What happens when the guy who made the X-Men a household name teams up with the writer of the most successful Mission: Impossible movies and an A-list cast for an adaptation of one of the most well-known fairy tales ever? Not, despite the ingredients, a success. 2013’s Jack the Giant Slayer is, a decade removed, still one of the biggest flops the fantasy genre has ever seen. It had all the talent (and money) in the world on its side. What went wrong?
