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franchises that tried and failed to
continue with a new lead before we begin
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for this list we’re looking at popular
film franchises that in the face of
losing their lead or needing to go in a
different direction try to keep the
money train running by replacing the
star to less than stellar results number
10 the Bourne franchise I’ve got a plan
and it’s just not that complicated this
one comes in at number 10 because it
teeters on the edge depending on who you
ask the fourth installment in the
popular Bourne series works but yes
barely
it made a respectable 276 point 1
million dollars against a budget of 125
million and garnered mixed reviews
Jeremy Renner isn’t the problem here
though as Jason Bourne contemporary
Aaron cross he turns in a committed and
compelling performance okay the problem
lies in the fact that in the Bourne
series people want to follow Jason
Bourne not some guy produced by the next
generation of Treadstone blackbriar ops
ultimately the film suffers under all
the explanations required to make a lead
actor switch up work the only age we’ve
got right now do you think we’re both
gone number 9 the transporter franchise
you’re gonna make me late ed skrein is
by no means a household name but between
his stint is the first Daario naharis on
Game of Thrones and his breakout role is
the delightfully villainous Ajax and
Deadpool he has established himself as
an undeniably recognizable face
unfortunately he was handed the mantle
of Frank Martin also known as the
transporter before he did Deadpool and
as you can imagine fans didn’t take too
kindly to seeing a relative unknown
stepping in for Jason Statham one of the
hardest working action stars of the new
millennium
okay that it was already in uphill
battle but working with the lackluster
material he was given scrying had little
hope of winning over the skeptical fans
I’m sure you’re very nice you’d be nicer
if you left me alone
number eight the xxx franchise less a
mere hey remember when Vin Diesel
seemingly wasn’t into sequels
talk about a distant memory first he
starred in The Fast and the Furious
and then opted out of the sequel only to
do the same with his similarly octane
injected action spy thriller xxx
apparently diesel didn’t like the sequel
script when he saw it and if it bore any
resemblance to the finished film we
can’t really blame him IceCube was
brought in to carry the franchise as his
replacement Darius stone only for the
film to sink like a rock Wars come and
go but my soldiers stayed turn the first
xxx was absurd but it had a reckless
charm to it
this box-office bomb did not thankfully
Xander eventually returned you want it
i’ma get it number 7
The Mummy franchise as you could see
hell hath no fury
give us back Brendan Fraser unlikely
action hero though he may have been he
brought a whole lot of heart to the fan
favorite trilogy of films especially
when acting opposite Rachel Vice the
third film was admittedly weak but
considering the reboot we ultimately got
the proposed sequels that got cancelled
in favour of universals dark universe
retro actively sound great the fact that
this failed even with a box office
Golden Boy like Tom Cruise in the lead
is a testament to just what a huge
misstep this was and Shonda Rice Cruise
was fine but his character Nick Morton
was deeply unlikable a problem made
infinitely worse by inevitable
comparisons to Fraser’s lovable Rick
O’Connell there’s a highway up ahead how
do you know I know
number 6 The Karate Kid franchise
congratulations that’s all you’re gonna
say is congratulations when I get a belt
or something no we’re not talking about
the Jaden Smith remake which was
actually a decent if underwhelming
reboot and a slightly confusing one
since the kid in question was learning
kung fu not karate but we digress the
lead swap we really want to talk about
is when Hilary Swank’s Julie Pierce
became
mr. Miyagi’s next people yeah you heard
that right I wish I had your courage
this fourth installment in the beloved
Karate Kid franchise saw hilary swank
thanh the mantle of the titular kid and
it was so bad that even the most
nostalgic film lovers have largely wiped
it from memory in Swank’s defense she
was considered the one good thing in an
otherwise cringe-worthy film number five
the predator franchise when the first
predator film came out it was greeted
with mixed reviews but cinema goers Arni
fans and action junkies loved it and in
addition to performing well at the box
office it quickly developed a legacy as
a landmark sci-fi action film they’ve
been trying and failing to recapture
that magic with new leads ever since
but it’s the immediate sequel starring
Danny Glover that stands out as the most
obvious lead actor swap out okay big
this is the who’s involved this guy
killed Danny and he’s gonna fall in all
fairness to Glover he’s the only thing
holding this film together but
Schwarzenegger shoes are not easy to
fill it also suffered from the loss of
Arnold’s memorable muscular supporting
characters although Bill Paxton does his
best number for the Speed franchise I’ve
been in worse situations than this of
panicking does not help trust me
this is among the most notorious action
sequels in history if things had played
out differently though it’s not hard to
imagine a world in which a great speed
trilogy exists instead we’ve got an
awesome first installment in an awful
second one Keanu Reeves and Sandra
Bullock stole our hearts in the original
epic action thriller it was a tense
edge-of-your-seat ride with refreshingly
relatable characters you cared about a
