Paramount's Hasbro Universe

[TheVileOne]

Spun out of the classic Action Team toy line - Synopsis if you are actually interested in what they might be exploring- http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Mummy's_Tomb


Apparently a shape resembling that of the Visionaries' hexagonal chestplates appeared on a wall inside the Tomb of Amtoltec(JI Joe Action Team) in Dahshur, Egypt alongside other hieroglyphs, some of which depicted Shockwave (Transformers) and Acroyear and Biotron (Micronauts). In IDW's Revolutionaries: Secret of the Mummy's Tomb.

These creators are obviously fans who go way back!
And are going to have some fun world-building these franchises together.

I mean in a movie and not a comic.

 

[Breogan]

I mean in a movie and not a comic.

Ok, They haven't made the xover movie yet, so until they do we won't know.
That's why I clearly indicted ....

Spun out of the classic Action Team toy line - Synopsis if you are actually interested in what they might be exploring- http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Mummy's_Tomb

If you are genuinely curious how they might bring these universes together - Revolution comics and toy line is right now where and how Hasbro is exploring bringing these franchises together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(IDW_Publishing)

Into First Strike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Strike_(IDW_Publishing) and Aftermath

You asked:

How would you even get Visionaries to cross over with those other properties? Or Micronauts for that matter?

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Spun out of the classic Action Team toy line - Synopsis if you are actually interested in what they might be exploring- http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Mummy's_Tomb


Apparently a shape resembling that of the Visionaries' hexagonal chestplates appeared on a wall inside the Tomb of Amtoltec(JI Joe Action Team) in Dahshur, Egypt alongside other hieroglyphs, some of which depicted Shockwave (Transformers) and Acroyear and Biotron (Micronauts). In IDW's Revolutionaries: Secret of the Mummy's Tomb.

These creators are obviously fans who go way back!
And are going to have some fun world-building these franchises together.

Is Storm Shadow featured at all?

 

[TheVileOne]

I still need to see more to believe its going to work. The GI JOE series still doesn't really have a beloved movie franchise.

 

[Breogan]

Is Storm Shadow featured at all?

I don't know, I was linking those to show how they are connecting the vintage Joe Adventure team concept, to some of these other toy franchises. Which is fun.

It looks like people are always looking for things to be upset about.
Don't cry, but exploring those Revolution: First Strike and Aftermath links I posted, looks like in that continuity Storm-Shadow may have been killed and passed the mantle to another.

Either way m sure the anticipated 2020 Reboot Joe movie will relaunch his character.

I think that is where they are starting, with the potential 2020 Joe reboot movie.
And that is what they hope will be used as the springboard to launch this supposed new movie universe.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-hasbro-gi-joe-universe-848920
https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-2020-g-i-joe-movie-may-be-the-start-of-hasbros-cinem-1821405786

Preemptive [predictable bitter cut paste reply] "but why don't they just focus on making a good Joe movie![/cut paste reply]

 

[thegameq]

WOW! I grew up on this stuff from the 80s! Good times...good times....

As always, this stuff writes itself, but they'll mess it up somehow.

I'm really starting to question the qualifications of the people in charge of making these types of films...do they really know what they're doing?!?

 

[Breogan]

You know, for kids!

...referring to the violent death of the Autobot courtesy of the "heroic" Visionaries on those covers.

Really? This shouldn't be anything new or shocking to a fan of this. The fauxoutrage over supposed to much violence on the comic cover, of toy franchises that thrives on playing out fantastic over the top battles, seems a bit disingenuous.

It's what they do.

I'm glad the Transformers movies aren't part of the Hasbro Cinematic Universe. ....

Why? Having Transformers be a part of it would be great!
Some people (discerning 80s fans) would pay big to watch this play out on the big screen.

Or this ....

Some of my fellow 80s fans need to lighten up, and role with fun potential of this hot toy x-over mess t:


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[TheVileOne]

I will be very surprised if Hasbro/Paramount get very far with this shared universe. It just seems like the Dark Universe all over again.

Just for example, Hasbro's two biggest and most well known properties are Transformers and GI JOE, right? So you want to do a shared film universe franchise and not cross over your two biggest franchises at all?

Instead you want to use Visionaries, a property that hasn't been around since the 1980s. A show that was one and done after 13 episodes and last aired in 1987. Not only that, a property that wasn't that popular.

Micronauts, segmented popularity at best. Never had an animated series. The comic series ran from 1979 to 1984 for 59 issues. It was not that hugely popular. Maybe it did OK for its time, but it clearly wasn't some blockbuster franchise.

ROM the Space Knight. The Marvel comic book story was a cool story and really the only cool thing to come out of ROM the Space Knight. The toy was a failure and didn't sell well for Parker Brothers. You did have a cool sci-fi comic series that came out of it from Marvel, but it's another nostalgia popular that hasn't really been popular or reinvented in years.

MASK. I like MASK and all, but how are younger modern day fans going to see it as anything but Transformers lite?

I'm just saying, it sounds like doing the Avengers, but leaving one of the big three off the table if you won't have Transformers involved at all.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Whats happening with the GI Joe franchise? I don't think there is any ongoing comic or cartoon. It's pretty dead.

 

[TheVileOne]

Whats happening with the GI Joe franchise? I don't think there is any ongoing comic or cartoon. It's pretty dead.

I think IDW is still publishing Larry Hama's comic series that continues from the original Marvel run. The Aubrey Sitterson/Scarlett's Strike Force comic that I believe continued the IDW series just got cancelled.

 

[Pink Ranger]

MASK. I like MASK and all, but how are younger modern day fans going to see it as anything but Transformers lite?

