Hasbro Universe#Five-property

{{Short description|Fictional universes of toy company Hasbro}}

The Hasbro Universe refers to several shared fictional universes featuring characters from several franchises owned by toy and entertainment company Hasbro.{{Cite web| title = Transformers, G.I. Joe, and other Hasbro characters come together for IDW's 'Revolution'| work = EW.com| access-date = 2017-01-02| date = 2016-06-01| url = http://ew.com/article/2016/06/01/idw-revolution-hasbro-universe/}}

List of continuities

= Games and toys =

  • In 2016, the mobile game Transformers: Earth Wars by Space Ape Games and Backflip Studios features G.I. Joe characters Duke, Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, Cobra Commander, Baroness and Storm Shadow.
  • In 2018, Hasbro released a toy set titled Revolution Comic Crossover Preview Mega-Set, featuring sixteen figures from Transformers, G.I. Joe, Rom, Micronauts, Action Man, M.A.S.K., and Visionaries.{{cite web |date=April 10, 2017 |title=Official Details: REVOLUTION Comic Crossover Mega-Set SDCC Transformers Exclusive |url=http://tformers.com/official-details-revolution-comic-crossover-mega-set-sdcc-transformers-exclusive-/32030/news.html |access-date=April 10, 2017 |publisher=TFormers.com}}
  • Since 2023, Renegade Game Studios released several role playing games and crossover events:
  • G.I. Joe: New Alliances (G.I. Joe and Transformers, 2023)
  • My Little Pony: Collision Course (My Little Pony and Transformers, 2023)
  • Worlds Collide: Battle for the Multiverse (G.I. Joe, Transformers and Power Rangers, 2023){{Cite web |title=Renegade Reveals Over 20 New Games, Including Power Rangers, Transformers, and More at Renegade Con |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/renegade-reveals-over-20-new-games-power-rangers-transformers-good-omens-renegade-con/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=GAMING |language=en}}
  • G.I. Joe: Battle for the Arctic Circle (G.I. Joe and Axis & Allies, 2024)
  • Robo Rally/Transformers (2024){{Cite web |last=White |first=Scott |date=2025-01-15 |title=Robo Rally: Transformers Board Game Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/robo-rally-transformers-board-game-review |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=IGN |language=en}}
  • In 2023, WS Game Company released Monopoly: 100 Years of Hasbro, a special Monopoly game designed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hasbro.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-12 |title=WS Game Company Creates Custom-Illustrated MONOPOLY Game for Hasbro's 100th Anniversary |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230612005151/en/WS-Game-Company-Creates-Custom-Illustrated-MONOPOLY-Game-for-Hasbro%E2%80%99s-100th-Anniversary |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}

= Comics =

  • Image Comics and Devil's Due Publishing (2003–2007)
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers series (2003–2007)
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers (2003)
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers II (2004)
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers III: The Art of War (2006)
  • G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers IV: Black Horizon (2007)
  • Dreamwave Productions (2004)
  • Transformers/G.I. Joe series (2004)
  • Transformers/G.I. Joe (2004)
  • Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front (2004)
  • IDW Publishing (2005–2021)
  • Hasbro Comic Book Universe (2005–2018){{cite web |last=Whitbrook |first=James |date=January 6, 2016 |title=IDW Is Merging G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Its Other Hasbro Comics Into One Giant Universe |url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/idw-is-merging-gijoe-transformers-and-its-other-hasbr-1779841772 |access-date=December 9, 2016 |publisher=io9}}{{cite web |date=December 2, 2016 |title=IDW Catalogue – Winter 2016 |url=https://www.idwpublishing.com/idw-catalogue-winter-2016/ |access-date=December 9, 2016 |publisher=IDW Publishing |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190151/https://www.idwpublishing.com/idw-catalogue-winter-2016/ |url-status=dead }}
  • The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe series (2014–2016)
  • The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe (2014)
  • The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Movie Adaptation (2016)
  • Aw Yeah Revolution! (2017)
  • My Little Pony/Transformers series (2020–2021)
  • My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise! (2020){{cite web |date=February 6, 2020 |title=MY LITTLE PONY/TRANSFORMERS brings autobots & decepticons into the heart of Equestria |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/transformers-friendship-in-disguise-brings-autobots-decepticons-into-the-heart-of-equestria/ |access-date=February 6, 2020 |publisher=The Beat}}
  • My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron (2021){{Cite web |last=January 2021 |first=Newsarama Staff 19 |date=19 January 2021 |title=Transformers and My Little Pony get sequel crossover |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/transformers-and-my-little-pony-get-sequel-crossover/ |access-date=2021-01-19 |website=Newsarama |language=en}}
  • Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment (2023–present)
  • Energon Universe (2023–present){{Cite web |date=2023-06-14 |title=Skybound/Hasbro Partnership Gives Transformers, G.I. Joe a Shared Universe |url=https://www.cbr.com/transformers-gi-joe-shared-energon-universe-skybound-hasbro/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=CBR |language=en}}

