Writers: 'G.I. Joe' Sequel "Faithful" To First Film

Where oh where to take G.I. Joe? I'm going to stand by the argument I've made since the week after this movie was released: It wasn't a smash hit. It sold a lot of merchandise, but in theaters, it didn't even double its budget, to say nothing of the promotion costs. Perhaps Paramount loves the non-traditional revenue game, and it would need to rely on it to show a profit for Joe. The sequel has already shaken things up by hiring Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the soon-to-be overworked writers of Zombieland. Or then again, maybe not. "We can say that we will be faithful to the first film," Reese told MTV. "We will not be ignoring events from the first in the second." Added Wernick, "It will be a sequel. It will be a continuation of G.I. Joe." And for that continuation, Reese and Wernick (hereafter referred to as "the writers") will look to new characters in the Joeniverse. “We’re going out to Pawtucket, Rhode Island to the Hasbro headquarters next week,” the writers said. "[We’ll] talk to the toy guys, take a tour of the facility, see all the old toys, the new toys and just get inspired.” Let's hope the writers can find a cool way to move this story forward, because that first one, outside of Sienna Miller's sultry sneering, didn't have much going for it at all. If they bring back Stephen Sommers, I think it would be a tremendous mistake. I mean, when everything else you've made pales in comparison to The Mummy, that's a disturbing trend.

Comments

[Jeremy]

I can't say this is one of the cheesiest movies i've ever seen...because it was so bad I couldn't finish it. I expected better from Dennis Quaid at least..

[nick soapdish]

yeah, seriously this move was a steaming pile. I'm glad they're making a sequel in the same way that I hope dungeon siege gets a sequel.

Where are the rifftrax for gi joe and dungeon siege?