Today Paramount dropped their reveals at Cinemacon, which is a movie industry only gathering that lets the movie makers show off their upcoming goodies to theater chain owners. According to the Cinemacon Twitter account and Deadline, Paramount has officially confirmed the G.I. Joe x Transformers movie teased at the end of Transformers Rise of the Beasts is moving forward. All the Transformers producer regulars including Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (who recently re-upped his deal at Paramount), Michael Bay, Don Murphy, Tom Desanto are attached. No further details, date, images, story, director, actors etc are known. Just that it is a go. Keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned!
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Hasbro Launches A New Entertainment Division: Transformers, G.I. Joe, And Other Projects In The Works
Following the sale of eOne, Hasbro has created a new entertainment division based on the remaining portion of the sold company.
Olivier Dumont will serve as president of Hasbro Entertainment, while Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano will serve as the head of film and head of television, respectively.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter, building upon our rich heritage of storytelling to continue delighting audiences across generations,” Dumont said. “Gabe, Zev, and I look forward to working with the industry’s best creative talent, studios, and distribution platforms to push the envelope with innovative storytelling that will let fans engage with their favorite brands like never before, while also building exciting new worlds and the next wave of Hasbro franchises for a growing audience.”
Hasbro is currently developing and producing over two dozen projects based on major IP like “Dungeons & Dragons,” “Transformers,” “GI JOE,” “NERF,” “Play-Doh,” “Magic: The Gathering,” “Peppa Pig,” and “My Little Pony.”
“Entertainment is core to Hasbro’s strategy and its mission to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play,” said Tim Kilpin, president of toy licensing and entertainment for Hasbro. “Audiences can count on Hasbro to keep creating compelling and fun entertainment that brings to life our wide array of iconic brands, including ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ and ‘Transformers,’ reaching audiences through varied platforms in ways that resonate in today’s fast-paced world.”
HISSTANK Coverage Of Hasbro 2023 Q2 Earnings Conference Call
Another day, another dollar… Actually, 500 million dollars!
Announcing their sale of eOne to Lionsgate, toy giant Hasbro kickstarted this quarter’s earnings call. However, they did not forget to comment on the future of the Transformers franchise as well as the future of other entertainment franchises. Hasbro will keep the entertainment development aspect of its own brands under a new banner titled Hasbro Entertainment. But, they will look towards partners (ex: Paramount Pictures) to carry out the executions.
“Hasbro Entertainment will be the new marquis for our ongoing entertainment efforts after the sale closes, under the leadership of Olivier Dumont, the current head of eOne Family Brands. Hasbro Entertainment’s mission is to develop, finance, and produce entertainment based on the rich vault of Hasbro-owned brands. We will bring to life new original ideas designed to fuel all areas of Hasbro’s blueprint including toys, publishing, gaming, licensed consumer products, and location-based entertainment.
We will retain a focused team of creative development and business affairs experts to shepherd the 30+ Hasbro-based projects in development working with the best studios and distribution platforms in Hollywood including ongoing development of the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises, Play-Doh, D&D, Magic: The Gathering and our board game portfolio.
As part of the sale, we expect to move to an asset-lite model for future live-action entertainment, relying on licensing and partnerships with select co-productions like our previously announced Transformers One animated film and the D&D live-action television series, both with our partners at Paramount.“
Regarding the quarter, Hasbro had this to say:
“Within Franchise Brands we delivered significant Q2 revenue growth in Transformers and Dungeons & Dragons driven by the uplift from the movie releases. Additionally, Peppa Pig grew as a result of growth in entertainment and digital gaming.”
Hasbro also made a good comment in connection to the financial performance of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts:
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is one of the top box office performers of the year and has driven an 83% improvement in Transformers’ point of sales since its release.”
During the Q&A Session, CEO Chris Cocks stated that Baldur’s Gate 3 video game is likely to financially outperform all of Hasbro’s entertainment efforts throughout the past 5 years.
Transformers X G.I. Joe Live-Action Movie Seemingly Green-lit?
Spoilers! This news post contains spoilers from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and director Steven Caple Jr. seemingly confirmed a greenlighted sequel for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
“We’re also not through with the Maximals, so I imagine in the next movie we’ll have Maximals, Autobots, and Joes.” says Mr. di Bonaventura.
