Hasbro film slate - 2020: GI Joe, Micronauts; 2021: DnD, MLP

[Dongs Macabre]

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[Razgriz-Specter]

The last two movies were successful, the last one made more than the first even, Hasbro just got screwed over by paramount when they delayed the film for a year and all the toys were already shipping to retailers. The entire product line flopped hard on its face and killed the toy line without a movie to go with it, and no store would carry the subsequent product waves that were already in production, so they got dumped to clearance chain liquidators, and big box stores essentially told Hasbro they wouldn't be stocking GI Joe anymore.

The 2nd movie was a success making more than the first on a smaller budget, but Hasbro took a hit on the merch and the loss of the toy line pushed everything aside.

Even then a 3rd movie was announced buy constant delays and not being able to align with the Rock's schedule got that franchise buried for good.

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That and the fact that the cartoon was on The Hub(and was just decent)
and that hasbro didn't like mixing designs up(cartoon vs realistic/classic) so the animated series wasn't really supported the way it needed to be for that audience
Show(aimed at a pretty young audience):

Show's Merchandise:

all created a mess that got hasbro really backed into a corner with GI Joe.

 

[rou021]

They need to go smaller scale, make the characters unique and more comic book like in them being heroes. GI Joe of the 80's will not work today, so focus on the unique aspects of GI Joe and make it something modern. Cobra makes for a great source of high tech unique villains, now give us unique heroes fighting bad guys around the world. Don't give us a military movie like the 2nd one tried to do, and don't give us bland heroes of the first movie.

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This isn't a bad direction to take. In fact, it actually sounds a lot like the 80's comics.

 

[Border]

And they said that the last My Little Pony was years too late — what does that make this one?

Who is actually paying for all these films to be made? Hasbro or some film studio? Paramount?

 

[PanzerKraken]

That and the fact that the cartoon was on The Hub(and was just decent)
and that hasbro didn't like mixing designs up(cartoon vs realistic/classic) so the animated series wasn't really supported the way it needed to be for that audience
Show:

Show's Merchandise:

all created a mess that got hasbro really backed into a corner with GI Joe.

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They also didn't support Renegades at all, MLP was a hit for them and basically all their marketing went into Transformers Prime and MLP on the network. They never promoted Renegades at all, it's like it wasn't even on the network but was on of their few original shows they had.

And they said that the last My Little Pony was years too late — what does that make this one?

Who is actually paying for all these films to be made? Hasbro or some film studio? Paramount?

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They formed Allspark to essentially make movies, Hasbro wants to be an IP company as that's what is working for them more than selling toys. So they want to push movies, and are now actively help fund these projects in join venture with paramount.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

Come to think of it, why did the HUB dissolve seemed like it was successful

 

[PanzerKraken]

Come to think of it, why did the HUB dissolve seemed like it was successful

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Outside of MLP, they had nothing long lasting on that network.

 

[TAJ]

A diverse group of people fighting a fascist terrorist organization trying to take over the world seems like it could work pretty well in this era.

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Militaristic multi-level marketing scam or bust.

 

[Uzumaki Goku]

Outside of MLP, they had nothing long lasting on that network.

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I guess Transformers Prime concluding also had an effect.

 

[rou021]

Militaristic multi-level marketing scam or bust.

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If Cobra Commader isn't a used car salesman in this one, I will be seriously disappointed.

 

[SigmasonicX]

And they said that the last My Little Pony was years too late — what does that make this one?

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From leaks, the idea is that this will be a full reboot, instead of a tie-in to an ongoing show that tries to fit into continuity. Plus, it will be CGI and thus more likely draw in parents than the 2D animated film (which is unfortunately how it works) and will get more marketing.

Basically, this will attempt to focus further on drawing in parents than existing fans.

 

[RedHoodedOwl]

Hopefully after this Snake Eyes movie they get everyone working on the franchise going forward to look at

for inspiration.
Leans heavily on the classic series but makes it far more interesting for older audiences.



I guess they can keep some of the international elements from the previous movie series to add a bit more appeal, however i'd wish they'd make new original characters for it.
also The Oktober Guard

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Charles Adler is incredible as Cobra Commander.