Don't forget that Paramount its self isn't in the best health in terms of finance as they are up for sale, so whatever comes next might look extremely cheep and prehaps lazy
Transformers: EarthSpark
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Don't forget that Paramount its self isn't in the best health in terms of finance as they are up for sale, so whatever comes next might look extremely cheep and prehaps lazy
What does that have to do with anything I just said?
Animated show, cost money and a lot of entertainment companies are hurting right now, with Paramount being one of them, Hasbro also hurting due to poor choices, so we could be looking at a low budget show instead of high quailty
Again, what does that have to do with what I said?
If the rumor is true, hopefully the writers have enough time to wrap up major threads before the end of the second season.
And hopefully the show remains readily available on streaming or, better yet, DVD/BluRay and doesn't get buried due to tax writeoff or other such nonsense. It's a good show, doesn't deserve to vanish just to make room for The Next Big Thing.
And hopefully the show remains readily available on streaming or, better yet, DVD/BluRay and doesn't get buried due to tax writeoff or other such nonsense. It's a good show, doesn't deserve to vanish just to make room for The Next Big Thing.
Given how close the premier it, it's already in the can most likely, and too late to change anything substantial if they had to. They did a good job of making the S1 finale feel like it could be a series finale if it didn't get renewed, so perhaps they'll do the same here. ANd given that Prodigy did get shopped around when it got pulled before its S2 aired, I'd expect the same thing to happen here if it did somehow get pulled in the next month or so.
I’m not expecting any sort of announcement, much less before the initial batch of season 2 episodes air. It’s going to be another “quiet cancellation” where they will just run through the episodes, wait a few months, and Hasbro will make a big announcement about the “next big chapter in Transformers!”.
The big indicator of Earthspark’s fate will be next spring, if retail opts to retain the line going into the spring. Walmart is still selling Rise of the Beasts, so if they dump Earthspark, presumably shortly after the second round of episodes air, going into spring? That’s a good indicator that Earthspark was not successful and Hasbro’s clearing the air, so to speak. Hell, some of the leaked gimmick toys we’ve seen listings of for 2025 might be an effort to keep something kid centric on shelves without a dedicated tv series Or associated toy line.
That said, Hasbro’s predilection over the past 15 years also wouldn’t preclude the idea of them scrapping an existing series, regardless of quality or success, in favor of something more in tune with the most recent “big” movie initiative. Hasbro cut off Animated to make a more movie styled series for their new network. GI Joe Renegades got canned due to, supposedly, it being too similar to GI Joe Retaliation. I hear tell that Hasbro was working on a new Snake Eyes/ninja-centric animated series before the film bombed and the cartoon got scrapped.
Hasbro completed a full, 52 episode, Micronauts animated series that they abandoned to a tax write off largely due to their and Paramount’s inability to get the Micronauts movie off the ground.
Further, if Paramount is in a position where they are looking to sell themselves, Hasbro could also be looking to divest themselves from Paramount to avoid an “Animated” situation where one of their shows is tied to a particular media partner.
Truthfully, if the rumor of poor ratings and lackluster toy sales is accurate, the reality might be a combination of ALL those factors at play.
So they killed one show because it wasn't close enough to a recent movie and killed another show because it was too close? What?