Gods, warlords… robots? Earlier this year, we watched (or were subjected to, depending on your tastes) a trailer for Transformers One, a Transformers origin story which stars the voice of Chris Hemsworth (Furiosa, above) as Orion Pax, who will grow up to be called Optimus Prime.
And Hemsworth may not be done with the Transformers franchise. Deadline reports that the Australian actor is in talks to star in the upcoming Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover movie that Paramount Pictures is putting together.
Not much is known about the film, including who might be writing and/or directing it. It was “made official” earlier this year, and it does have a whole pile of producers and executive producers, including Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, and Hasbro Entertainment.
The toy crossover was teased at the end of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in which (spoilers?) Anthony Ramos’s character, Noah, unknowingly interviews for a job with the G.I. Joe organization. But the two brands have been intermingling for decades, and an earlier Deadline piece noted that the idea for this film “is based on a storyline played out for the Hasbro brands in their 1980s Marvel-published comics.”
No one knows just yet when this epic crossover will hit theaters—or whether Hemsworth will be voicing a robot or appearing in person.
