Filmmaking is one hell of a tough business, and actually making a good movie is really only half the battle - there's marketing it and then having it embraced by the masses at the box office. And while it's always fun when a movie becomes a surprise smash hit, it's more common that big, glossy studio tentpoles end up flopping catastrophically, especially in recent times where general audiences have needed a true Event to actually leave their house (see: Barbenheimer). With so many big movies from the past year both underwhelming critics and failing to attract audiences, it's easy to point to the most endangered upcoming projects which may well already be doomed.

These films, no matter the talented cast and crew behind them, are all at risk of flaming out with either critics or audiences, or perhaps more likely both in some cases. Though it'd certainly be great to see these movies defy expectations and turn in stronger results than anyone expected, that's looking incredibly improbable at present. Instead, expect these films to all suffer one way or another when they release in the near-future.

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Scream 7 On paper, putting out a seventh Scream movie should've basically been a piece of cake, especially as Scream VI was a bonafide smash hit, grossing more money at the box office than any of the three previous entries in the franchise. Even with two recent strikes in Hollywood slowing down development of Scream 7, Paramount were nevertheless keen to get the ball rolling in 202.