Hasbro is letting us know that its entertainment arm eOne has signed a deal with former Marvel Executive & Producer Jeremy Latcham to produce movies based on Hasbro properties and original content.

Mr. Latcham previously worked on The Avengers series, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy, and many other MCU projects and is known for taking creative decisions staying true to the source materials.

“Jeremy is a massively talented producer with a track record of creating true-to-brand films with size and scope that resonate with audiences and excel on a global scale,” said Nick Meyer, eOne’s President of Film. “In our exciting new era with Hasbro, we’re thrilled to begin this new partnership and look forward to sharing the amazing projects that are to come.”

As the first project, Jeremy Latcham will work on Dungeons & Dragons live action movie, slated to release on July 23rd, 2021.

“Nick and the entire eOne team have welcomed me into the fold with open arms,” Latcham added. “Hasbro’s incredibly rich library of beloved brands in addition to the opportunity to develop original material makes for a very exciting next step for me as a creative producer. My passion for telling stories steeped in heart, humor and spectacle aligns with D&D’s decades of immersive, adventure-driven storytelling, and I am beyond excited to help John and Jonathan, eOne, Paramount, and Wizards of the Coast bring this rich world to filmgoing audiences.”

Though future movies are not highlighted at the moment, it is likely that Jeremy Latcham will work on Transformers as well as G.I. Joe.

Meanwhile, eOne is strengthening its TV front by bringing in former HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo. While he is currently working with the company as a consultant, Mr. Lombardo is expected to officially board the company in the near future to lead all of television.

Entertainment One’s subsidiary eOne Music is in talks to produce music for Hasbro based properties as a part of their new venture.

Speaking to the Billboard magazine, eOne Music’s Global President Chris Taylor stated that a group of eOne executives met with Hasbro management and presented a portfolio of music assets, from music supervision and soundtrack production to synch licensing and a production music library.

“It’s our job to familiarize ourselves with Hasbro’s brands, starting with Dungeons & Dragons to Magic: The Gathering to Transformers to Monopoly — what a job!”

Billboard asked “At this point, has eOne been tapped for any of Hasbro’s movie franchises, like Transformers or G.I. Joe?” and Mr. Taylor answered “We’re in discussions across the board with respect to music needs.”, but confirmed that the company is already working on song and composer ideas for the feature-length CGI-animated My Little Pony movie (2021) and has spoken to Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons team about their music needs for trailers and commercials, in addition to assisting Hasbro’s own commercial department (Cakemix Studio) to produce music for 150 commercials they put out each year.

Hasbro has submitted their annual report to United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC Filing) and has highlighted the impact of the current epidemic of the COVID-19 with regards to their business.

“The coronavirus outbreak continues to be fluid and uncertain, making it difficult to forecast the final impact it could have on our future operations. If our business experiences prolonged occurrence of adverse public health conditions, such as the coronavirus, we believe our business could be substantially harmed.”

“Given that our toy manufacturing is conducted by third-party manufacturers, the majority of whom are located in China, health conditions, such as the coronavirus, and other factors affecting social and economic activity in China and affecting the movement of people and products into and from China to our major markets, including North America and Europe, as well as increases in the costs of labor and other costs of doing business in China, could have a significant negative impact on our operations, revenues and earnings.”

But on a positive note, Hasbro stated the importance of their acquisition of Entertainment One (eOne) and what they are planning to do with the new resource. The company did not forget to mention their long time partner, Paramount Pictures; whose agreement will come to an end in 2022, unless extended. You can read about it after the jump and check out the original report, for more info.

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