Hasbro has submitted their annual report to United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC Filing) and has highlighted the impact of the current epidemic of the COVID-19 with regards to their business.
“The coronavirus outbreak continues to be fluid and uncertain, making it difficult to forecast the final impact it could have on our future operations. If our business experiences prolonged occurrence of adverse public health conditions, such as the coronavirus, we believe our business could be substantially harmed.”
“Given that our toy manufacturing is conducted by third-party manufacturers, the majority of whom are located in China, health conditions, such as the coronavirus, and other factors affecting social and economic activity in China and affecting the movement of people and products into and from China to our major markets, including North America and Europe, as well as increases in the costs of labor and other costs of doing business in China, could have a significant negative impact on our operations, revenues and earnings.”
But on a positive note, Hasbro stated the importance of their acquisition of Entertainment One (eOne) and what they are planning to do with the new resource. The company did not forget to mention their long time partner, Paramount Pictures; whose agreement will come to an end in 2022, unless extended. You can read about it after the jump and check out the original report, for more info.
“In October 2017 the Company entered into an agreement with Paramount Pictures (“Paramount”) to produce and distribute live action and animated films, as well as television programming based on Hasbro brands over a five-year period. Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures, Allspark Animation and eOne will play an active role alongside Paramount in content development and production under this relationship and Hasbro will play a more significant role in financing the films. The Company’s storytelling initiatives, which we believe will be enhanced through the expertise and creative talent of eOne, support its strategy of growing its brands well beyond traditional toys and games and providing entertainment experiences for consumers of all ages accessible anytime in many forms and formats.
Recent films released by Allspark Pictures include the following:
- In October 2017, Allspark Pictures released MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE.
- In December 2018, Hasbro and Paramount released BUMBLEBEE, a film centered on the TRANSFORMERS character.
Jointly, Allspark Pictures and Paramount Pictures have several upcoming feature length films with planned release dates in 2020 and 2021.”
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“During 2020, Hasbro plans to sell products related to SNAKE EYES, the action adventure feature-length film based on the Emerging Brands GI JOE character SNAKE EYES. The film is being produced jointly by Allspark and Paramount Pictures and is expected to be released in October 2020.”
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“Similarly, we are developing and marketing products for entertainment in which we play a more active role in developing or develop ourselves, such as TRANSFORMERS, POWER RANGERS and MY LITTLE PONY. In the future, we expect to have an even greater role in developing our own entertainment offerings for our brands, including those in our vault, through eOne’s expertise, experience and relationships in the entertainment industry, as we work together to unlock value in our brands. If films, television shows, or any other key entertainment content for which we develop and market products are not as successful as we and our partners anticipate, our revenues and earnings will fall.”
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“As part of our brand blueprint strategy, we seek to build our brands through entertainment-based storytelling. Historically, Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation have been responsible for Hasbro’s entertainment-driven brand storytelling, including the development and global distribution of television programming and motion pictures primarily based on our brands. As we integrate eOne’s creative talent and network of studios we expect eOne to lead the Company’s entertainment-driven brand storytelling with the addition of production studios that span film, television and music, and include family programming, digital content distribution, international feature film distribution and live entertainment.”
SilverOptimus says
News Post: Hasbro SEC Filing - eOne, Paramount Pictures, COVID-19 And More
ozzie92 says
Sadly, I’ve been waiting to hear of a future delay in toys and/or movie so that both are available at the same time (to avoid a repeat of the RET delay/wave 1 toy jam).
sbartek1974 says
I guess, in other words, there's going to be a delay in toy production and distribution due to the mass hysteria of this Coronavirus?
Gangu Stars says
Toys not being out on time is the very least of problems right now.
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Yngwie says
So no more 4 inch figures?!
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