{"id":4997,"date":"2009-08-11T00:15:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T05:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:28:44","slug":"gi-joe-sequel-planning-to-begin-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/11\/gi-joe-sequel-planning-to-begin-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"GI JOE Sequel Planning To Begin Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GIJoe1\"<\/a>In Hollywood, it is not how good or bad your movie actually is, it is how much it manages to take in at the box office. Case in point- G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra<\/strong>. The movie didn’t receive to many enthusiastic reviews, it currently has a 40% rating at Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. But it still managed to pull in approximately $100 million at the worldwide box office this past weekend. And that good a weekend can only mean one thing in Hollywood- How soon can work start on a sequel?<\/p>\n

In the case of G.I. Joe<\/strong>, the answer is soon, according to Paramount Studios vice-chairman Rob Moore in an LA Times<\/em><\/a> article on this past weekend’s box office results. Moore also confirmed that while the lead actors are signed under option to return for a second film, while director Steven Sommers is not.<\/p>\n

While I actually liked the final film a bit more than I liked the screenplay<\/a>, I still felt that the movie wasted a lot of potential and seemed a little too self-conscious that it was the first film in a potential franchise. Rather than telling a good story on its own, it was more concerned with setting things up for future installments. Hopefully, Paramount will take a good, honest look at the film and its problems and make a concerted effort to improve the things that need improving. But then again, this is Hollywood, where some splashy CG action sequences will always trump a bad script, cheesy production design and hamfisted direction, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we wind up just getting more of the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Hollywood, it is not how good or bad your movie actually is, it is how much it manages to take in at the box office. Case in point- G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[1180,434,22,24,521],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-box-office","9":"tag-gi-joe","10":"tag-in-development","11":"tag-sequel","12":"tag-stephen-sommers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t