Warning! The following contains SPOILERS for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
Noah Diaz’s life will never be the same. Diaz (Anthony Ramos) is the primary human protagonist inTransformers: Rise of the Beasts. And after assisting the Autobots and Maximals in saving the Earth, Diaz’s storyline is wrapped up during a life-altering job interview in which he is introduced to the world ofG.I. Joe. Diaz is then recruited to join the Joes, which sets up a jaw-dropping Hasbro crossover event slated for 2025 or 2026.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura serves as a producer on both theTransformersandG.I. Joefilms, and he addressed the possible release date of the crossover movie that would be the next live-action film on the cinematic docket for theTransformers’franchise. Bonaventura said in an interview with theSFFGazette:
“It’s a good question. We were about to start a script when the writers’ strike happened. So, our hope was we were going to have it for 2025, but I think the longer the strike goes on, the more it puts it in 2026.”
WhileTransformers: Rise of the Beastsbrought in $428 million worldwide during its 2023 theatrical run, it’s been a couple of years since theG.I. Joefranchise has had a representative in cinemas. In 2021, Henry Golding starred in the titular role forG.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.And with the on-again, off-again history ofG.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant, the upcoming Hasbro crossover event is likely the next live-action adventure for both franchises.
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Lorenzo di Bonaventura Sheds Light on the Highly Anticipated Crossover Event
The Writers Guild of America strike (WGA) has been languishing since June 20, 2025. And the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike further complicated the release date oftheTransformersandG.I. Joecrossover. But that didn’t stop producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura from discussing the teaming of Hasbro’s franchises in the future. Bonaventura also told the SFFGazette in the same interview:
“Like every other Transformers movie, the ingredients of the movie is humans and robots get together to stop the villain. The Joes are going to be part of the ingredients now. We’re not going into the Joe world, they’re coming into our world. So, if you think about it that way, I think that’s the closest thing to the plan that we have. We now have to figure out the plot we want to do, etcetera, but they will be an active participant, if you would, a few of the characters, in trying to stop the bad guy.”
For those fans who are chomping at the bits to see the Autobots and Decepticons at odds again, they won’t have to wait long. The animatedTransformers Oneis currently slated to come out on July 28, 2025, and the film stars Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime and Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron.
Transformers: Rise of the Beastsis now available to stream on Paramount+.
