On April 12, Paramount Studios announced the launch of a crossover between the Transformers and GI Joe franchises. The project took place in the Transformers Rise of the Beasts scene, where the hero, Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos), was given a business card with a GI Joe stamp.
Giant robots against elite soldiers
The 7th opus of Transformers therefore had a big surprise waiting for us: Paramount’s intention to combine two huge Hasbro toy licenses, giant robots and GI Joe. The studio made the news official during CinemaCon in Las Vegas, without giving further details about the project.
today, Deadline It is revealed that Chris Hemsworth was approached to star in the film. This news comes as no surprise since we know that Thor’s translator will be the voice of Optimus Prime in the animated film Transformers The Beginning, in theaters on October 23rd. The studio should have taken advantage of this collaboration to offer him one of the main roles in a crossover with J. Joe.
Billions in the bag
Films from both licenses have earned a total of $6 billion at the worldwide box office. Pending more information on this project, you’ll be able to find the giant robots in Transformers The Beginning on October 23rd.
Like Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts, this new opus will take place before the events of Michael Bay’s original films. This time, Earth will not be the playground of Autobots and Decepticons. The story takes us to Cybertron, the home planet of the Transformers.
The story will particularly explore the relationship between the protagonist Optimus Prime and the antagonist Megatron. As a reminder, the Transformers franchise has 7 films in theaters; As for GI Joe, he has a total of 3 feature films: The Awakening of Cobra, conspiracy and snake eyes.
The latter was a dismal failure when it opened in 2021 with just $40 million at the global box office. In total, the Transformers saga has earned 5.3 billion worldwide across 7 films. The GI Joe trilogy, on the other hand, made $718 million.
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