As you know, the end of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts set up a Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover film in the most absurd way, and they admittedly did that without any kind of plan.
Well, this week at CinemaCon, Paramount Pictures confirmed the movie is happening and the story idea is based on a storyline played out for the Hasbro brands in their 1980s Marvel-published comics.
It was also confirmed that Steven Spielberg is executive producing the new film, but I doubt he’ll offer any real input. I wish he would steer this film in the right direction! But, I think these franchises are too far gone to be saved unless they reboot the whole thing with a clean slate.
There’s no director attached to the project yet, but the idea for the movie was developed by Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr., so there’s a possibility he could return.
Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is returning along with Mark Vahradian, Michael Bay, Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura was recently asked we we can expect to see the movie, he said: “The honest truth is I don’t know. I know we are going to deliver on the promise we made.”
I know exactly what they need to do, but those guys who are in charge of running a major studio can’t figure it out and every decision they make is the wrong one.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura previously shared that they don’t ever really have a plan for this crossover, saying: “We don’t plan that far ahead. We react to what the audience is reacting to, so in a way we can please them, but also in a way it makes it feel fresh. We expect there’s going to be some allegiance and they’re going to go on some kind of mission together.”
The fact that they say this out loud is bonkers to me! It’s like they want people to know that they are going to fail at this.
The producer also teased the closest thing they do have for a plan, saying: “Like every other Transformers movie, the ingredients of the movie is humans and robots get together to stop the villain. The Joes are going to be part of the ingredients now.”
He added: “We’re not going into the Joe world, they’re coming into our world. So, if you think about it that way, I think that’s the closest thing to the plan that we have. We now have to figure out the plot we want to do, et cetera, but they will be an active participant, if you would, a few of the characters, in trying to stop the bad guy.”
Paramount Pictures needs some real help with these franchises.
