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When the originalHarry Potterseries concluded in 2011 , studios were skin to find the next big bang . The Twilight SagaandThe Hunger Gamesstuck around to pick up the coattail for a few years , but producers were reading anything they could get their hands on in a desperate plea to dethrone the son wizard ’s spot at the top of the untested adult box office .
Of naturally , Warner Bros. did n’t have to look too far .
Rather than staying up all Nox reading dystopian novels and teenager romances , the studio has simply invented a prequel to J.K. Rowling ’s Wizarding World to continue the money - make machine indefinitely .
Meanwhile , other producers are scrambling to launch the next must - see enfranchisement . This tactic from time to time produces some hits ( likeThe Maze Runnertrilogy or even the recent revitalizedSeries of Unfortunate Eventsfor Netflix ) .
However , most of the clock time , the first and maybe 2nd entry of a dear young adult serial publication of books is give a rushed adaption , only to make a measly dent at the box berth . After this , it is abandoned completely .
For television series , it can be even more tragical , with pilots never seeing the lightness of day .
Whether they ’re tragical losses or narrowly missed bullets , disposed trash or omit gem , there are some young adult serial publication that are condemn to remain stuck in limbo forever .
Here are the16 YA Franchises That Flopped ( And 5 We ’ll Never Get To See ) .
24. Flopped: The 5th Wave
After herKiss - Assbreakthrough , Chloë Grace Moretz ’s career has , unfortunately , been plagued by unneeded remake and bright enfranchisement that are far below her power .
One of the latest , and hopefully last , wasThe 5th Wave , which was base on Rick Yancey ’s trilogy of exotic encroachment novels .
Luckily , the movie was n’t quite as abysmal as rival extraterrestrial warfare blockbuster , Independence Day : revivification , but it still failed to trance the imaginations of a solid hearing .
Though some frank fans of the movie apparently exist and are demanding a sequel , Sony has free no news so far .
23. Flopped: Tomorrow, When the War Began
AsThe 5th Wavedemonstrates , movie studios love give a clustering of unseasoned adults posing as teenagers a crate - load of lethal small-arm , dressing them up in armed combat fatigues , and allow them loose either on each other or some alien , invading force play .
Tomorrow , When the War Begankeeps the threat homegrown , as it features a group of teens returning from a camping tripper only to discover that their hometown has been brim over by a foreign U. S. Army .
vagabond intoRed Dawnlevels of xenophobia , the picture show failed to win back its budget at the box office , and any plans to adapt John Marsden ’s six further books in the series were promptly abandoned .
22. Never got to see: The Selection
barefacedly combining the class - dominated , competitive dystopia ofThe Hunger Gameswith its innate collaborator , the world of fairy story , this seemingly incompatible YA genre hybrid from Keira Cass has see two tv set pilot program try out and fail to make it to serial .
The Selection was then optioned by Warner Bros. for a potential movie adaptation , but no word has come out on that front since 2015 .
Perhaps this has to due with karma , as Cass and her agent plight in aTwitter conversationin which a reviewer on Goodreads was called nasty names after they left a disconfirming review .
She even went on to indicate a way to manipulate the internet site into boosting positive reviews .
21. Flopped: Maximum Ride
His Bible ( commonly about 5 - 6 each yr ) have sold more than 300 million copies , but the majority of attempts to bring the work of James Patterson to the big covert have been shaky at best .
If you ’re ever tempt to feel sorry for Patterson , just think that he ’s one of thewealthiest source ’s active , second only toHarry Pottercreator J.K. Rowling .
HisMaximum Ridebooks propose an edgier , more violent option for the YA crowd beforeThe Hunger Gamespopularized teen - on - teen violence .
A disastrous adaptation of the first half of the first book was cobblestone together back in 2016 , and we ’re doubtful anyone ’s even discover it , let alone study make a continuation .
20. Flopped: I Am Number Four
Alex Pettyfer is n’t a terrible worker , but he does n’t mesh well with potential YA franchise .
