{"id":114091,"date":"2024-07-26T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T00:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/chris-hemsworth-on-g-i-joe-transformers-crossover-casting-rumor\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T00:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T00:55:08","slug":"chris-hemsworth-on-g-i-joe-transformers-crossover-casting-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/chris-hemsworth-on-g-i-joe-transformers-crossover-casting-rumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hemsworth on &#8216;G.I. Joe&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Transformers&#8217; Crossover Casting Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/chris-hemsworth\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Hemsworth<\/a><span> is spending his weekend at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/event\/comic-con\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Comic-Con<\/a><span> promoting his upcoming animated adventure,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/transformers-one-trailer-chris-hemsworth-voices-young-optimus-prime-in-the-epic-origin-story-223457\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Transformers One<\/em><\/a><span>, and he&#8217;s been hearing a lot of the speculation regarding his possible involvement in the upcoming crossover between the <\/span><em><span>Transformers<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0and the <\/span><em><span>G.I. Joe<\/span><\/em><span> universes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking with ET&#8217;s Denny Directo at the fan-packed event on Thursday, the 40-year-old actor addressed whether or not he&#8217;d even be interested in taking part in the hotly anticipated project, which is still in early stages of development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Look, I love the entire world and what that universe has to offer and the sort of potential to where you can take it creatively and the different characters you can explore,&#8221; Hemsworth shared. However, he noted that &#8220;nothing official&#8221; has been decided.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Chris Hemsworth at the Paramount Animation and Hasbro Entertainment &#8216;Transformers One&#8217; Panel at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Michael Buckner\/Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>&#8220;There were sort of conversations and there were a few ideas presented and we&#8217;re, you know, in discussions about it,&#8221; Hemsworth shared. &#8220;So we&#8217;ll see what happens. But it all comes down to who the filmmaker is and if there&#8217;s a great script.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;[Producer] Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who has been sort of at the helm of these films for so many years, is a dear friend of mine and I&#8217;ve spoken a lot to him about it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So yeah, it&#8217;d be great if something comes together.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for his work on <\/span><em><span>Transformers One<\/span><\/em><span> &#8212; which is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/transformers-one-trailer-chris-hemsworth-voices-young-optimus-prime-in-the-epic-origin-story-223457\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an animated prequel\/origin story set on the planet Cybertron<\/a><span>\u00a0that tells the history of the Transformers race &#8212; Hemsworth voices the role of a young Optimus Prime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Between his latest role in this project, his performance as Lord Dementus in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-behind-the-scenes-with-anya-taylor-joy-and-chris-hemsworth-exclusive-225045\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga<\/em><\/a><span>, and his career-making role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hemsworth is close to being royalty at San Diego Comic-Con, and the star says he&#8217;s been feeling the love.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>&#8216;Transformers One&#8217; co-stars Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry attend a special fan screening at Paramount Pictures Studios on July 23, 2024, in Los Angeles.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing! I haven&#8217;t been here probably since [<\/span><em><span>Thor: Ragnarok<\/span><\/em><span>], so like five years, and it brings back all the memories of you know 10 or 11 years ago when I first came here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Every time, you&#8217;re nervous, there&#8217;s a lot of anticipation, a lot of excitement, and to have that kind of response is just brilliant.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;And the fans are something else here, it&#8217;s crazy,&#8221; Hemsworth added, explaining that he&#8217;s already seen a few cosplayers dressed in elaborate Thor costumes. &#8220;Even in the heat! I was like, &#8216;That&#8217;s impressive.&#8217; I know what that costume feels like in the heat. I&#8217;ve shot in Atlanta in the middle of summer with it on &#8212; it&#8217;s not fun.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/transformers-one-trailer-no-1-223691\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Transformers One<\/em><\/a><span> &#8212; which also stars\u00a0Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm &#8212; hits theaters Sept. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/chris-hemsworth-reacts-to-rumors-hes-starring-in-transformers-and-gi-joe-crossover-movie-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hemsworth is spending his weekend at San Diego Comic-Con promoting his upcoming animated adventure,\u00a0Transformers One, and he&#8217;s been hearing a lot of the speculation regarding his possible involvement in the upcoming crossover between the Transformers\u00a0and the G.I. Joe universes. Speaking with ET&#8217;s Denny Directo at the fan-packed event on Thursday, the 40-year-old actor addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[651,2725,174,8942,75,20,8941],"class_list":{"0":"post-114091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-chris-hemsworth","9":"tag-comic-con","10":"tag-entertainment-tonight","11":"tag-g-i-joe","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-transformers-one"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}