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It ’s no secret thatcomic book moviesthrive off of subsequence and franchises , but not every design for a major franchise , even in the superhero space , manages to come to realisation . Ever since the success ofthe Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s movie , smash hit have been more lancinate than ever to hastily set up similar flick franchises in hopes of maintain audiences on the hook for a foresightful sentence . woefully , not every attempt by a mirthful book movie to do so has age well .
Plenty of films feature cliffhanger meant to set upsequels that simply never come to give-up the ghost . Sometimes these follow - ups fizzle out due to studio difference and creative conflict , but more often than not , it ’s simply a inquiry of financial backing , with the original moving-picture show simply not hit the numbers necessary to generate a subsequence . For better or worse , some comic book movies infamously failed to carry on their franchise despite some obvious set up for another picture .
From the earliest DC adaptation to the beginnings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe , many superhero motion picture have amend upon existing adaptations .
11The Dark Knight 4
Christopher Nolan’s Robin setup didn’t go anywhere
One of the strange vitrine of a dealership that had the potential to keep operate but did n’t is Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy . At first glance , The Dark Knight Risesseems like the gross end to the story of Batman in Nolan ’s unique take on the DC population , seeing him recede the character while escape to Europe to live happily ever after with Selina Kyle .
Green LanternBudget & Revenue
Budget
$ 185,000,000
Domestic Release
$ 534,987,076
International Release
$ 473,487,788
Worldwide
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$ 1,008,524,647
However , the denouement that show Joseph Gordon - Levitt’sRobin discovering the Batcave seemed to imply that more adventures could ’ve been on the table .
In truth , Nolan never design for a 4th Batman film , much to the mortification of fans who were disappoint with the terminal debut in theDark Knighttrilogy . This makes it all the stranger that the lauded director would opt to let in the Robin scene in the first place , or even write in Joseph Gordon - Levitt ’s eccentric at all . Perhaps if the serial had premiered after the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe truly became as evident as it is today , it would ’ve been a different story .
10Green Lantern 2
Wasted its single best scene
Few superhero movies are as ill-famed as 2011’sGreen Lantern . asterisk Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan , the plastic film has been met with no close of harsh critique over its terrible CGI , ill at ease piece of writing , and forgettable story . Reynolds himself has made no closed book of his disdain for the film , openly mock it on insistency term of enlistment and even now flinch at his decision to accept the role in aDeadpool 2meta joke .
$ 200,000,000
$ 116,601,172
$ 120,600,000
$ 237,201,172
Ironically , one of the strongest portion of the film was actually its brazen-faced endeavour to set up a continuation . A beautiful mid - mention scene shows Sinestro wordlessly wear the white-livered Lantern ring to become the new symbol of fear , formally completing his gloaming from saving grace to become one of Green Lantern ’s single most famous villains .
this scene would constantly remain a suppositious
alas , the abysmal critical reception and want of commercial-grade success insure that this vista would forever remain a hypothetical , despite Warner Bros. original plans for the film to start a raw trilogy .
9Justice League 2
Couldn’t manifest before the DCEU collapsed
The DCEU ’s filmographywas an spotty one at best , with the temperate success of standouts likeMan of SteelandWonder Womanconstantly counteract by the decisive weakness of films likeSuicide SquadandBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice . The saddest unfulfilled hope of the series definitely rest the follow - up to its first and only major squad - up film , Justice League , which teased the coming of the infamous alien warlord Darkseid to function as the DCEU ’s equivalent to Thanos .
Justice LeagueBudget & Revenue
$ 300,000,000
$ 229,024,295
$ 432,302,692
$ 661,326,987
Sadly , Warner Bros. return on investment for the DCEU step by step became bad and worse , with the absolute box office bomb that wasThe Flashbeing the final nail in the coffin .
In the oddment , the serial publication came to a finis unceremoniously with the release ofAquaman : The Lost Kingdom , exit the very veridical program for a Justice League follow - up featuring Darkseid and the Legion of Doom constantly on the slip way floor .
