Another ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie, A Follow-Up To ‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’, Is In Development
Yet anotherG.I. Joefilm is in development at Paramount, because evidently someone over there believes that this is still a major, bankable franchise.
Paramount and Hasbro are currently in negotiations with the writing team ofJoe ShrapnelandAnna Waterhouse, who did uncredited polish on the upcomingSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsmovie, to write a follow-up that’s intended to expand the fictional world even further.
According toThe Hollywood Reporter, this new movie is meant to build on what we see inSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, “making it not quite a sequel but rather an expansion to take audience goers deeper into the world of Joe.”
With only twoG.I. Joemovies coming out over the past decade-plus – 2009’sG.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobraand 2013’sG.I. Joe: Retaliation, neither of which left a lasting mark on pop culture – do modern audiences care at all about this property? Or is this a case of Paramount being pot-committed after making a distribution deal with Hasbro and trying to “make G.I. Joe happen” in the 2020s?
It sure seems like this property is dead in the water right now, but maybe people will care aboutSnake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsbecause it stars Henry Golding, the charming, handsome star ofCrazy Rich AsiansandLast Christmas. But from the outside looking in, Paramount is putting an awful lot of faith in that film if they’re banking on people being interested enough to stick around for a follow-up. The idea that folks are going to be so hyped after seeingReddirector Robert Schwentke’s take onSnake Eyesthat they line up for a quasi-sequel is not a sure thing…but I guess nothing is a sure thing in this business, so sure, go for it. Good luck, Paramount and Hasbro. Knock ‘em dead.
In addition to polishing theSnake Eyesscreenplay, Shrapnel and Waterhouse also worked onCaptain Marvel,The Aftermath,Seberg, Netflix’supcoming remakeof Daphne du Maurier’s gothic literary classicRebecca, Legendary’sadaptationof Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris’sEx Machina(the movie version of which is titledThe Great Machine), and aremakeof the Agatha Christie murder mysteryAnd Then There Were None.
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsis currently dated for August 20, 2025, but as with everything else aiming to come out this year, that date could change as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
