Energon Universe: Transformers and G.I. Joe TV Series in Development

Skybound Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment announced in October 2025 that they are developing Energon Universe, an adult animated series that will adapt and unite Skybound’s comic book line featuring Transformers, G.I. Joe, and the original property Void Rivals. The companies said the series, described as aimed at adult audiences and in the tonal vein of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible adaptation, has been shopped to potential buyers and will be written and overseen by Joe Henderson, who is attached as showrunner.

The project brings to the screen a unified setting Skybound created after acquiring the publishing rights to Hasbro’s brands in 2021. Energon Universe began in comics with Void Rivals in mid‑2023, which concluded its first issue with the surprise arrival of the Transformers character Jetfire. That revelation led into a relaunch of Transformers titles and a sequence of G.I. Joe miniseries that culminated in a main G.I. Joe series. Skybound founder Robert Kirkman co‑created Void Rivals with artist Lorenzo De Felici and has since taken on writing duties for the Transformers comics.

Skybound’s Energon Universe books have been commercially successful, the companies said,...