Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner answered a press question regarding their plans for the upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie during the Q&A Session of 2020 Q2 Hasbro Conference Call.

Mr. Goldner confirmed that they are in talks with Paramount Pictures to move the theatrical release to 2021 and make other arrangements for the same.

“Our expectation is that G.I. Joe [Snake Eyes] will move into a slot in 2021. We are working out the specifics right now with Paramount. But again, as we look at the opportunity to maximize our connection to global audiences and also global retail, we will likely to move it to a slot in 2021.”

When asked whether Hasbro movies will be shifted to VOD in the future:

“I think that people are very desirous about the theatrical experience. We all want to get back to the movie theaters as soon as we can and enjoy the big screen along with everyone else. There’s nothing like having hundreds of people together, laugh at something or ‘Ooh’ and ‘Aah’ at some kind of a big action sequence. We all want to get back there. I think that studios are being very purposeful, as is our eOne team, looking at the opportunity for theatrical releases; clearly wanting to still have that global theatrical audience. There’s nothing like the opportunity to go around the world in a simultaneous way to build that value and the demand of people to go to theaters. So, we don’t see that going away. I just think it’s a matter of when it really comes fully back.”

This is a sad turn of events, but not surprising; considering the global COVID-19 pandemic. Paramount is likely to announce the revised release date very soon.

Wyck Godfrey, president of Paramount’s Motion Picture Group is stepping down from his role after a very successful career. Mr. Godfrey oversaw the “rebirth” of the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises with Bumblebee and Snake Eyes respectively.

Speaking to his colleagues, former president stated:

“It has been such a blessing to work with all of you at Paramount Pictures, and I am so thankful for the experience and proud of the work we’ve done together. In a little over two short years, I’ve had the great pleasure of overseeing the launch of new studio franchises in A Quiet Place and Sonic, the rebirth of old franchises like Bumblebee and Snake Eyes, the continued run of the ‘Gold Standard’ that is Mission Impossible, and, perhaps most excitingly, the long-awaited returns of ‘Maverick’ and ‘Prince (now King) Akeem’.

Emma Watts (former 20th Century Fox film executive prior to its merger with Disney) will replace Mr. Godfrey and will oversee Transformers and G.I. Joe Franchises. Ms. Watts previously worked on movies such as Deadpool, Logan, Bohemian Rhapsody, and James Cameron’s Avatar.

You can check out Wyck Godfrey’s full statement, after the jump.

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Following the kick-start of G.I. Joe: Classified Series toyline back in February, we’ve been hearing more and more info regarding various licensed material for G.I. Joe.

But for the first time, we have received a word on licensing products specifically catering to the upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins live action movie.

Hasbro‘s longtime partner Pacific Licensing Studio will once again act as a middleman to help popularize products from the new movie.

Pacific Licensing previously worked on several Hasbro properties including Transformers Evergreen (2016), My Little Pony (2011), Playskool Baby (2018), Monopoly, Baby Alive, Nerf, Play-doh, Hasbro Gaming, and more. Based on their previous work, we may get to see t-shirts, school supplies, mugs, party accessories, baby care products etc. based on artwork from the movie.

Official website of Pacific Licensing Studio has been updated with a new page for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, but only contains filler data unlike other pages of the same site. It is likely that we will see more as we approach the movie release date.

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins star Henry Golding is set to attend Steve Aoki’s Neon Future Dinner Party as a guest for the new episode.

This online event is a great platform for celebrities to debut their future plans including unreleased images and videos from their ongoing projects. With cryptic messages related to Snake Eyes popping up on social media, it is likely that we may get to see or hear new content from the upcoming movie.

The event will be streamed live via Steve Aoki’s official You Tube channel.

You can tune in on Thursday, May 28th at 9PM ET.

Update: A link to the live stream can be found after the jump. The video will be available from the aforementioned date and time.

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Hasbro’s fan channel Pulse has been updated with a picture of Classified Series Snake Eyes followed by the message below:

“Some Secrets Must Be Kept Silent

We’ll Be Back Soon!”

To further fuel the matter, the official Twitter account of Skydance (production company of G.I. Joe Live Action Movie Series) has been updated with a short video featuring clips of Snake Eyes from previous G.I. Joe movies.

🐍🐍🐍@GIJoeMovie pic.twitter.com/GjFT1olYjz

— Skydance (@Skydance) May 26, 2020

We are yet to see a trailer for the upcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie.

With the tentative release of the upcoming live action Snake Eyes Movie quickly approaching Stylin Online has added tons of new G.I. Joe and Cobra gear to their online retail store.

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