8The Amazing Spider-Man 3
Andrew Garfield never saw his Sinister Six
The originalThe Amazing Spider - Manwas a shaky showtime to Sony ’s fresh Spider - Man series following the Sam Raimi film , but the persistence rapidly came to a stopping point with the poorly - receivedThe Amazing Spider - Man 2.Curiously enough , much of the criticism level off at the film stemmed from the fact that it expend only too much of its runtime attempt to set upThe Amazing Spider - Man 3 .
The Amazing Spider - Man 2Budget & Revenue
$ 230,000,000
$ 203,605,622
$ 510,428,900
$ 714,034,522
Because of this , Sony gave up Spider - Man to Disney for manipulation in the MCU , being stuck making solo film revolving around more obscure or nefarious Spider - Man characters instead .
Today , The Amazing Spider - Man 2is a sad time capsule of planned sequels that were never have in mind to be .
The Amazing Spider - Man 2awkwardly render to cram in a superfluous set - up for a Sinister Six motion picture , premise Spider - Man ’s famous team of villain by teasing the wing of Vulture and the arms of Doc Ock . As if that was n’t enough , the strange espionage sub - plot regarding Peter Parker ’s parent , who were shockingly revealed to have live on their fateful plane crash , only made matters more confusing . Today , The Amazing Spider - Man 2is a sad time ejector seat of planned sequels that were never meant to be .
7Dredd 2
Couldn’t bring back a fully Judge Anderson
Of the many attempts to create a Judge Dredd movie , 2012’sDreddis easily the best . This makes it all the more disappointing that Karl Urban ’s superstar vehicle never got the fortune to make sound on its promises for a continuation .
DreddBudget & Revenue
$ 50,000,000
$ 13,414,714
$ 27,623,028
$ 41,037,742
The film sees Judge Dredd take on a mentorship role , take away on the greenhorn apprentice Anderson on a dangerous missionary station to compass a slum area lord . Over the line of the flick , Anderson learn to be as brutal and callous as a Judge needs to be , set up a sequel in which she officially steps into the title .
Judge Dredd has been an ikon of autonomous comics since his 1977 debut . In the years since , he has cross over with a variety of heroes .
Concrete plan for a sequel were never contrive , despite the film ’s end implying that a new escapade with the official Judge Anderson could be on the table . While fan protested with grass - root petition run , the picture was just too recess to justify nonplus another crack . It does n’t seem as though fans can expect to return tothe populous Mega - City Oneany time before long .
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6Hellboy 3
Guillermo del Toro’s masterful duology deserved to be a trilogy
After the originalHellboy , beast feature icon Guillermo Del Toro returned to prove his proficiency with the character inHellboy II : The Golden Army . To this day , some fan choose the subsequence to the original , but there would n’t be another Hellboy film until David Harbour ’s terrible reboot in 2019.The finish ofHellboy II : The Golden Armywas on something of a hopeful banker’s bill , with Liz and Hellboy retiring from the BPRD after finding out that they ’ll soon be parent .
Hellboy 2Budget & Revenue
$ 85,000,000
$ 75,986,503
$ 92,332,740
$ 168,319,243
Del Toro expressed interestingness in concluding theHellboyfilms with a third installment , promise a absorbing tale surrounding Hellboy coming face - to - face with his destiny as a weapon of the apocalypse , just as in the comics . Sadly , the projection hit snag after snag , and eventually officially fell through in other 2017 .
Another spin - off concentrate on the lovable fish - man Ape Sapien was also in development at one peak , but this projection was also scrapped following the announcement of the reboot .
5The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2
Couldn’t manifest after the first nearly sank Sean Connery’s career
Of all themovie adaptation of Alan Moore ’s work , The League of Extraordinary Gentlemenis perhaps the exclusive most critically vilify . Just like the comic serial it ’s based off of , the moving picture stars various public domain characters from classic literature , such as Captain Nemo , Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde , and Allan Quatermainall foregather to assist prevent an existential threat to the British Empire .
The League of Extraordinary GentlemenBudget & Revenue
$ 78,000,000
$ 66,465,204
$ 112,800,000
$ 179,265,204
Sadly , the cinema fall short of its origin textile by just about every metrical , making unneeded character alteration and fumbling the straightforward action at law adventure tarradiddle .
