3. Fantastic Four
Why? Because the 20th Century Fox films were just plain terrible, and this team of superheroes deserves so much more. A reboot was announced in 2009, but since then, there’s been very little information released. As with Catwoman, the 2005 Fantastic Four made the mistake of going with bombshell Jessica Alba as Susan Richards (aka The Invisible Woman) instead of an actress who could really communicate the comic-book character’s inner struggle with her newfound powers. Ioan Gruffudd didn’t make for a very compelling Mr. Fantastic, either. The other two, Chris Evans as the Human Torch and Michael Chiklis as the Thing, were simply mediocre.
Outside of bad casting, the movie’s storyline dragged with prolonged exposition and a disorienting, overly goofy tone. A reboot could take a more serious approach, à la Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, and expand on the mythos of the comic books, while introducing a credible, more evil Doctor Doom. With a solid cast and a script true to the comics, a Fantastic Four reboot could be every bit as entertaining as The Avengers without the special effects overhaul.