[Film] Rom the Spaceknight - 2021?

[Isgrimnur]

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Hasbro movie-verse is now branching out to lesser-known properties, starting with … Rom the Spaceknight?

As Deadline reports, that project gained some momentum recently with the announcement of Zak Penn (Ready Player One) as its screenwriter. Hasbro/Paramount previously established a writers room as a sort of think-tank to establish the overall arc for the films. Penn wasn’t a part of that initial braintrust, but it’s likely that the scaffolding for the film was in place before he signed on. No details are available either for Hasbro/Paramount of Penn’s take on the material, so stay tuned. Currently, there’s no release date set for ROM since it’s still in the scripting phase, but Hasbro/Paramount does have an untitled “event” film on the books for a 2021 release.

[hepcat]

Since it’s a movie, maybe the character will make seven sounds instead of six.

[YellowKing]

Oh man I love ROM!

When I was young my granddad used to frequent yard sales, and one day he brought home an entire yard-sized garbage bag full of comic books. (And yes, I kick myself all the time that I no longer have them). But included among the X-Men, Batman, and Moon Knights was a ton of ROMs. Had a blast reading those.

[Holman]

ROM started as a toy, right?

I seem to remember that (in the toy-spinoff comic) he was bug-sized and had to fight a lawnmower. (?)

Very-early-80s suburbia was a battleground, man!!

[GreenGoo]

Oh man I love ROM!

I don't love ROM, but it's a part of my childhood for some weird reason (don't think I had the toy or comic, nor did anyone I knew. I think) and when there is a reference to him (on, say, Robot Chicken), I'm like *nostalgia*.

It's a weird feeling.

[Daehawk]

As a kid I had hand me downs from my 13 and 15 years older brother and sister of Archie and Richie Rich but I collected on my own X-Men, Micronauts, and ROM.

[RuperT]

Without Googling, I do think he started as a toy, but like a larger GI Joe Voltron type. Never knew him to be small, maybe you’re thinking of Micronauts? So long ago, fun to try to recall.
When I was in elementary school, Mom subscribed to several comics and apparently just decided to pick the titles without consulting me (might have been a birthday present). For years I received Rom:Spaceknight, Amazing Spider-Man (not Spectacular , lots of Aunt May), Incredible Hulk (who stayed in the desert mostly then helping me appreciate Ang Lee’s Hulk later, also intro’d Rocket Racoon) and, uh, Dazzler (I guess disco and roller skates were big for everyone at the time, myself included).
I really liked Rom, I hope they treat him well. Not sure what the crossover with the MCU will be. They could make it stand alone pretty easily. I don’t remember other Marvel heroes showing up often in the comic, if at all, although the Dire Wraiths were pretty nasty.

[MonkeyFinger]

Without Googling, I do think he started as a toy

Some googling (since I'd not heard of Rom before this) and a Wikipedia entry back you up.

[GreenGoo]

Micronauts were my thing. I loved those little guys.

[hepcat]

I really liked Rom, I hope they treat him well. Not sure what the crossover with the MCU will be. They could make it stand alone pretty easily. I don’t remember other Marvel heroes showing up often in the comic, if at all, although the Dire Wraiths were pretty nasty.

I doubt they’ll put him in the Marvel universe. I’m not even sure he’s licensed to Marvel.

[Smoove_B]

Once again, what Daehawk wants, Daehawk gets.

[Holman]

Without Googling, I do think he started as a toy, but like a larger GI Joe Voltron type. Never knew him to be small, maybe you’re thinking of Micronauts? So long ago, fun to try to recall.
When I was in elementary school, Mom subscribed to several comics and apparently just decided to pick the titles without consulting me (might have been a birthday present). For years I received Rom:Spaceknight, Amazing Spider-Man (not Spectacular , lots of Aunt May), Incredible Hulk (who stayed in the desert mostly then helping me appreciate Ang Lee’s Hulk later, also intro’d Rocket Racoon) and, uh, Dazzler (I guess disco and roller skates were big for everyone at the time, myself included).
I really liked Rom, I hope they treat him well. Not sure what the crossover with the MCU will be. They could make it stand alone pretty easily. I don’t remember other Marvel heroes showing up often in the comic, if at all, although the Dire Wraiths were pretty nasty.

On the suburban lawn front, yeah, I'm probably thinking of Micronauts.

I can remember the drug store where I bought ROM better than I can remember the comic itself.

[Isgrimnur]

I really liked Rom, I hope they treat him well. Not sure what the crossover with the MCU will be. They could make it stand alone pretty easily. I don’t remember other Marvel heroes showing up often in the comic, if at all, although the Dire Wraiths were pretty nasty.

I doubt they’ll put him in the Marvel universe. I’m not even sure he’s licensed to Marvel.

Not presently. He belongs to Parker Brothers (Hasbro) and Paramount pictures.