G.I. JOE and MICRONAUTS Hasbro Movies Get New Release Dates
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro’s Allspark production company have pushed back the release date for two of their big movies G.I. Joe and Micronauts.
G.I. Joe is moving from March 27th, 2020 to October 16th, 2020. Micronauts is being moved from from October 16th, 2020 to June 4th, 2021.
The G.I. Joe franchise is getting a much needed fresh start with this next film, and it was explained that the movie is getting "a revamped look intended to appeal to younger audiences." Simon Waters, who oversees consumer products at Hasbro Studios, said that they want to take "a more millennial approach." He explained:
"The world has changed, and I think you’re going to see G.I. Joe changing with it. There’s going to be a much more contemporary approach to the whole franchise, and that will allow us to develop different characters."
Steve Davis, Chief Content Officer at the studio, also added that the next G.I. Joe movie will give us a different kind of 'Joe':
"We hope to create a head snap. It’s a different kind of ‘Joe’ — one that still resonates with ‘Joe’ fans but brings in an uninitiated audience and expands the audience internationally and domestically."
I’m not sure what that means, but I really hope that this next movie turns out to be good. I have my own ideas of what a G.I. Joe franchise should be, but I have a feeling what the studio is planning won’t be as badass.
As for the Micronauts film, there really aren’t any details, but if you’re not familiar with the property, they are a series of interchangeable space toys (figures, vehicles, and playsets) produced between 1976 and 1980. The best feature of the Micronauts was this interchangeability, “as parts from one figure could be attached to another, significantly increasing the playability of the toy line (in addition to stimulating the creativity of those that played with them).”
Other Hasbro properties being developed at Paramount include Visionaries, M.A.S.K., and ROM, and they are building it as a cinematic universe.