Take what you will from this, but Hollywood website Collider.com is reporting from some “reliable sources” that a screenwriter has been hired by Paramount to begin work on a G.I. Joe movie sequel and that production is actively moving forward on the follow up to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
While many fans will bemoan this event, I think this is a good thing, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the G.I. Joe movie universe was “reconceived” a little bit for the sequel, perhaps for the better. Time will tell, but it’s good to at least hear some information about it, however vague it might be.
Thanks to Mercer of JoeBattleLines for the intel.
I say again: if they take the action into more of a Bourne Identity/Casino Royale direction, I’ll ignore most any other shortcoming.
Ditch this whole stupid “lost love” theme from the first one and just tell a good military story. Heck, Transformers 1 (not the crap that was “Revenge of the Fallen”) told a better military story than Rise of Cobra.
The longer I own the movie, the less I like it.
The article reads to me like some of the comments I see in the forums online. It sounds like someone is defending the movie, and goading the masses who disliked the film and its direction. So many times I have seen the same comments at Hisstank.com where he says that the film made over 300 million and must have sold so many toys so there HAS to be a sequel.
Sounds like speculation, not facts.
Making over 300 million dollars is a lot of money, but if the rumors (that have not dispeled from Paramount. Sure, they won’t tell us specific numbers, but if the 325 rumor wasn’t true, it would have been in their best interest to dispel that rumor with all of the other black clouds already hanging on the film.) that 325 is total cost of production and marketing, then making “over 300 million” means nothing.
And as we all know, it didn’t help the sales of toys, so there’s more speculation without facts.
THAT SAID: If this turns out to be true, then I think it’s good news and a step in the right direction. Speaking of direction, I think they need to hire a new director, replace Tatum, and hire another company to work the film’s CGI.
For me, the main thing a sequel needs is more Cobra. While I enjoyed the flick (despite all of its shortcomings, and there were many), it was basically a feature-length introduction. JOE vs. Cobra never actually happened, and I think that was a mistake. Paramount shafted Hasbro in a way by doing practically nothing to further the branding of that classic Cobra symbol. I like what Monte said about using The Bourne Identity as a model, because G.I. JOE is an anti-terrorism force, not a traditional military unit.
If a sequel does happen, I hope it’s successful enough to warrant a Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow spin-off. They have too much story and potential to cram into broader G.I. JOE movies, and a spin-off could be done for a lot less than the cost of The Rise Of Cobra.