 In November 2009 during an "Investor Day" event held at Hasbro’s headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Hasbro’s VP of Global Designs, Brian Chapman, announced the company’s re-introduction of the "Micronaut" toyline and hinted that director J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions was in negotiations to produce a film based on the "Micronauts" property.In March 2013, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick mentioned they were working on a screenplay and the film was on Paramount's list of possible productions.Wernick was quoted as saying, "We've written a couple of drafts of "Micronauts" and it's in the Paramount system now.