-Man, the mid-2000s brought a pair of Fantastic Four films that may have been maligned by fans but nevertheless brought in solid worldwide box office returns of $330 million and $289 million, respectively. Following the diminishing returns of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fox cut their losses and put the franchise on hiatus for years. Faced with losing the rights to the characters, the studio eventually greenlit a new project based on Marvel’s first family and director Josh Trank – who’d already made an impressive debut with found-footage superhero film Chronicle – signed on. Featuring a cast of rising young stars like Miles Teller, Kate Mara and Michael B. Jordan, the resulting film turned out to be a muddled mess, and reports about behind-the-scenes conflict between Trank, the cast and the studio came pouring in. At this point, there’s no telling when another Fantastic Four film may see the light of day, but Fox’s sequel to this reboot has been shelved.

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