We recently heard that G. I. Joe 3 may be delayed. But will we see G. I. Joe on the bigscreen sooner than we think?
Quite a while back, rumors started pouring in that Hasbro is working hard to compete with Marvel and DC to bring their own Cinematic Universe to the bigscreen. Initially dubbed as Hasbro Cinematic Universe, the toy company then presented an idea for a separate Transformers Cinematic Universe during the Jefferies 2016 Consumer Conference.
Thanks to an article posted today on Hollywood Reporter, it seems as though plans are well underway to implement this Cinematic Universe with brands such as G. I. Joe, Micronauts, M.A.S.K and many other Hasbro brands. This initiative may include Transformers as well.
“How would you describe IDW’s relationship with Hasbro on this project? They’re obviously doing a similar project with their shared movie universe, so has there been a lot of back and forth on the interconnectedness of the various properties, and do’s and don’t’s?
John Barber: Well, IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall and I flew out to Hasbro headquarters in Rhode Island to pitch this to people at Hasbro, and they were totally onboard. They let us know their plans are in terms of the movie universe, and where they’re going with the characters that are in Revolution — and several that aren’t. So we had a lay of the land, but we’re out far ahead of some of those movie plans. I mean, clearly the M.A.S.K. comic is hitting years before a M.A.S.K. movie.
They worked a lot with Cullen and I when Cullen was putting the Micronauts outline together—there were characters they’d developed for the future they wanted to see. Same thing with M.A.S.K. and Rom. They’re the stewards of these characters, so understandably, every once in a while they’ll have a “We want to go somewhere else with Flash from G.I. Joe” or whatnot, but it was really more of everybody at Hasbro being really supportive and suggesting cool new things and adding toys to the toybox.”
What do you think of this new development? Will this be a great opportunity to re-introduce G. I. Joe to the audience? Sound-off on the thread associated with this news post.
SilverOptimus says
News Post: Hasbro Moving Ahead With Their Own Cinematic Universe
skinny says
For example if IDW wanted to turn Flash into a Dire Wraith and have ROM kill him, but Hasbro had written Flash into the movie, there would be a conflict of interest.
Looks like a few Joes are not going to be around for those movies if that is the case, as we saw in today's Revolution issue one.
I also see them inserting vestiges of GIJOE into the first few HCU movies, just like we saw Marvel create ties. I would not be surprised if Scarlett appears in a scene in MASK or Micronauts since she is now team leader. Maybe in an after credits scene, like we saw Nick Fury in Iron Man.
plague says
i read in a recent interview with the revamped g.i. joe "shared universe" thing and was not impressed at all. in fact, it plans on doing everything i don't want. it's going to have the sunbow feel instead of larry's. it's going to be very sci-fi. i have bought every g.i. joe comic since 1982 including every continuity, cross-over, sigma-six, g.i. joe extreme, action force (still working on battle action force as i only have one annual) and i was planning to support this revamp just for fun as ARAH will always be my canon but after reading the interview, seeing some hints concerning art and plot direction... this just does not hold any interest for me. DON'T GET ME WRONG, i hope fans like it and help it do well but i'll be hanging out with the rest of us old folks reading about frakkin' SEAN COLLINS!!!
Foreddyn says
Just as long as we get 1:18 compatible toys, I'm game. Official 3 3/4 Transformers and MASK vehicles, why not? And I don't even buy vehicles anymore (no space).
Steevy Maximus says
Looks like a few Joes are not going to be around for those movies if that is the case, as we saw in today's Revolution issue one.
Hasbro is still making Generations toys of Bumblebee, despite him dying some 3 years ago in the comic books (and, in fact, has made new toys of a number of dead characters)
The entire Generations range is doing headmaster stuff this year, yet, nobody in the comics is tearing off their heads.
Hasbro may give "nudges" (like the coming tie in comics to Titans Return), but they seem to have given fairly loose reigns to individual sources to create suitable content to those mediums.
RoadPigJohn says
Great to see this is moving forward and probably release before the Joe movie.
Superjoe74 says
I think all of the properties would be better served- and more importantly, better realized on screen through animated rather than live action movies. I'd like to see the shared universe stories told as movies in theaters and then each franchise have it's own television series run concurrently.
rsg says
Do we really need another one of these "shared universes"? The MCU is the only strong one out there. While DC's shows promises, it's suffering with an accelerated pace as the try to compete with nearly a decades worth of MCU films. And is anyone really interested in a Universal Monsters universe? I know I'm not. X-Men movies, sure as it's already a self contained universe over at Fox, they can let the FF go back to Marvel for all I care since I feel that franchise would be better served with an animated family friendly series rather than any live action effort.
I don't know enough about all the Hasbro brands involved to feel anything about this. I do think a combined universe of Joe-TF-MASK would be cool, it all depends on tone and execution. Adding in the fantastical elements of Visionaries and god knows what else just serves to muddy the waters and dilute what could be an interesting concept.
seaneley says
Nobody complains about all the "crazy" in the MCU or DCU, so I'm game for an equal run at it. Sci-Fi is definitely the backbone of G.I. Joe and always has been, even though the "Black Ops" and "Call of Duty" crowd hate it. Serpentor, Cobra-La, Unicron, Visionaries... I say go for it!
zbs says
I to am happy for more sci-fi and I would think with this shared universe Gi Joe would have to go more in that direction.
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