With its theatrical run beginning to near its end, it's clear Transformers: Rise of the Beasts won't find the same level of box office success as its predecessors. However, after the movie teased an eventual crossover with the G.I. Joe franchise, we're sure Paramount Pictures will forge ahead with that in an effort to increase interest.
It's in Rise of the Beasts' final moments that Michael Kelly's Agent Burke welcomes Noah into the G.I. Joe fold, and the actor recently talked with Collider (via SFFGazette.com) about shooting what could prove to be a game-changing sequence.
"[Steven Caple Jr.] called me, and he pitched to me what this was in this film," he reveals, "which originally was going to be a post-credits scene, and then they ended up making it the last scene of the film for whatever reason."
"When he pitched it to me, he was like, 'And then there’s this whole G.I. Joe world that we’re not sure that we have the rights to yet, but we really want to tie in the two worlds, and I just think it would be this really cool idea.'"
"When we shot it, we shot it with a couple of different cards that I give him," Kelly concludes. "The one that you see is not the only one we shot."
We'd definitely like to know what the other cards said and would assume those were backups in case Hasbro and Paramount didn't agree to bring the two iconic toy franchises together somewhere down the line.
What that crossover will actually look like remains to be seen, but a movie which unites these characters has been a very long time coming. Ultimately, the G.I. Joe franchise is likely to benefit most as this eventual project would likely serve as a full-blown reboot following the last three disastrous efforts.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is now available on Digital and is set to arrive on Blu-ray on October 10.