Third 'GI Joe' Movie Gets Official 2020 Release Date

Paramount’s “GI Joe” will open on March 27, 2020, the studio announced Monday.

Other release date announcements include “Micronauts” (based on the late 1970s toy line) dated for Oct. 16, 2020, as well as “Dungeons & Dragons” (based on the game) opening in theaters July 23, 2021, and an Untitled Paramount/Hasbro Event Film debuting Oct. 1 2021.

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” grossed more than $300 million worldwide back in 2009 on a reported production budget of $175 million, not including prints and advertising. The 2013 sequel “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” starring The Rock as Road Block grossed $375.7 million on a budget of $155 million. Channing Tatum who played Duke in the first two films was killed off early in “Retaliation” after complaining to Howard Stern how much he hated the role.

Tatum said, “Look, I’ll be honest. I f—ing hate that movie. I hate that movie! I was pushed into doing that movie, from Coach Carter.”

Also Read: More 'Transformers' and 'GI Joe' Movies as Paramount, Hasbro Ink 5-Year Deal

The plot line of the third “GI Joe’ film in the franchise, based on the world’s most-famous toy, is anyone’s guess at this point. In the spring of 2016, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro set up a writers room for developing its cinematic universe for Hasbro properties, with Akiva Goldsman overseeing the screenwriters. Along with “GI Joe” other featured brands include “Micronauts,” “Visionaries,” “M.A.S.K.” (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) and “ROM.”

According to Variety, Allspark Pictures, Hasbro’s film label, plans to produce films based on this cross-property universe, with chairman, president and CEO Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis serving as producers, and Josh Feldman as co-executive producer. Hasbro will also deploy an unprecedented team of its top artists and designers to assist Goldsman and the writers to visualize this all-new cinematic universe.

The toy company recently hired Greg Mooradian as president of Allspark Pictures, with responsibility for live action film and television. Allspark Animation, the company’s label for animated film and television content, is led by Hasbro’s Meghan McCarthy.

Hasbro Studios, its distribution arm which the company founded in 2009, distributes TV and digital content to more than 190 territories globally. The entertainment division reports to Hasbro’s Chief Content Officer, Stephen Davis.

All 13 Michael Bay Movies Ranked Worst to Best, Including 'Transformers: The Last Knight' (Photos)

Michael Bay is at it again with "Transformers: The Last Knight," the 13th feature the prolific action director has helmed. Let's celebrate by taking a look back at his career and ranking all his movies, from least to most awesome.
Getty
13. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009)
There are a handful of Michael Bay movies where he clearly doesn't quite have a handle on, well, himself, and "Revenge of the Fallen" is the textbook case. I'm a big fan of Michael Bay's tendency toward excessiveness, but this one is excessively excessive.
Paramount Pictures
12. "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
The war scenes are great, of course, but the rest of this movie's subject matter doesn't really play to Michael Bay's strengths. I mean, it's a historical romantic drama. That's just not his thing.
Buena Vista Pictures
11. "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (2014)
The audacity of this 165-minute libertarian screed is really impressive.
Paramount Pictures
10. "Transformers: The Last Knight" (2017)
This is a natural evolution of the "Transformers" franchise because it doesn't make any sense at all and yet is still weirdly enjoyable. It helps that Anthony Hopkins gives the best performance of his career.
Paramount Pictures
9. "The Island" (2005)
This high-concept sci-fi story is one of those Michael Bay movies where he clearly wanted to try to achieve some semblance of respectability. But he made the mistake of making a Michael Bay movie at the same time. It's still pretty fun, though.
Warner Bros.
8. "Bad Boys" (1995)
In Bay's first movie you can definitely see exactly what he wants to do with his filmmaking career, but the $19 million budget of "Bad Boys" didn't exactly let him spread his wings. Still, this movie is hilarious.
Columbia Pictures
7. "Armageddon" (1998)
Usually your movies about the end of the world are pretty serious in tone, but that's just not what Michael Bay does. And we're all winners because of that.
Buena Vista Pictures
6. "Transformers" (2007)
It's kinda hard to remember a decade later, but there was a time when every mention of the "Transformers" franchise wasn't met by an obligatory scoff. That first "Transformers" movie is great.
Paramount Pictures
5. "The Rock" (1996)
Michael Bay's second movie is an action classic, largely free of his trademark excesses we've come to know and love. Might be his best movie, but looking at it as a Michael Bay movie from the year 2017 it kinda feels like a minor work.
Buena Vista Pictures
4. "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" (2016)
Michael Bay was finally able to crack the code on making a normal movie with this totally engrossing military thriller. So long as you're able to ignore all the real-life crackpot conspiracy theories about Benghazi, which this movie doesn't play into at all.
Paramount Pictures
3. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (2011)
The third "Transformers" movie is the ultimate Michael Bay mega-budget experience, with an action climax that lasts a solid hour, and great character actors popping up all over to make jokes.
Paramount Pictures
2. "Pain & Gain" (2013)
After two decades of moviemaking, we got a Michael Bay movie that was all the standard Michael Bay sensibilities but without any action.
Paramount Pictures
1. "Bad Boys II" (2003)
What some might call the seminal Michael Bay experience. Incredibly crude and extremely violent with zero regard for the sanctity of human life. And also a perfect movie.
Columbia Pictures

1 of 14

Does the latest robot epic stand up to the rest of Bay’s stable?

Michael Bay is at it again with "Transformers: The Last Knight," the 13th feature the prolific action director has helmed. Let's celebrate by taking a look back at his career and ranking all his movies, from least to most awesome.

View In Gallery

All 13 Michael Bay Movies Ranked Worst to Best, Including 'Transformers: The Last Knight' (Photos)

7DAYFREETRIAL

7
DAY
FREE
TRIAL