Hasbro's M.A.S.K. Movie (F. Gary Gray to Direct)

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: April 18, 2018

FATE OF THE FURIOUS' F. Gary Gray to Direct Hasbro's M.A.S.K. Movie

It's game on for F. Gary Gray and Hasbro's M.A.S.K. property. The Fate of the Furious filmmaker will direct the project for Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

No writer is yet attached to the film, based on the '80s property created by the now-defunct toy company Kenner. M.A.S.K. (which stands for Mobile Armored Strike Kommand), centers on a task force and its battle against the evil V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem), and spawned a cartoon series and comics in addition to a number of toys. Gray is producing the film along with Hasbro.

Gray's Fast and Furious installment grossed $1.2 billion worldwide last year, and the director next tackles Sony's Men in Black reboot, which is to star Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson and is set for a July 2019 launch.

No date has been set for the M.A.S.K. movie, one of multiple Hasbro properties Paramount is developing for the big screen for a potential shared universe.

'Fate of the Furious' Helmer F. Gary Gray to Direct Hasbro and Paramount's M.A.S.K. Movie

 

[BisexualMMA]

Director of Fast and Furious sequel. No writer. Okay guys, start coming up with a story about this toy.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

Where is my Stretch Armstrong movie?!

 

[irish_thug]

At least Michael Bay isn't going for ruin another part of my childhood.

 

[MMA since 1993]

At least Michael Bay isn't going for ruin another part of my childhood.

Transformers 1 wasn't bad in my opinion.

The rest though...

 

[El_Dyablo619]

Oh nell no.gif

 

[Organic Damage]

From the wiki:

M.A.S.K. was named the 99th best animated series by IGN. They called it one of the most popular cartoon/toy marketing franchises of the 1980s, stating that it took many of the strengths of G.I. Joe and Transformers while taking few of their flaws.

How have I never heard of this show?

 

[Kalitaur]

How have I never heard of this show?

A true staple of Saturday mornings in the 80s. I had the Jeep/boat toy, and also this motorcycle/sidecar thing that turned into a submarine.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

F. Gary Gray, didn't that dude direct Friday and Straight Outta Compton?

How have I never heard of this show?

The show was awesome and had one of the best theme songs in cartoon history. And the toys were awesome too. I never thought about them being a mix of transformers and gi joe, but yeah lol I guess that's exactly what they were.

 

[bowened]

I am cautiously optimistic. After all, we are talking about some of the coolest toys available to kids of the late 80s.

*Hoping this isn’t just going to be a two hour commercial for the lead sponsoring car company...

 

[LilMountain]

From the wiki:


How have I never heard of this show?

You weren't an 80s kid? It only ran two seasons

 

[LilMountain]

I am cautiously optimistic. After all, we are talking about some of the coolest toys available to kids of the late 80s.

*Hoping this isn’t just going to be a two hour commercial for the lead sponsoring car company...

My favorite

 

[Organic Damage]

You weren't an 80s kid? It only ran two seasons

I was but the obscure shit I remember is like Gobots, C.O.P.S, Bionic 6, Inhumanoids etc.

And none of those is getting a movie adaptation. So that's what got me scratching my head.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

I was but the obscure shit I remember is like Gobots, C.O.P.S, Bionic 6, Inhumanoids etc.

And none of those is getting a movie adaptation. So that's what got me scratching my head.

That's because MASK wasn't really obscure. It was well known.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Getting so sick of these big overblown Hollywood remakes. The one with Eric Stoltz and Cher will always be the real version.

 

[Organic Damage]

That's because MASK wasn't really obscure. It was well known.

Weird, maybe Canada really is bizarro land.

 

[Goon Dog]

Loved this show and I agree about the theme song.

 

[bowened]

My favorite

So fucking sick. Pretty sure I had that one.

I always thought this one was badass. The reverse gull wings doors and wheels that turn upward to introduce machine guns...

 

[90 50]

MASK was the SHIT

tAKE My Money!!!

 

[Cherry Brigand]

So fucking sick. Pretty sure I had that one.

I always thought this one was badass. The reverse gull wings doors and wheels that turn upward to introduce machine guns...

That's the one MASK toy I liked the most. Also had this one: