G.I.*JOE 3 discussion...
Thought we may as well get an early start on it since there's already talk of it...
Thought we may as well get an early start on it since there's already talk of it...
IGN said:Fans of the G.I. Joe franchise were likely pleased by the news that Paramount Pictures had decided to move forward with a third installment following G.I. Joe: Retaliation’s impressive $132 million worldwide box-office debut. Other than the studios reported determination to shoot G.I. Joe 3 in 3D, details about the film are, understandably, few.
We were able to chat with the G.I. Joe Retaliation screenwriters, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, recently and discovered that the pair are actively in the process of breaking the story for the third film. The Zombieland co-writers were looking at a wall of story ideas and notes for G.I. Joe 3 as we spoke. When asked what sorts of story ideas they were playing with, the scribes said that they wanted to “resurrect the Baroness like a zombie†in this next one. Now, the Barnoness didn’t actually die in the first film, so she wouldn’t need resurrection as such. We think the team just has zombies on the brain as they’ve recently launched their Amazon Zombieland pilot. They also may have meant that they’d like to see the character receive a “proper†treatment versus what was – in the minds of many fans – an odd interpretation of the iconic Joe villainess in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. It’s interesting that they called out the Baroness specifically, though, as she was one of the few villains not mentioned in Retaliation.The writing team also stressed that Dwayne Johnson’s Roadblock would absolutely be a part of the third film, which is no real surprise, and that Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes were also likely to return. In our recent interview with Johnson (seen above) the actor jokingly said, "I'm leading the Joe's so I better, or there's a problem" when asked if he'd be back. It should be noted that Reese and Wernick haven’t officially been tapped to write G.I. Joe 3. They feel fairly confident in terms of the financial return on the second film though, saying, “It was made for $50 million less and is projected to make $100 more, so I’d call that a success.†We will keep you updated as details on the project emerge.
A few things I would like to see in #3
-LJ and Flint spend more time together and actually "hook up"
-A Bigger Joe team even if they are mainly background characters
-No Joes from the first movie(they all sucked)
-Destro with a mini reboot(which was already started in #2)
-New batch of villains. Major Bludd, Scrap Iron, Mindbender and BATS would be cool
-SE back story goes deeper with a war injury similar to the comics
I want a free-for-all dogfight that puts the Battle of Shattered Skies to shame.
It needs more ninjas. Not enough in Retaliation.
You get out of here with that BS!!
I'd like to see Cobra as a real threat & maybe beating the Joes. Then surprise Destro is behind the scenes making sure the Joes have what they need to defeat Cobra.
Comic-Con: Jon M. Chu Talks G.I. Joe 3
This year's G.I. Joe: Retaliation scored over $350 million at the global box office and of course Paramount is going to follow it up with a third film in the series. They've even tapped "Retaliation" director Jon M. Chu to helm the feature.
Speaking with our friends at CraveOnline, Chu spoke in good detail about the world they've created and what characters could see a return in the third film.
"There's definitely a possibility that we'll get Scarlet back. I think there's a lot of characters that we can get back. The G.I. Joe world is a large world and we're with one section of it. In mind it was never "Oh we're getting rid of everyone and that's that!" This is another part of the universe and I'm sure we'll get her back. She has some of the most interesting storylines, especially with Snake Eyes."
Chu appears to have big plans for the future of the franchise, hinting that we've only scratched the surface.
"The reason I love G.I. Joe is because it goes everywhere and it stretches and it pulls. There's never been a mythology like that hefore where it mixes military, ninjas, androids, and crazy political things between the Cobra. I just love that. All the doors are open for us. We started with the foundation of G.I. Joe Retaliation to clear the slate, to get to where this world lives and we have ninjas flying next to military guys. Now we can take the next step, now we can go on an adventure somewhere else and we can just keep building until you are literally like "What the hell is going on here?"
Chu confirmed that the third G.I. Joe film will likely be shot in 3D, in favor of doing a post-conversion that delayed the release of "Retaliation" by almost eight months.
The third film currently doesn't have a release date nor a confirmed cast ,but it is expected that D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson will return.
Idris Elba for Stalker as the new team leader.
That's why I still think the best place for live action Joe is television...
That's why I still think the best place for live action Joe is television...
F*@# Joe movies...it NEEDS to be a weekly show...just too much potential to lock up in films that come out every few years...