The Hasbro Universe refers to several
sharedfictional universes featuring characters from several franchises owned by
toy and entertainment company
Hasbro.[1]
From 1983 to 1987, Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions developed the series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Transformers, Jem and Inhumanoids. These series had been hinted to share the same universe, mostly due to the appearance of the character named Hector Ramirez.
On March 28, 2013, producer
Lorenzo di Bonaventura announced that he is open to doing a crossover film between the Transformers and G.I. Joe film series (
Paramount Pictures and
MGM).[7] On June 23, di Bonaventura stated that a crossover was not likely to happen,[8] but on July 9, he reassured there would still be a possibility.[9] On October 23, 2015, Chu confirmed his intentions to make a crossover film between Jem (
Universal Pictures) with Transformers and G.I. Joe.[10] On October 29, he hinted about Transformers possibly doing crossovers with other Hasbro products.[11] On January 18, 2017,
D. J. Caruso has stated that when he was in talks to be GI Joe 3's director, the discussion included a Transformers and G.I. Joe meeting. However, Paramount did not think the time was right to do so because they did not want to infringe on
Michael Bay's running of the Transformers films.[12]
In 2018, a short film titled Hasbro All-Stars by Willard Appiah and Shoguns Entertainment was released. In the film,
Mr. Monopoly struggles to gather his friends (from various Hasbro brands) for a yearly family photo.[15]
In 2023, WS Game Company will release Monopoly: 100 Years of Hasbro, a special Monopoly game designed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hasbro.[17]
Other
Five-property cinematic universe (cancelled)
On December 15, 2015, Hasbro agreed with Paramount to a deal creating a five-property movie universe by then financing unit
Allspark Pictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This new universe would consist of the current G.I. Joe film series alongside future film adaptations based on M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Rom and Visionaries.[18] On April 21, 2016,
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Lindsey Beer,
Michael Chabon, Cheo Hodari Coker, Joe Robert Cole,
John Francis Daley,
Jonathan Goldstein,
Jeff Pinkner,
Nicole Perlman, Nicole Riegel, Geneva Robertson and
Brian K. Vaughan have joined the writers' room for the cinematic universe.[19] In March 2021, Lorenzo di Bonaventura stated the writers' room is disbanded, leaving the project in
development hell.[20]
On December 13, 2019, it was reported that Jonathan Entwistle is in early negotiations to direct a new Power Rangers film reboot, with Patrick Burleigh being set to write the script. The plot will reportedly involve time travel and will be set in the 1990s.[23] On October 20, 2020, It was announced that Entwistle will work on the reboot with Hasbro and Entertainment One as he will be overseeing, and directing, both film and television adaptations and the very next week; Deadline reported that
Bryan Edward Hill will write the script for the reboot.[24][25][26][27]