= Films and TV series =

  • 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).{{cite web |date=October 1, 2014 |title=G.I. Joe And Transformers Crossover? The Producer Tells Us How It Could Happen |url=http://m.cinemablend.com/new/G-I-Joe-Transformers-Crossover-Producer-Tells-Us-How-It-Could-Happen-36650-p5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616042741/http://m.cinemablend.com/new/G-I-Joe-Transformers-Crossover-Producer-Tells-Us-How-It-Could-Happen-36650-p5.html |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |publisher=m.cinemablend.com}} On June 23, di Bonaventura stated that a crossover was not likely to happen,{{cite web |date=June 23, 2014 |title=G.I. Joe/Transformers Movie Crossover Not Likely to Happen, Says Producer |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/gi-joe-transformers-movie-crossovers-not-likely/ |access-date=December 10, 2016 |publisher=slashfilm.com}} but on July 9, he reassured there would still be a possibility.{{cite web |date=July 9, 2014 |title='Transformers' and 'G.I. Joe' Crossover Movie Is Possible, Says Producer |url=http://www.fashiontimes.com/articles/9569/20140709/transformers-and-g-i-joe-crossover-movie-possible.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719083941/http://www.fashiontimes.com/articles/9569/20140709/transformers-and-g-i-joe-crossover-movie-possible.htm |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |publisher=fashiontimes.com}} On October 23, 2015, Chu confirmed his intentions to make a crossover film between Jem (Universal Pictures) with Transformers and G.I. Joe.{{cite web |last=Henne |first=B.G. |date=October 23, 2015 |title=John Chu wants to make a crossover film with G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Jem |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/john-chu-wants-make-crossover-film-gi-joe-transfor-227381 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |website=The A.V. Club}} On October 29, he hinted about Transformers possibly doing crossovers with other Hasbro products.{{cite web |date=October 29, 2015 |title='TRANSFORMERS': CROSSOVER WITH OTHER HASBRO PROPERTIES POSSIBLE; 'G.I. JOE,' 'JEM THE HOLOGRAM' INCLUDED; HINTED BY DIRECTOR JON CHU |url=http://www.movienewsguide.com/transformers-crossover-hasbro-properties-possible-g-joe-jem-hologram-included-hinted-director-jon-chu/112184 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814063812/https://www.movienewsguide.com/transformers-crossover-hasbro-properties-possible-g-joe-jem-hologram-included-hinted-director-jon-chu/112184 |archive-date=August 14, 2017 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |publisher=movienewsguide.com}} 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.{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=January 18, 2017 |title=Director D.J. Caruso Says His 'G.I. Joe 3' Idea Involved Meeting the Transformers |url=http://collider.com/gi-joe-3-transformers-dj-caruso/ |publisher=Collider}} In the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, there is a mention of G.I. Joe recruiting Noah Diaz.
  • 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.{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |date=December 15, 2015 |title=Paramount, Hasbro Creating Movie Universe Around G.I. Joe, Four Other Brands |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/paramount-hasbro-gi-joe-universe-848920 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} 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.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=April 21, 2016 |title=Hasbro Cinematic Universe Takes Shape With Michael Chabon, Brian K. Vaughan, Akiva Goldsman (Exclusive) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hasbro-cinematic-universe-takes-shape-886316 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} In March 2021, Lorenzo di Bonaventura stated the writers' room is disbanded, leaving the project in development hell.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-14 |title=Snake Eyes Producer Admits Hasbro's Shared Universe Writers Room Didn't Work Very Well |url=https://screenrant.com/snake-eyes-producer-hasbro-shared-universe-reaction/ |access-date=2021-05-15 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}
  • The Transformers Aligned Universe (comprising the animated series Transformers: Prime and Transformers: Robots in Disguise) features a reference to M.A.S.K. as a division of the United States military that developed a special vehicle.Transformers: Prime – Season 3: Beast Hunters – Episode 5: Project PredaconTransformers: Robots in Disguise – Season 1 – Episode 17: One of Our Mini-Cons is Missing
  • 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.{{Citation |last=Shoguns Studio |title=Hasbro All Stars |date=2018-02-28 |url=https://vimeo.com/257874991 |access-date=2023-03-03}}

See also

References

{{Reflist|3}}

{{Hasbro}}

{{Hasbro Comic Book Universe}}

{{Saban Universe}}

{{Energon Universe}}

Category:Continuity (fiction)

Category:Hasbro

Category:Fictional universes