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13 Young Adult Movie Sagas Cancelled Before They Finished

1. The Golden Compass (2007) Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) lives in a parallel world in which human souls take the form of lifelong animal companions called daemons. Dark forces are at work in the girl's world, and many children have been kidnapped by beings known as Gobblers. Lyra vows to save her best friend, Roger, after he disappears too. She sets out with her daemon, a tribe of seafarers, a witch, an ice bear and a Texas airman on an epic quest to rescue Roger and save her world. 2. Divergent (2014 - 2016) In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late. 3. Eragon (2006) Eragon (Ed Speleers), a poor farm boy, lives in Alagaesia, a kingdom ruled by Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a powerful but evil monarch. One day, Eragon discovers a...

6 Long-Running Franchises That Should Have Ended

There's no question that franchises currently dominate Hollywood. Every year sequels, spin-offs, and reboots manage to dominate the box office and bring out audiences in droves. However, there are some franchises that should have ended for good. 1. The Terminator Saga Primarily created by James Cameron, the franchise mainly centers around the battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race. One could make an easy case that the series has potential to live on in a TV environment, but it's becoming harder and harder to justify the existence of this franchise in the silver screen landscape. 2. Pirates of the Caribbean Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disney film franchise based on a theme park ride of the same name, centering around the adventures of pirate Captain Jack Sparrow on his quest for immortality and rum. Captain Jack Sparrow had his moment, but (li...

Critics Share 'Wonder Woman' Reactions, Saying It's The Best DC Film Yet

While they aren’t able to publish their full reviews just yet, they did get the green light from Warner Bros. tonight to share their initial thoughts about the movie on social media. Wonder Woman doesn’t hit theaters for another two weeks, and official reviews from the movie aren’t publishing quite yet, but the first critic reactions are in after screenings were held in multiple cities over the last week-plus. For longtime fans, these reactions will be music to their ears as the overwhelming tone of the early opinions is a positive one and you could feel quite a few people jumping for joy through the computer screen at how good the film turned out. Here’s some of the reactions thus far: “Loved WONDER WOMAN. She reminds me of Christopher Reeve’s Superman: true north superhero w/ no angst or cynicism, which is needed right now.” – Mike Ryan, Uproxx “Happy – no, RELIEVED – to report that #WonderWoman is truly good. Funny, stirring, kick-ass, romantic. A solid, entertaining super...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's revenge

Because the world's oceans have been contaminated by generations of pirates, the Spanish Captain Salazar ( Javier Bardem ) has made the task of destroying them all. He has one thing in particular: Jack Sparrow ( Johnny Depp ), who has taken everything from him, including his life, follows him relentlessly. He is also known as "El Matar Del Mar" ("The Slaughter of the Sea"), with his ghostly creator on his notorious Galeon Silent Mary hunting for privateers, sparing a survivor to tell his story , Hector Barbossa ( Geoffrey Rush ) is on his "Queen Anne's Revenge", the Sparrow for Salazar. Jack, whose once splendid Black Pearl was descended to the ship of the Buddel, and who now commanded the miserable sloop "Dying Gull", wants to take possession of the Dreizack of Poseidon, with whose power over the oceans to stop his opponent. He is found in Henry (Brenton Thwaites), sailor of the Royal Navy, and son of Will Turner ( Orlando...