Movies COMPLETELY Reshot (And STILL FLOPPED)

Hollywood has spent hundreds of millions NOT to fix movies, but to RUIN them. From superhero blockbusters to horror reboots, these are the stories of how studios sabotaged their own films in spectacular fashion.

It all began with Suicide Squad. After test audiences called it too dark, Warner Brothers panicked and hired a trailer company to re-edit an entire film. The result was a tonal trainwreck filled with pop songs, forced humor, and scenes that didn’t belong together. David Ayer’s original version—a grim psychological thriller—was buried under corporate meddling, leaving fans confused and disappointed.

Then came Justice League. When Zack Snyder stepped away, Joss Whedon took over and rewrote most of the movie. The tone shifted from serious to silly, entire scenes were reshot, and Superman’s CGI upper lip became a global meme. With a $300 million budget and only $661 million worldwide, the film became a case study in how not to manage a blockbuster. Years later, the Snyder Cut proved how much potential the studio had thrown away.

Next is The Exorcist The Beginning, where a studio literally made the same movie twice. Paul Schrader’s version was too psychological, so they scrapped it, rebuilt everything, and hired Renny Harlin to shoot a gorier version from the same script. Both flopped, with one barely earning $251,000 worldwide. It remains one of Hollywood’s most wasteful production nightmares.

And finally, Fantastic Four 2015. Josh Trank’s dark sci-fi take was gutted by Fox after they fired him mid-production. What could’ve been a fresh reboot turned into a stitched-together mess of reshoots and tone shifts. The $120 million project limped to $168 million worldwide and destroyed the franchise for years.

These aren’t just bad movies—they’re multimillion-dollar self-inflicted wounds that show what happens when studios stop trusting their own filmmakers.

📌 Timestamps:
00:00 - Warner Brothers Chaos
00:15 - Suicide Squad
03:08 - Justice League
05:40 - Exorcist The Beginning
07:25 - Fantastic Four