This chart proves Hollywood's reboot cycle is getting shorter

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It's only eight years since the last Fantastic 4 film, 2007's Rise of the Silver Surfer. But just eight years later we have a reboot -- Josh Trank's Fantastic 4, out August 6, which aims to reinvigorate Fox's flagging franchise. Is it just us, or is the gap between films and their remakes getting shorter? WIRED does the research.

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