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Hasbro UK will attend this year’s Brand Licensing Europe expo to pitch licensing deals to potential license-holders from their portfolio of brand properties.

According to the word we received from Hasbro, G.I. Joe will be featured under a new category titled as ‘Hasbro Heritage‘. Other properties such as Jem, Subbuteo, Koosh, Lite Brite, Stretch Armstrong, Slythe, Stickle Bricks, Mr. Frosty, Popples, Spirograph and Action Man (UK version of United States’ G.I. Joe: Movable Fighting Man) will be featured under Hasbro Heritage.

Transformers, Power Rangers, Nerf, My Little Pony, Mr. Potatohead, Play-Doh and Monopoly will each receive their own category.

G. I. Joe ARAH logo will be featured, but with the omission of the subtitle ‘A Real American Hero’.

We certainly hope that investors will be interested in manufacturing various licensed merchandise based on the G.I. Joe property. Since G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes is just a little over a year away, Hasbro may pitch ideas targeting the movie release in 2020.

Hasbro can be found at booth D240 from October 1st to 3rd at Brand Licensing Euro 2019 (ExCeL, London).

Images from last year’s booth can be found after the jump.

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We have received a word that the 2nd Unit for the G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes movie is currently being assembled.

It’s the duty of the 2nd Unit to film extra scenarios for the movie such as swooping mountain scenes, extras, sunsets etc. Additionally, the 2nd Unit will film overseas; which in this case would be the scenes set in Japan.

Director James Madigan will sit on the 2nd Unit director’s chair with Rhonda Taylor as the Unit Manager. Mr. Madigan was also the 2nd Unit director of G.I. Joe: Retaliation and has worked closely with director Robert Schwentke on many of his movies.

James Madigan is a Prime Time Emmy award winner and was one of the visual effects supervisors for the Iron Man movie series.

Joining the 2nd Unit as Assistant Directors would be Beau Ferris and Philip Nee Nee.

Mr. Philip Nee Nee specifically assisted director James Madigan to shoot the mountain scenes from G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

As for the main crew, three more Assistant Directors have come aboard to assist director Robert Schwentke.

  • David Thomson
  • Meaghan Johnson (Star Trek: Beyond, Deadpool 2, War For The Planet Of The Apes)
  • Greg Choi (Deadpool)

It is most likely that the 2nd Unit will start filming well ahead of the mid-October principal photography of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

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We have with us the IDW December 2019 G.I. Joe Solicitations.

This December we will see…

  • G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #271 – Cover A: Atkins
  • G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #271 – Cover B: Sullivan
  • G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #271 – 10 Copy Incentive Cover: Royle
  • G.I. Joe #4 – Cover A: Walter
  • G.I. Joe #4 – 10 Copy Incentive Cover: Franquiz

Find out more information about each title (and their covers), after the jump.

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Hasbro attended the 28th annual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference earlier this morning and HISSTANK staff attended live to hear new G.I. Joe tidbits straight from CEO Brian Goldner‘s mouth.

We were not disappointed as we heard good news from the company:

“We have a fantastic team [at Paramount Pictures] led by Jim Gianopulos. We’ve been excited and continue to be excited about executing on the priority projects we’ve identified. Transformers: Bumblebee was one. We have a film coming out next Fall from G.I. Joe, it’ll be Snake Eyes. It’s not directly analogous, but I kinda call it an opportunity to focus in on a character, an area of the business. The Arashikage who are kinda our ninjas. So, it’s a little bit like Bumblebee [movie] was for Transformers and this’ll be for G.I. Joe.”

In addition to the movie info, Hasbro confirmed that they are in talks with eOne for a G.I. Joe TV initiative (among other brands) but it will be considered for the 3rd Phase of the company’s plans with eOne (Phase 1: eOne’s existing portfolio, Phase 2: eOne’s partnership programs) and therefore no commitment was made at this time.

Hasbro is in active development with the G.I. Joe brand, and exciting times are ahead for the fans.

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StuntList Canada has posted a job opening for Japanese stunt performers to work on the upcoming production of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

The performers must be Japanese in origin, although other Asian performers are also welcome.

Applicants must be capable of performing stunts with motorcycles.

“Canada East & West! ‘Snake Eyes’ is looking for Japanese Performers expert in Driving & Motorcycles. Also accepting Asian Performers with same qualifications. ALL submissions need a resume and demo reel. Submit to: snakestunts@gmail.com. Shooting in Vancouver. #stuntlist #stunts”

You can check out their official website for more info.

Will we see the Arashikage Cycles in action?

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We have received a word that Academy Awards nominee Joel Whist has come aboard G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes as its Visual Effects Supervisor.

This is a big news considering his outstanding work on Man Of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, War For The Planet Of The Apes, The BFG, and Watchmen.

It is indeed nice to see the production behind the next G.I. Joe movie is pulling out all the stops to deliver a good movie for the audience.

Principal photography of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes is just a month away and we will hear more info as we get close to the October 15th filming date.

You can check out a bio video of Mr. Whist’s work, below:

 

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Claire Gilchrist, Vice President of Hasbro Consumer Products – Asia Pacific, recently visited India to implement new initiatives in the region. Several local media outlets received the opportunity to discuss future plans of the company.

Hasbro will focus on re-introducing the G.I. Joe brand to India after its massive popularity back in the 80s.

The upcoming toyline will revolve around the theatrical release of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes. Along with the Joe toys, Hasbro is hoping to quadruple the footing in India with other toys such as Micro Machines, Pound Puppies etc.

Hasbro is looking for a TV and a Digital initiative for G.I. Joe as well. While we currently do not have any info regarding the TV initiative, the digital initiative in question is most likely the upcoming mobile game by D3 Go.

Ms. Gilchrist also stated that they have setup several factories in India to manufacture toys based on Hasbro brands and is also the Number 1 toy exporter of the country.

She also addressed the current relationship with Funskool:

“Hasbro has been in India for over 30 years. Our business was looked after for us by our agents. It was mainly done by Funskool, who is our agent and distributer for toys and games. Also, because of the importance of India as a market for growth and expansion, a few years ago the board of directors decided to go direct. So in April 2017, we opened Hasbro India and we started to make a team with whom we went direct to the retailers in India. We still maintain a relationship with Funskool, but it is on a small scale. The business has had fantastic growth. It has grown to almost 10 times in the last couple of years. We felt the time was absolutely perfect to then build on the toy and game business and also now to expand and extend brands into consumer products, into promotions and location based entertainment which is run by the consumer products organisation.”

We thank AdGully and MediaNews4U for the exclusive interview info.

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Actor Henry Golding has started his training for the upcoming G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes live action movie.

Mr. Golding has posted two images from the training session on his official Instagram page with a caption featuring a snake emoji.

The photos seems to feature some sort of a sword training with several trainers.

Filming is set to begin on October 15th in Vancouver, Canada.

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Concept artist Sunil Pant has updated his LinkedIn profile with a new entry titled G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

Mr. Pant is mostly known for his work on Netflix’ Lost In Space series as well as Amazon’s highly acclaimed series The Man in the High Castle.

Very much like Andrew Li (the Art Director for the movie), Sunil Pant also specializes in futuristic vehicles and backdrops. His work on The Man in the High Castle alone screams Cobra.

We’ve highlighted some of his artwork from his official website, after the jump.