Chris Hemsworth In Talks to Star in Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

Deadline is reporting that Chris Hemsworth (Thor) is in talks to star in the Transformers/G.I. movie. The star most recently performed the voice of Orion Pax in Transformers One movie that is coming out September 20, 2024. Assuming the movie is live action, his casting isn't likely to come cheap as I believe he commands around $20 million per movie plus probably back end points (so he gets a cut of the profits). The possibility of a movie was teased in an epilogue scene at the end of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Chances are the cost of the entire cast, director, and crew for the last Transformers movie was less than $20 million, just to give you an idea of what commitment this could represent from Paramount and Hasbro. It seems the gamble is to hope star power increases ticket sales since the last few Transformers and G.I. Joe movies didn't do nearly as well as Paramount and Hasbro wanted. They may have broken even which wasn't near the $1 billion plus in ticket sales they actually were aiming for.

Currently there is no known script, release date, character names, time setting, story or any other details about this possible movie as too early in process to nail any of that down. What little they did have probably got tossed since star of Hemsworth cost will have a domino effect on all those decisions based on his schedule, what he wants to do for the movie and so forth. On bright side since usually contracts at this star level are pay or play (as in they pay him the full contracted amount even if movie is canceled) once he signs on the dotted line, it is a near guarantee the movie will be made.

Of course all this speculation could be moot if they decided to go with animation or just hiring him to voice a character as that wouldn't command nearly same amount of money. On a somewhat related note, a rumor is saying that Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr. was in talks to direct this crossover but "dropped out a while ago." To be blunt the moment the opening weekend box office numbers came in, he was immediately out of contention for directing the follow-up as studio execs, fair or not, tend to blame main stars and director when a movie underperforms.