With Transformers: Age of Extinction just around the corner and Paramount announcing that both Transformers 5 and G.I. Joe 3 will hit in 2016, the question of a potential crossover between the two Hasbro toy properties has once again reared its head… although according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, it’s unlikely that we’ll ever get to see Transformers vs. G.I. Joe playing out on the big screen:
“No, we haven’t spent a moment on it,” the producer tells MTV (via CBM). “I know they did it in the comic books, but I think the reality that we’re looking at is…it’s hard enough to figure out how to do it alone and [then] trying to figure out how to do it together…I don’t think that it’s as organic as people think. I know a lot of the fans feel that way and I don’t think they’re wrong. I find it a harder thing to do, think about trying to combine the schedules of all the different people. So, that alone will probably stop us.”
Are you disappointed that we’ll probably never get to see a Transformers / G.I. Joe crossover?
Transformers: Age of Extinction opens on June 27th in North America and on July 5th in the UK, with Michael Bay directing a cast that includes Mark Wahlberg (Pain & Gain), Jack Reynor (What Richard Did), Nicola Peltz (Bates Motel), Stanley Tucci (Captain America: The First Avenger), Li Bingbing (Resident Evil: Retribution), Sophia Myles (Underworld), Victoria Summer (Saving Mr. Banks), Titus Welliver (Lost) and T.J. Miller (She’s Out of My League) alongside voice actors John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis), Ken Watanabe (Godzilla), John DiMaggio (Futurama), Mark Ryan (Transformers) and the returning Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Robert Foxworth and Reno Wilson. Watch the latest trailer here.
Originally published June 22, 2014. Updated January 18, 2020.
