Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are embarking on a new universe of interrelated characters and stories. The studio — which is already in the process of expanding its Transformers universe after four movies based on that popular Hasbro toy line — is announcing a new deal with Hasbro on Tuesday that will see Paramount and Allspark Pictures, Hasbro’s film label, build an interconnected, cross-property onscreen universe featuring characters from five of Hasbro’s other brands: G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionairies, M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) and ROM: Spaceknight.
I can't wait for Battleship to be tied into this. :letsfukk
I can't wait for Battleship to be tied into this. :letsfukk
And Jem too. :letsfukk
Upcoming filmsBEYBLADE'S BACK!
Ouija 2 Universal Pictures
Allspark Pictures
Blumhouse Productions
Platinum Dunes October 21, 2016[31]
My Little Pony Allspark Pictures
Lionsgate (distribution)[32] November 3, 2017[33] Animated
Transformers 5 Paramount Pictures 2017 Pre-Production
G.I. Joe 3 Paramount Pictures
MGM Films TBA
Hungry Hungry Hippos Emmett/Furla Films[1] TBA
Tonka Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation
Happy Madison [34] TBA
Magic: The Gathering 20th Century Fox[25] TBA
Play-Doh 20th Century Fox
Chernin Entertainment
Feigco[35] TBA
Beyblade Paramount Pictures
Disruption Entertainment
d-rights
Nelvana[36] TBA
Monopoly Allspark Pictures
Lionsgate[28] TBA
Dungeons & Dragons Allspark Pictures
Sweetpea Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures[37] TBA
the blades are mostly metal and more dangerous than ever
Universal Pictures has quietly dropped out of Clue, one of the seven Hasbro games properties the studio contracted to make into movies in a ground-breaking six-year exclusive deal signed in 2008. Clue becomes the third project out of seven to be dropped by Universal (Monopoly and Magic, The Gathering were also kicked to the curb), but none of those projects are dead. In the case of the murder mystery board game Clue, Hasbro is funding the development and producing the film with Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink. Verbinski, director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Rango and the upcoming Lone Ranger, still plans to direct Clue, and he and Blind Wink’s John Krauss are producing with Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir.
Is all this a clue that Universal no longer wants to roll the dice on board game movies? Insiders say no. Rather, they tell me that Universal and Hasbro gradually narrowed their focus to the four films that most made sense for the studio: Battleship, the Peter Berg-directed summer 2012 action movie that stars Taylor Kitsch and Liam Neeson, with Universal just releasing its first trailer (below); Stretch Armstrong, which has Rob Letterman directing and Twilight Saga’s Taylor Lautner attached to play the rubbery title character; Candy Land, which is being written by Kung Fu Panda 2 co-writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who’ve described the film as Lord of the Rings, with edibles; and Ouija, which has McG attached to direct and Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form producing with Ian Bryce and Hasbro’s Goldner and Schneir.
What they should do is make it a standard naval war movie full of special effects, and then at the end there's a giant battle and people are gettin blown apart, their body parts ripped apart, the ships exploding in the worst possible ways, then one of the battleships gets torn apart and starts sinking. And there's this one sailor who is the main character and he's on that battleship and he looks into the camera with tears clutching a picture frame as it sinks.
Then you hear this like seven year old yell out "you sunk my battleship!" And it zooms out and it's just some kids playing the board game.spoiler (click to show/hide)Then the doorbell rings, and the mom answers it and there's a guy from the Navy standing there and she bursts into tears. And it cuts to black.[close]
Visionaries and MASK at least had animated series to go with them. ROM and Micronauts never made it past the action figure stage.Micronauts and ROM both had moderately successful comic book runs at Marvel. The latter never interested me, but the former was the first comic book I ever collected regularly. I recall Michael Golden did some amazing art for it, and possibly written by Bill Mantlo...?
When are we getting a Bore Cinematic UniverseWe're actually just a subset of the Taco Bell Continuity.
So you're saying we're Demolition Man.Visionaries and MASK at least had animated series to go with them. ROM and Micronauts never made it past the action figure stage.Micronauts and ROM both had moderately successful comic book runs at Marvel. The latter never interested me, but the former was the first comic book I ever collected regularly. I recall Michael Golden did some amazing art for it, and possibly written by Bill Mantlo...?When are we getting a Bore Cinematic UniverseWe're actually just a subset of the Taco Bell Continuity.
So you're saying we're Demolition Man.Visionaries and MASK at least had animated series to go with them. ROM and Micronauts never made it past the action figure stage.Micronauts and ROM both had moderately successful comic book runs at Marvel. The latter never interested me, but the former was the first comic book I ever collected regularly. I recall Michael Golden did some amazing art for it, and possibly written by Bill Mantlo...?When are we getting a Bore Cinematic UniverseWe're actually just a subset of the Taco Bell Continuity.