Paramount Sets Dates For New ‘G.I. Joe", ‘Dungeons And Dragons’ And More
If you woke up today and thought, “I could go for some news about movies based on toys and games,” rejoice: Paramount Pictures just announced a slew of dates for several toy-and-game-based movie adaptations, including a newG.I. Joemovie,Dungeons and Dragons,Micronauts, and an untitled Hasbro film. Happy Hasbro Movie Date Announcement Day, everyone!
Paramount Pictures is going all-in on Hasbro. Back in November, Paramount and Hasbro, Inc.struck a deal to team up to produce and distribute content based on Hasbro brands. The two companies originally had a deal for justTransformersandG.I. Joefilms, but this new deal gave them a chance to create even more properties, including new original stories. Now Paramount has announced a slew of dates for new films related to this deal: a thirdG.I. Joefilm will hit theaters on June 26, 2025;Micronautswill arrive June 19, 2025;Dungeons and Dragonswill be released on July 16, 2025; and anUntitled Hasbro Filmwill soon follow on August 11, 2025.
Paramount already produced twoG.I. Joefilms:G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobrain 2009, withJoseph Gordon-Levitt,Marlon Wayans,Channing Tatum,Dennis QuaidandSienna Miller; andG.I. Joe: Retaliationin 2013, with Tatum,Dwayne JohnsonandBruce Willis. Will this newG.I. Joemovie be a continuation of this series, with some of these cast members returning, or will it reboot everything and start fresh? My money is on the latter, but we’ll see. Back in 2015, there were rumors of asharedG.I. Joefilm universebeing created, then in 2016 word came that a newG.I. Joefilm was being halted due to Dwayne Johnson’s verybusy schedule. Johnson’s schedule has only grown more full since then, so I’ll be surprised if he turns up in this new film.
AMicronauts film, inspired by the science-fiction toyline of the same name, had been mentioned as part of theG.I. Joeshared universe, and in 2009 there wererumorsthat J.J. Abrams might produce a film based on the toys. New Line Cinema put out an abysmalDungeons and Dragonsfilm back in 2000, but I’m sure everyone would rather just forget about that.Baby DriverstarAnsel Elgorthad been announced asattachedto a newDungeons and Dragonsmovie last year; whether or not he’s still involved remains to be seen.
As for what thatUntitled Hasbro Filmcould be, your guess is as good as mine. It’s unlikely that this is a newTransformersmovie, or else it would’ve been listed asUntitled Transformers Sequel. There are a ton of properties owned by Hasbro to pick and choose from, but maybe we’re finally going to get the big budgetScrabblemovie we’ve all been dreaming of.
