The ball is already rolling on G.I. Joe 2. Cobra has risen, and its time to find out if this really was just half the battle.
Paramount’s vice chairman Rob Moore confirmed that a sequel is set to go into development soon. The entire cast is contractually obligated to return for a second film. The film’s director, Stephen Sommers, who was rumored to have been fired during the editing stages of the first installment, is not set to come back at this time.
The interesting thing is that they haven’t already started working on it, its just about to start development. In this fast paced world where sequels are announced with the trailer for the first film, I am surprised that they didn’t already have a script on the shelf ready to move forward.
Stephen Sommers is about to become REALLY unpopular, but not in that “we like to make fun of Michael Bay” kind of unpopular, but rather the professional unpopular. John will calmly and briefly address this later. But lets just say I don’t expect him to return for the sequel.
That alone should be a boost for interest based on the reactions I have read so far.
But also, keep in mind that these adaptations and the close cousin superhero films have been taking a brighter turn lately. They are more widely accepted as “real” films and there is no reason G.I Joe couldn’t have been one of them.
Perhaps they are building on the reaction and feedback and hope to make a better sequel using this just to get their feet wet.
We will know they are listening if they take the lips off of SnakeEye’s mask in the next film.
