Derek Connolly, the franchise scribe whose work consists of Jurassic World motion pictures and Detective Pikachu, has a brand new sandbox wherein to play.
Connolly has been tapped to pen the script for Paramount’s untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover motion venture that’s to star Chris Hemsworth.
The crossover characteristic will convey collectively two of Hasbro’s largest toy strains, Transformers and G.I. Joe. It would pitting the nice guys – the robots in disguise Autobots and heroic Joes – in opposition to their archenemies, the dastardly Decepticons and conniving terrorist group Cobra. Whereas a team-ups of the 2 toylines has occurred in comedian guide type (the primary in a Marvel Comics title in 1987), it has by no means occurred on display, massive or small.
The proposed movie follows the occasions of final yr’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which ended with Anthony Ramos’ charactetr getting a job provide from the Joes.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Michael Bay, Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy are producing. Steven Spielberg and Hasbro Leisure will govt produce.
Connolly is a frequent collaborator of director Trevorrow and made his characteristic screenwriting debut with the director’s breakout, Security Not Assured. The film earned him the Unbiased Spirit Award for greatest first screenplay in 2013 and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance 2012.
That film put him into the playground of dinosaurs and Jedis. He labored with Trevorrow on Jurassic World, the 2015 film that rebooted the dino-franchise and made $1.67 worldwide, and 2018 entry Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Alongside the way in which he earned credit on Legendary’s Monsterverse entry Kong: Cranium Island, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and 2019’s Pikachu.
Extra lately, he labored on Sony and Nintendo’s adaptation of traditional online game The Legend of Zelda, which has Wes Ball on board to direct.
He’s repped by Verve and Ginsburg Daniels.