3. Spawn

Considering that he’s a non-DC or Marvel character, Spawn achieved considerable success in the box office when it hit theaters in 1997. Its visual effects, which accounted for about a third of the movie’s budget, were memorable at that time, but they’re just comedic by today’s standards. However, the character is certainly unique (he’s the demonic leader of Hell’s army against Heaven who ultimately turns away from evil!), and his legion of fans deserve a retelling.

Fans of Todd McFarlane‘s creation eagerly await a reboot, which he’s been working on for years now. He’s envisioning more of a horror anti-hero movie than a superhero movie. “If you take the movie The Departed meets Paranormal Activity, (it’s) something like that,” he said in an interview earlier this year. “Will he look like he did in the first movie? No. Will he have a supervillain he fights? No. He's going to be the spectre, the ghost.”