[SilverOptimus]

News Post: Hasbro To Reevaluate Its Entertainment Plans

[DarkLordMordred]

The main thing they should "re-evaluate" is allowing Lorenzo di Bonaventura to continue producing the G.I. Joe films.

[Jmacq1]

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Originally Posted by DarkLordMordred

The main thing they should "re-evaluate" is allowing Lorenzo di Bonaventura to continue producing the G.I. Joe films.

They probably don't get a choice on that as long as di Bonaventura keeps to the terms of the original contract.

[sbartek1974]

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Originally Posted by Jmacq1

They probably don't get a choice on that as long as di Bonaventura keeps to the terms of the original contract.

Is making a decent GI Joe movie one of the terms of that contract?

[Fred Broca]

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Originally Posted by Jmacq1

They probably don't get a choice on that as long as di Bonaventura keeps to the terms of the original contract.

They should take that "L," thank di Bonaventura for his "efforts," concerning a live action JOE, cash ole boy out, and find somebody to else to do a live action JOE film. They should also utilize their YouTube channel and dry run not only JOE animation, (but their i.p.,) on there first to gage interest.

[Griff]

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Originally Posted by DarkLordMordred

The main thing they should "re-evaluate" is allowing Lorenzo di Bonaventura to continue producing ANY films.

fixed that for ya.

[DrFever]

So is someone just going to out right buy Hasbro? It seems like the IP bidding wars are cooling off (?).

[wehrmanm]

The only big impact here for Joe is likely at best a longer delay before we get another film (if at all), as long as studio-exclusive contracts remain of interest to Hasbro.

Transformers is a cash cow, so they may stay with Paramount, and Hasbro has some leverage to say "oh, you want TF? Well you have to commit to X number of movies across this array of franchises as well."

Frankly we're not seeing any big screen Joe anything until 2027-2028 at the earliest anyway, so this is an interesting development, but I don't expect any of us will notice that much.

[CodeNameRebel]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

The only big impact here for Joe is likely at best a longer delay before we get another film (if at all), as long as studio-exclusive contracts remain of interest to Hasbro.

Transformers is a cash cow, so they may stay with Paramount, and Hasbro has some leverage to say "oh, you want TF? Well you have to commit to X number of movies across this array of franchises as well."

Frankly we're not seeing any big screen Joe anything until 2027-2028 at the earliest anyway, so this is an interesting development, but I don't expect any of us will notice that much.

Have we seen anything on the upcoming Amazon Lady Jaye show? Or did I imagine that....

[YouNotCookin]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

Frankly we're not seeing any big screen Joe anything until 2027-2028 at the earliest anyway, so this is an interesting development, but I don't expect any of us will notice that much.

I may be in the minority with this opinion, but I really don't think GI Joe works as a feature film franchise. The roster of interesting characters is deep and daunting, and I think better lends itself more to serialized, episodic storytelling. I'd be all-in on a well-done, PG-13 animated series that got to spotlight some under-used characters.