As many of us suspected, the rampant rumors of a Channing Tatum “Duke” revival were taken somewhat out of context during an interview with upcoming G.I. Joe 3 director Jon Chu. In speaking with Coming Soon, he elaborates on his comments a bit:

CS: I’ve heard rumors that you’re trying to figure out how to bring Channing Tatum to “G.I. Joe,” which may be tough, considering he’s dead.

Chu: It all gets carried away again. They asked me about Channing and I don’t know. You never know in these movies, and that’s all I said, and suddenly it became “Channing Tatum might be back.” To me, every possibility is open and we’re writing the script right now and we’re figuring everything out. It’s an extremely low possibility when you kill somebody like that, it’s pretty much it, but you never know with “G.I. Joe.” We did that with Storm Shadow, too.

So as we can all see, don’t necessarily anticipate a big Tatum return.

Perhaps the more interesting discussion about G.I. Joe 3, though, revolves around filming for the upcoming motion picture:

CS: Is that something you might be far enough along on that you’ll be shooting next year? Or is it too early to tell?

Chu: I think we’re going to be shooting next year. We’re pretty motivated to get that up.

So, a mere 2 years after filming for the second film we’re going to be immersed in the process of filming G.I. Joe 3? Yeah, I’ll take it!

Check out ComingSoon.com for the full interview.