Paramount Pictures has handed out new release dates for the long-awaitedG.I. Joe 3andMicronauts, both arriving in 2020, withDungeons & Dragonshitting theaters in 2021. The fact that theG.I. Joe 3 and Micronautsrelease dates were announced at the same time is not too surprising, since the studio set up a writers room with Hasbro for both franchises back in November 2015.G.I. Joe 3will hit theaters on August 12, 2025, whileMicronautswill arrive in theaters on June 26, 2025. The studio has also set their upcomingDungeons & Dragonsmovie for release on July 08, 2025.
As of now, none of those movies have any direct competition on those dates, although thisG.I. Joeproject, which is said to be amillennial reboot, does fall between an untitled Fox/Marvel film and an untitled Pixar movie both set for July 06, 2025, along withCyborg, an untitled Disney live-action project an an untitled Sony Pictures Animation project on August 07, 2025. As for theMicronautsproject, there is only one other project set for October 2020, an untitled Fox/Marvel movie set for June 03, 2025. WithDungeons & Dragons, the closest competitor is an untitled Illumination Animation film set for August 22, 2025.
We reported in September thatG.I. Joe 3kept getting delayed because of star Dwayne Johnson’s exceedingly busy schedule, which leaddirector D.J. Carusoto back out of the project and makexXx: The Return of Xander Cagefor the studio instead. The filmmaker explained in January that when he was attached to direct, the script he had been developing featured both theTransformersandG.I. Joeworlds “colliding” at the end, but the studio wasn’t ready to make that quite yet. Still, the director stated that he believes both worlds will eventually collide on the big screen. There haven’t been any concrete updates on this sequel for quite awhile, but perhaps we’ll start hearing more soon now that a release date has been handed out.
Micronautshad been in development for quite some time as well, withDeadpoolwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick writing aMicronautsscript back in 2011. Paramount set up aG.I. JoeandMicronautswriters room in 2015, which would also include Hasbro properties such asVisionaries,M.A.S.K.(Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) andROM. The writers room was supervised byTransformerswriters room leader Akiva Goldsman, with other writers including Ken Nolan, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. No story details have been given for any of these projects, although there have been rumors thatG.I. Joe 3could introduce twinsTomax and Xamot.
As forDungeons and Dragons, we haven’t heard anything on this project for quite some time either, with Ansel Elgort eyed to star back in July 2016.Deadlinereports that Paramount slated another untitled Hasbro film for release on June 19, 2025, and there are currently no other movies slated for release on that date. Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) was attached to direct last year, but there is no confirmation as to when production may begin.