With an intriguing claim that imply suspense , mystery , anonymity , and , most importantly , sequels , I Am Number Fouradapts Pittacus Lore ’s first book in a series of seven science fiction escapade stories for teens .
Despite a bright supporting cast ( include Dianna Agron and Timothy Olyphant ) , and some competent action sic pieces , the movie was a dashing hopes with critics and hearing alike .
It looks like we ’re never going to chance out who Number One is - at least not on the big screen .
19. Flopped: The Golden Compass
In the wake ofHarry Potter , it was crushingly disappointing that fellow British illusion serial , and pre - cursor to Rowling ’s Wizarding World , His Dark Materials , received a feeble first effort .
Ending on a hopeful cliffhanger , the movie ’s wilted carrying out meant that the adventures of Lyra Belacqua were trend short on the big screen .
However , there is some good news . While the sun has set on the two expected sequels toThe Golden Compass , the BBC are in other pre - production stages of a series that will adjust the entirety of Phillip Pullman ’s virtuoso trilogy .
Logan ’s breakout star , Dafne Keen , is wait to star as Lyra .
Only time will tell if the series lives up to devotee ' anticipation .
17. Never got to see: The Keys to the Kingdom
If you were a Bible - obsess teen growing up during the turn of the millenary , you were believably very familiar with Garth Nix .
The fantasy author for young adults predominate the late-’90s and early-2000s with hisLord of the Rings - esque epic sagas , Old Kingdom , The Seventh Tower , andThe Keys to the Kingdom .
BothKingdomseries were prime for movie adaptation , and a script was even nail down by Nix and co - writer Dan Futterman ( Capote ) for the first Scripture in theOld Kingdomchronicles , Sabriel .
However , a writers tap got in the path of the adaptation .
Also , according to Nix , his desire to have a " high degree of affair " in the screenwriting process of a potentialKeys to the Kingdomadaptation has scared studios aside .
18. Flopped: Vampire Academy
jazz it or detest it , you have to take on thatThe Twilight Sagagave us a few good thing . Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are at the top of the list , while50 Shades of Greyis right there at the bottom .
One of the worst outcomes ofTheTwilight Sagawas the endless transcript cats and rip - offs that even big fans can agree are ten times bad .
One of the most glaring offenders was theVampire Academyseries of books , which was a normal of the steamy romances and adolescent angst of the Stephanie Meyer ’s quadrilogy prepare within the intimate , boarding schoolhouse confines of a Hogwarts lookalike .
Thankfully , the next five books never made it to screen , even despite the support of anIndiegogocampaign .
14. Flopped: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Perhaps the fall from grace of this next potential adolescent spy franchise could excuse why Charlie Higson’sYoung Bondnever pose off the ground .
Starring Alex Pettyfer , Anthony Horowitz ’s series about an international puerile super undercover agent made for riveting bestsellers , but the first film did n’t live up to expectations .
It could have been all down to the cast . It starred crowd - favorites like Ewan McGregor , Bill Nighy , and Andy Serkis . Alex Rider : OperationStormbreakeralso examine to launch a riposte for a ridiculously dress Mickey Rourke .
The unusual gain of Alicia Silverstone as Alex ’s sushi fancier guardian and Stephen Fry as his Q - like mentor gave the movie with more farce than boot , and any plan for sequels were abandon .
12. Flopped: Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Picture a lurch meeting in 2008.TwilightandHarry Potterare in full lilt . Vampires , thaumaturgy , and brooding loners are still in style . EnterCirque du Freak : The Vampire ’s Assistant- it ’s likeTwilight , but for boys .
all missing the compass point of what made Stephanie Meyer ’s lamia saga so popular , Cirque du Freakditched the sodden Romance language ( although not really ) , tried to find worker who did n’t bet lifeless ( but go ) , and had the tough luck of trust that a genus Circus of CGI characters was an appropriate setting for a picture free in 2009 .
It ’s almost a shame that the motion picture fall flat so heavily , as the rest of Darren Shan ’s serial gets weird in a big way .
