This summer, Hollywood is digging deeper into its vaults to trot out a season full of sequels, reboots and spin-offs. Here are the ages of some of the most anticipated summer franchises:
59: Tomorrowland. The Disneyland futuristic theme land opened in 1955.
53: Fantastic Four. The superhero team first appeared in the 1961 comic book The Fantastic Four No.1.
53: Ant-Man. The diminutive superhero debuted the 1962 comic Tales to Astonish No. 27.
51: Avengers: Age of Ultron. The superhero team first appeared in the 1963 comic book The Avengers No. 1.
50: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The NBC programme debuted in 1964.
48: Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation. The CBS series debuted in 1966.
36: Mad Max: Fury Road. George Miller’s “Mad Max” originated in the 1979 film.
36: Vacation. The comedy franchise originated with John Hughes’ short story, Vacation ‘58, published in the National Lampoon in 1979.
33: Poltergeist. The original horror film debuted in 1982.
30: Terminator: Genisys. James Cameron’s original film was released in 1984.
24: Jurassic World. Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park was published in 1990.
14: Hitman: Agent 47. The Hitman video game series premiered with Hitman: Codename 47 in 2000.
10: Entourage. The HBO show premiered in July 2004.
4: Minions. The little yellow ones originated in Despicable Me, which opened in July 2010.
2: Ted 2. The first Seth MacFarlane comedy was released in June 2012.
2: Magic Mike XXL. The original Magic Mike opened in June 2012.
2: Pitch Perfect 2. The first musical comedy came out in fall 2012.
