2. Fantastic Four
True, there had been poor buzz but it was still astounding just how badly Fox’s reboot of the Marvel comic property failed on every level imaginable. Debate still rages as to whether director Josh Trank’s original vision would have worked although the fact Trank told the cast not to read the comics doesn’t seem a good sign. Regardless, the studio massively interfered with horrible decisions and reshoots and Trank’s own work wasn’t good (Ben Grimm gets his “It’s clobbarin’ time” catchphrase from his abusive brother) combined with cheap FX, a poor story and terrible character beats. Once more, Doctor Doom, the greatest comic book villain ever, was made to look like garbage and the final result was a massive box office bomb that has fans begging for Marvel Studios to take on the property in order to salvage the FF before they suffer another horrible fate.
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