hit at the box office and with critics a
sequel was inevitable but when Reeves
refused things fell apart chasing
Patrick felt like a generic villain
which coupled with the film’s absurd
plot all but guaranteed that this film
was doomed a fan of shaprut this number
three the Independence Day franchise
welcome to earth why Will Smith why had
you returned for the sequel to
Independence Day it likely would have
succeeded based on your star power and
natural charisma alone
Independence Day worked thanks to a
careful balancing act involving an
over-the-top disaster plot and memorable
likable characters and without Will
Smith in the equation the long awaited
sequel just kind of fell apart
captain Hilary considering he died
during a test flight how do you feel
taking off for the moon from a hangar
named after your father the whole your
beloved hero died off screen thing
always makes for a rough start to a
sequel unfortunately the combined
efforts of Liam Hemsworth and Jesse T uh
sure
even with a lot of help from Jeff
Goldblum simply wasn’t enough the
concept was there from the explosions to
with the star power and feel-good
quality were not the hell did we miss
this number to the Terminator franchise
I’ll be back
we’ve said it before there’s just no
replacing Arnold Schwarzenegger in this
case though there are actually a number
of people we really wish had continued
to show up in the Terminator films like
Linda Hamilton and Terry we say it
Edward Furlong we understand that
sometimes studios have no choice but
good reviews aside there is no denying
that rise of the machines was a downward
turn for the franchise arnie was still
around but Hamilton and furlongs
performances were sorely missed
after that the franchise try to film
without Arnie which even Christian Bale
couldn’t save with Genesis we’re
officially for John Connors deep and
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some dishonorable mentions
[Music]
tell me about it stir
who is just give me the mask I don’t
have it I think my dog
number one the home alone franchise
price do not give us a reboot of this
beloved childhood franchise and slap the
title home alone three on it new star
new villains not even a tenuous familial
relations or tangential connection to
the original two films we get that
Macaulay Culkin wasn’t interested but in
that case you recast or reboot you don’t
release an unconnected retread and call
it the third film young Alex T Lin’s
does a fine job in the role of Alex
Pruitt and the film performed reasonably
well at the box office but it remains a
sore spot with home alone fans around
the world for obvious reasons and the
less said about the direct-to-video
sequels the better Wow do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
attached to certain phases welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 movie
franchises that tried and failed to
continue with a new lead before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our channel and
ring the bell
to get notified about our latest videos
for this list we’re looking at popular
film franchises that in the face of
losing their lead or needing to go in a
different direction try to keep the
money train running by replacing the
star to less than stellar results number
10 the Bourne franchise I’ve got a plan
and it’s just not that complicated this
one comes in at number 10 because it
teeters on the edge depending on who you
ask the fourth installment in the
popular Bourne series works but yes
barely
it made a respectable 276 point 1
million dollars against a budget of 125
million and garnered mixed reviews
Jeremy Renner isn’t the problem here
though as Jason Bourne contemporary
Aaron cross he turns in a committed and
compelling performance okay the problem
lies in the fact that in the Bourne
series people want to follow Jason
Bourne not some guy produced by the next
generation of Treadstone blackbriar ops
ultimately the film suffers under all
the explanations required to make a lead
actor switch up work the only age we’ve
got right now do you think we’re both
gone number 9 the transporter franchise
you’re gonna make me late ed skrein is
by no means a household name but between
his stint is the first Daario naharis on
Game of Thrones and his breakout role is
the delightfully villainous Ajax and
Deadpool he has established himself as
an undeniably recognizable face
unfortunately he was handed the mantle
of Frank Martin also known as the
transporter before he did Deadpool and
as you can imagine fans didn’t take too
kindly to seeing a relative unknown
stepping in for Jason Statham one of the
hardest working action stars of the new
millennium
okay that it was already in uphill
battle but working with the lackluster
material he was given scrying had little
hope of winning over the skeptical fans
I’m sure you’re very nice you’d be nicer
if you left me alone
number eight the xxx franchise less a
mere hey remember when Vin Diesel
seemingly wasn’t into sequels
talk about a distant memory first he
starred in The Fast and the Furious
and then opted out of the sequel only to
do the same with his similarly octane
injected action spy thriller xxx
apparently diesel didn’t like the sequel
script when he saw it and if it bore any
resemblance to the finished film we
can’t really blame him IceCube was
brought in to carry the franchise as his
replacement Darius stone only for the
film to sink like a rock Wars come and
go but my soldiers stayed turn the first
xxx was absurd but it had a reckless
charm to it
this box-office bomb did not thankfully
Xander eventually returned you want it
i’ma get it number 7
The Mummy franchise as you could see
