TRANSFORMERS CINEMATIC UNIVERSE Confirmed Plus 2017 Target For T5

The last Transformers film, Age of Extinction, pulled in the money out of any 2014 film, so there was no shot of Paramount and Hasbro stopping the money train from chugging along. We just didn’t know when the next film was coming out, but now we do.

During Hasbro’s quarter one earning conference call, CEO Brian Goldner said the company is targeting 2017 for the release of Transformers 5 and he also confirmed plans for a Transformers cinematic universe. 

“Our plan with the studio and filmakers you may have heard some writers being hired and we have in fact brought in Akiva Goldsman to lead a group of writers to really create a strategic plan around Transformers. We think there are any number of stories to be told from the brand that has been around for 30 years with amazing canon and mythology. We would expect the sequel to the Transformers movie [TF4] to happen in 2017.”

Source: TFW2005

G.I. JOE 3 May Add Twins ‘Tomax’ & ‘Xamot’

The third G.I. Joe movie may give us live-action versions of two classic toy lines for the price of one. Film Divider reckon the next instalment in Paramount’s lucrative franchise will add a character from M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand) in the form of Matt Trakker, the leader of the good guys. Though M.A.S.K. was a Kenner property, after Hasbro purchased the company they folded them together, and there was even a Matt Tracker G.I. Joe action figure. There’s plenty to be mined from this, as the M.A.S.K. premise saw the characters gain abilities from their cybernetic head-gear, and their vehicles were borderline Transformers — could be cool additional sci-fi element for Joe, and set up spin-off movies in the process.

On the villain side of things, word is that Corsican twins Tomax and Xamot will be causing the headaches for our heroes this time around. Fans will surely be familiar with these guys as they were mainstays of the cartoon and the comic books. Apparently one actor is being sought for both roles. If all of this is on the level, it could definitely make for an interesting change of pace at least. Thoughts?

Source: Film Divider