The end of the picture saw an obvious attempt to bait a sequel , with the seemingly deceased Quatermain implied to be brought back to life sentence via ancient African magic . as luck would have it for fan of the original serial , the film ’s horrid response was enough to ensure that a follow - up was never even break , making the view wholly irrelevant . Perhaps the approaching Disney reboot on Hulu will be capable to finally do the comic book justice .
4Black Adam Vs Superman
The hierarchy of the DC universe remained the same
There was a metre when DC was pushing the winner ofBlack Adamincredibly hard . While the Shazam scoundrel was never a particularly democratic fibre , the involvement of Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson seemed to make the DCEU think that go all - in on the marketing forBlack Adam , which assure to " change the hierarchy of mightiness in the DC universe",was the enfranchisement ’s respectable bet at living to see another poop .
Black AdamBudget & Revenue
Between $ 190 million and $ 260 million
$ 168,152,111
$ 225,300,000
$ 393,452,111
The photographic film seemed to be setting up a confrontation betweenJohnson ’s Black Adam and Henry Cavill ’s Superman .
It ’s true that Johnson had set up a multi - yr design for DC centered around Black Adam , which saw a spike in merchandising for the part even outside his debut resilient - action mechanism flick . Unfortunately for the hotshot histrion , Black Adamended up being one of the DCEU ’s cock-a-hoop flops at the time , though it has since been exceed in failure by the the likes of ofThe Flash . no matter , the DCEU crumbled away beforeBlack Adamcould go for to square up off against the Man of Steel himself .
3Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4
Some fans are still hopeful for Sam Raimi’s missing film
Despite reason out with a neat trilogy , many audiences still clamor for the sacking of Sam Raimi ’s fabledSpider - Man 4.AlthoughSpider - Man 3ended in a neatly - wrapped return to the position quo , Tobey Maguire ’s beloved take on Spider - Man still had the very real hypothesis to come back for aSpider - Man 4directed by Raimi .
Spider - Man 3Budget & gross
$ 258,000,000
$ 337,281,992
$ 558,641,833
$ 895,923,825
Indeed , plans for such were well afoot before Raimi himself pull out , walk away due to originative differences he feel cumber by .
Dr. Curt Connors ' transformation into the Lizard was one of the few bit of unsatiated frame-up from the original moving picture
The planned 4th entry would see John Malkovich as The Vulture and Anne Hathaway as Black Cat , with the opening of more villain on the table . Dr. Curt Connors ' transformation into the Lizard was one of the few minute of ungratified apparatus from the original film , and the reptilian antagonist was also in the conversation forSpider - humans 4 .
Spider - Man has faced many enemy in his vane - sling vocation , but these three are the good .
Ever since Tobey Maguire ’s show inSpider - mankind : No Way Home , pursuit inSpider - Man 4has reignite , making it not an impossible prospect despite Raimi ’s indisposition .
2X-Men: Dark Phoenix 2
Fox ceded control of the X-Men to the MCU
It says something that Fox managed to fumble one of the X - Men ’s most crucial comic storyline not once , but twice . ecstasy - Men : Dark Phoenixwas the Fox films ' 2nd attempt at accommodate the Dark Phoenix saga afterX - Men : The Last Stand , this time around using the younger version of the cast starring Sophia Turner ofGame of Thronesfame as Jean Grey . The film ends with Professor X and Magneto engaging in one of their famous friendly game of chess as an inauspicious flaming Phoenix appear in the sky above them .
X - Men : Dark PhoenixBudget & Revenue
$ 65,845,974
$ 186,597,000
$ 252,442,974
Sure enough , this tormentor was meant to typeset up a whole trilogy of new moving picture ramify off ofX - human race : Dark Phoenixfeaturing the rebooted core mold . These planned sequel were intend to research the cosmic connexion the Phoenix entity had in the X - Men universe , add the alien Shi’ar empire into the fold .
When Disney acquire Fox studios to officially incorporate the X - Men into the MCU , all hopes of a follow up from this particularcomic book moviewere dashed .
