Transformers-GI Joe Movie Release Window Gets An Update From Producer Amid Dual Strikes

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Gazette recently sat down for an interview with Transformers: Rise of the Beasts producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. During their conversation, the producer revealed their original intentions for the Transformers crossover sequel movie and how they've changed due to delays as both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike for fair wages. The original plan was to release the movie in 2025, but if the strike goes on much longer, that "puts it in 2026." Read di Bonaventura's full quote below:

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.

Transformers and G.I. Joe Already Have a Lot of Competition in 2026

As the strikes rage on, it seems more and more likely that the movie will end up being released in 2026. Even though it's a follow-up to a financial success, the movie will be facing stiff competition that year. While not too many movies have been scheduled that far in advance, the ones that already have could very well be smash hits.

The roster for 2026, pending any additional delays or rescheduling, already includes Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, the first of two Avengers crossover movies in Marvel's Multiverse Saga. Also potentially on the docket is Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie, though that date is subject to change as development updates on that project have been murky. There is also a raft of other, currently untitled Marvel projects coming out that year, any of which could present some stiff competition to Transformers depending on where the release date lands.

It remains to be seen if the Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie proves to be a substantial hit. It could certainly be battered by the competition. However, it also needs to weather audience disinterest in the most recent Joe outing, the Henry Golding vehicle Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, which flopped at the box office in 2021, making back less than half its budget.

Source: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Gazette