Published 12:44 IST, January 29th 2020

Superhero movies that failed to get their sequels: Justice League, Green Lantern, and more

Superhero movies are back in full swing thanks to Marvel and DC, but some movies were just not successful enough to grant them a sequel. Read to know more

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Hollywood has been fascinated with superheroes for deces. y have experimented countless times in this genre and have even provided some memorable superhero films. Currently, Marvel universe has been dominating superhero genre with its incredible sales worldwide. However, re are some movies that failed to get a sequel eir due to lack of success or maker’s decision. Here are some superhero films that never went on to get sequels.

Famous superhero movies that failed to get ir sequels

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Incredible Hulk

re have been quite a few movies me about Hulk in Hollywood; however, t all of m have worked well with audience. Hence, his solo movies never got a proper sequel. character has appeared and was a beloved part of several superhero movies, like Avengers. reason for him t getting a sequel was due to rights of character belonging to ar movie studio. However, sources in industry have claimed that Disney wishes to buy back rights.

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Megamind

One of most popular films by DreamWorks animation is Megamind. film featured a blue-heed villain and a superhero who closely resembled Superman. battle between two entities gets complex as movie progresses. Fans loved film and it was surprising that film never got a sequel.

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Big Hero Six

Disney mand to turn this Marvel character into an Oscar-winning film. What many people did t realise until long that Big Hero Six was actually a comic book property of Marvel. However, story of film was intriguing but end of film provided little to for a potential sequel. Hence, franchise was shelved by makers and re has t been any word on its sequel.

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Green Lantern

Green Lantern was one of those films which received major backlash and still is a subject of jokes among many critics and fans. movie saw a strong potential to become a stellar hit. However, due to an incompetent script,  film turned out to be a disaster. Ryan Reylds worked hard to make character interesting and also aided film in general; however, all things failed for this film. Hence it was evident that film would t get any sequel.

Justice League

ongoing movement to release actual cut of movie has me film gain popularity again. film proved to be a disaster and did t quite meet expectation of fans in general. team of se iconic superheroes was expected to be a thrilling and eventful experience; however, poor screenplay and multiple changes in script caused franchise to die a slow death. film is t expected to get a sequel any time soon; however, fans are battling hard to get studio to release Snyder Cut.

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12:44 IST, January 29th 2020