Fast & Furious meets Transformers meets Kingsmen. Invent a few more hot-girl characters, quash Scott and T-Bob, and you've got a profitable franchise.

 

[TheVileOne]

Fast & Furious meets Transformers meets Kingsmen. Invent a few more hot-girl characters, quash Scott and T-Bob, and you've got a profitable franchise.

It sounds simple enough, but it took almost 10 years before Fast & Furious became the franchise juggernaut that it is. Plus you had to have Vin Diesel at the center of it all.

You'd need someone on that level to draw interest to the franchise, plus someone like Matthew Vaughn or James Gunn behind it to make that material work.

But if you actually watched the last Fast movie, it's a lot more like something like MASK or GI JOE with all the action racing elements. So how do you sell MASK as something more original when younger audiences are just going to want to watch the FAST series instead? What's the hook that makes this into an actual franchise and not a wannabe like Dark Universe?

 

[superhero]

G.I. Joe Reboot in the Works; Will Take ‘Millennial Approach’
https://screenrant.com/gi-joe-movie-reboot-millennial/
Is Hasbro Planning a GoBots Movie?
https://movieweb.com/gobots-movie-tv-show-reboot-hasbro/

 

[terry78]

They own gobots and transformers?

 

[Sithborg]

They own gobots and transformers?

Yep, for a while now.

 

[TheVileOne]

G.I. Joe Reboot in the Works; Will Take ‘Millennial Approach’
https://screenrant.com/gi-joe-movie-reboot-millennial/
Is Hasbro Planning a GoBots Movie?
https://movieweb.com/gobots-movie-tv-show-reboot-hasbro/

That's an old article. Also if they go Millennial Approach, they have to be careful. If it's garbage like Scarlett's Strike Force, people aren't going to go for it.

Fast & Furious meets Transformers meets Kingsmen. Invent a few more hot-girl characters, quash Scott and T-Bob, and you've got a profitable franchise.

Look at Battleship. They tried to turn a board game about dueling Battleships and tried to make it like Transformers and Fast and Furious. Didn't take.

 

[2kt09]

Look at Battleship. They tried to turn a board game about dueling Battleships and tried to make it like Transformers and Fast and Furious. Didn't take.

Because it's a board game about dueling Battleships and they tried to make it like Transformers and F&F.

You have far more leeway with action figures and vehicles where the whole point is getting to throw these things around in fanciful settings doing absurd action.

 

[TheVileOne]

If you get like James Gunn involved and cast Chris Pratt as Matt Trakker, I'd probably be like, "OK, I want to see this." But that's what it would take to make me believe it could be a success. Even then it could still be a toss up. Hence the Pirates team reunited for The Lone Ranger.

 

[Breogan]

If you get like James Gunn involved ...

Gunn would be great for a bit of a tongue-in-cheek, fun, over the top approach necessary to launch this supposed shared Hasbro Universe.
Which is a bit insane, but that's part of why I like it.
I could see putting someone like Gunn on the franchise you'd want to use as the anchor, for the whole thing.

Looks like they want to put F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious) on the ‘MASK’ portion of it. Which makes great sense. -

http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=36533157&postcount=67

But I don't think MASK is the anchor. That will probably be the 2020 GI. Joe reboot/relaunch.
And if they are starting with the more vintage take on the Joe Adventure Team discovering this shared universe.
I can totally see someone like Gunn pulling that off, they'd be lucky to get him for it.

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I mean if the concept of this doesn't look fantastic to you, then you are in the wrong thread.
Honestly they should choose the director to anchor this franchise, based on the litmus test of how they react to this insane box-set.
If the potential candidate is like, I don't get it, this doesn't look serious, why is there a Transformer and a Joe in the same box? Who are the little guys in the middle? What is ROM? etc.? Are you just throwing random franchises you own together to shamelessly cash in on the shared universe trend?
Then show them the door, and say yes we are.
However if their jaw drops open, dumbstruck, with them going- that is so beautiful like peering into a realized cut-away section of my childhood brain, you would need an incredible shared movie franchise to explain it all!
Then that is who you should hire.

 

[Tg11]

I hope we get a GI Joe 3

 

[Tg11]

Or just reboot GI Joe then

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Gunn would be great for a bit of a tongue-in-cheek, fun, over the top approach necessary to launch this supposed shared Hasbro Universe.
Which is a bit insane, but that's part of why I like it.
I could see putting someone like Gunn on the franchise you'd want to use as the anchor, for the whole thing.

Looks like they want to put F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious) on the ‘MASK’ portion of it. Which makes great sense. -

http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=36533157&postcount=67

But I don't think MASK is the anchor. That will probably be the 2020 GI. Joe reboot/relaunch.
And if they are starting with the more vintage take on the Joe Adventure Team discovering this shared universe.
I can totally see someone like Gunn pulling that off, they'd be lucky to get him for it.


I mean if the concept of this doesn't look fantastic to you, then you are in the wrong thread.
Honestly they should choose the director to anchor this franchise, based on how they react to this insane box set.
If the potential candidate is like, I don't get it, this doesn't look serious, why is there a Transformer and a Joe in the same box? Who are the little guys in the middle? What is ROM? Are you just throwing random franchises you own together to shamelessly cash in on the shared universe trend?
Then show them the door, yes we are.
If they drop to their knees, dumbstruck going that is so beautiful like peering into a living cut-away section of my childhood brain. ..... You'd need a movie to explain it all!
Hire them.

Who is that white robot under Snake Eyes?

 

[TheVileOne]

That's Rom the Space Knight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom_(comics)

 

[Breogan]

ROM the Space Knight.

Also the creatures they are fighting in the image, are likley the Dire Wraiths, also from ROM.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Thank you both.