Caple, speaking with EW separately, confirms he’s deep into developing the Rise of the Beasts sequel. “It is definitely gonna incorporate some Joes characters, but it won’t go into, maybe, the true origins of the Joes.”
“The idea of trying to do the whole Joe world at the same time is a little daunting,” Di Bonaventure confirms. “This is a way to bring them into our world, remind people of who they are, and they’ll have a role in the plot.”
Transformers X G.I. Joe Track From Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Is Out Now
It’s no longer a secret that the ending of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts contains a link to a future [possible] Transformers X G.I. Joe movie.
The scene features actors Michael Kelly and Anthony Ramos in the vicinity of an underground bunker in an unknown location (Staten Island, New York?) with a multitude of vehicles from G.I. Joe lore.
Composer Jongnic Bontemps adds the background music to the scene and this particular track is titled ‘Here’s My Card‘.
The track can be purchased via multiple digital outlets along with the rest of the score from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. However, you can also listen to it freely via Spotify.
Have a listen, after the jump.
Producer Di Bonaventura Talks About Transformers X G.I. Joe, Detailed Breakdown Of The Scene
The news is well and truly out there at the moment, but we are giving you a heads-up anyway. This news post (and its associated thread) contains spoilers from the upcoming movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (ROTB).
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who oversees Transformers and G.I. Joe live-action movies at Paramount Pictures, gives a detailed explanation of the prospect of Transformers X G.I. Joe.
According to the producer, who gave an interview to Geek Culture, the direction of Transformers X G.I. Joe was pitched to him by director Steven Capel Jr. who also directed ROTB.
“[Steven] very early on brought-up G.I. Joe. My reaction was ‘We thought about it a lot. I’m very open. How do you think it works?’ and he wasn’t sure at that time. So what happened was as we were developing the script and making it, [we] included his world, [his] point of view, how he looked at the Beasts for instance; because he grew up with them. He had a very specific thing. So, what happened was we kept coming back to G.I. Joe. Why would they know first of all? Because part of what we’ve tried to do in every Transformers [movie] is no one’s supposed to know they were here, other than the fourth or fifth one where they do know. So, we went back to that where nobody’s supposed to know this happened. So why would any organization know? And actually what was cool about that is we suddenly went ‘Well, because they are G.I. Joe, they would know.’ Which isn’t entirely logical, but it’s emotionally logical that this top-secret thing would somehow know.”
Additionally, Geek Culture is also giving a detailed breakdown of the scene. You can check out all the juicy bits, after the jump.
Possible Future G.I. Joe Live-Action Movie Installment Hinted At A Press Conference
Rumor: Transformers x G.I. Joe Live Action Movie In Development?
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is not even out yet, but we are now hearing about a potential new live-action film being developed at Paramount Pictures.
While the subject matter has always been in a ‘Will they? Won’t they?’ situation, Transformers x G.I. Joe live-action crossover seems to be in motion.
Popular entertainment news leaker Daniel Richtman has informed his Patreons about the news through paid access.
It is not clear how far along the project is but with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura hinting at this development, we may soon hear an official word about the matter.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Reaches Netflix Top 10 List
Flabbergasting everyone, G.I. Joe: Retaliation has reached Netflix’s US Top 10 list for the week.
It is unclear why the movie suddenly skyrocketed in popularity. It was not too long ago that the 2nd live-action movie celebrated its 10th anniversary.
At the time of this writing, G.I. Joe: Retaliation has claimed up the ladder from the 10th position to the 9th. We even expect it to climb more.
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura Talks About The Upcoming G.I. Joe Movie
It was not too long ago that we heard a rumor of a new G.I. Joe Live-Action Movie in development.
Confirming the rumor, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura spoke to Collider about the current status of the movie:
“We actually developed a pilot with Amazon. This was before Paramount+, just as Paramount+ was coming in. It didn’t pan out. We are in a lot of conversations about what to do with it as a film, and so I would have to say, most likely you’re going to see that come to fruition. How soon is always impossible to say. For a long time, there were no active conversations. There’s a lot going on right now.”
It is highly likely that the aforementioned pilot episode is none other than the ill-fated Lady Jaye series for Amazon. Since its announcement, the status of the live-action series was up in the air.
But now we know… and knowing is half the battle.