hell hath no fury
give us back Brendan Fraser unlikely
action hero though he may have been he
brought a whole lot of heart to the fan
favorite trilogy of films especially
when acting opposite Rachel Vice the
third film was admittedly weak but
considering the reboot we ultimately got
the proposed sequels that got cancelled
in favour of universals dark universe
retro actively sound great the fact that
this failed even with a box office
Golden Boy like Tom Cruise in the lead
is a testament to just what a huge
misstep this was and Shonda Rice Cruise
was fine but his character Nick Morton
was deeply unlikable a problem made
infinitely worse by inevitable
comparisons to Fraser’s lovable Rick
O’Connell there’s a highway up ahead how
do you know I know
number 6 The Karate Kid franchise
congratulations that’s all you’re gonna
say is congratulations when I get a belt
or something no we’re not talking about
the Jaden Smith remake which was
actually a decent if underwhelming
reboot and a slightly confusing one
since the kid in question was learning
kung fu not karate but we digress the
lead swap we really want to talk about
is when Hilary Swank’s Julie Pierce
became
mr. Miyagi’s next people yeah you heard
that right I wish I had your courage
this fourth installment in the beloved
Karate Kid franchise saw hilary swank
thanh the mantle of the titular kid and
it was so bad that even the most
nostalgic film lovers have largely wiped
it from memory in Swank’s defense she
was considered the one good thing in an
otherwise cringe-worthy film number five
the predator franchise when the first
predator film came out it was greeted
with mixed reviews but cinema goers Arni
fans and action junkies loved it and in
addition to performing well at the box
office it quickly developed a legacy as
a landmark sci-fi action film they’ve
been trying and failing to recapture
that magic with new leads ever since
but it’s the immediate sequel starring
Danny Glover that stands out as the most
obvious lead actor swap out okay big
this is the who’s involved this guy
killed Danny and he’s gonna fall in all
fairness to Glover he’s the only thing
holding this film together but
Schwarzenegger shoes are not easy to
fill it also suffered from the loss of
Arnold’s memorable muscular supporting
characters although Bill Paxton does his
best number for the Speed franchise I’ve
been in worse situations than this of
panicking does not help trust me
this is among the most notorious action
sequels in history if things had played
out differently though it’s not hard to
imagine a world in which a great speed
trilogy exists instead we’ve got an
awesome first installment in an awful
second one Keanu Reeves and Sandra
Bullock stole our hearts in the original
epic action thriller it was a tense
edge-of-your-seat ride with refreshingly
relatable characters you cared about a
hit at the box office and with critics a
sequel was inevitable but when Reeves
refused things fell apart chasing
Patrick felt like a generic villain
which coupled with the film’s absurd
plot all but guaranteed that this film
was doomed a fan of shaprut this number
three the Independence Day franchise
welcome to earth why Will Smith why had
you returned for the sequel to
Independence Day it likely would have
succeeded based on your star power and
natural charisma alone
Independence Day worked thanks to a
careful balancing act involving an
over-the-top disaster plot and memorable
likable characters and without Will
Smith in the equation the long awaited
sequel just kind of fell apart
captain Hilary considering he died
during a test flight how do you feel
taking off for the moon from a hangar
named after your father the whole your
beloved hero died off screen thing
always makes for a rough start to a
sequel unfortunately the combined
efforts of Liam Hemsworth and Jesse T uh
sure
even with a lot of help from Jeff
Goldblum simply wasn’t enough the
concept was there from the explosions to
with the star power and feel-good
quality were not the hell did we miss
this number to the Terminator franchise
I’ll be back
we’ve said it before there’s just no
replacing Arnold Schwarzenegger in this
case though there are actually a number
of people we really wish had continued
to show up in the Terminator films like
Linda Hamilton and Terry we say it
Edward Furlong we understand that
sometimes studios have no choice but
good reviews aside there is no denying
that rise of the machines was a downward
turn for the franchise arnie was still
around but Hamilton and furlongs
performances were sorely missed
after that the franchise try to film
without Arnie which even Christian Bale
couldn’t save with Genesis we’re
officially for John Connors deep and
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some dishonorable mentions
[Music]
tell me about it stir
who is just give me the mask I don’t
have it I think my dog
number one the home alone franchise
price do not give us a reboot of this
beloved childhood franchise and slap the
title home alone three on it new star
new villains not even a tenuous familial
relations or tangential connection to
the original two films we get that
Macaulay Culkin wasn’t interested but in
that case you recast or reboot you don’t
release an unconnected retread and call
it the third film young Alex T Lin’s
does a fine job in the role of Alex
Pruitt and the film performed reasonably
well at the box office but it remains a
sore spot with home alone fans around
the world for obvious reasons and the
less said about the direct-to-video
sequels the better Wow do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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