Three possible "Joe 2" directors named?

[FilmNerdJamie]

Bad like you mean the first G.I. Joe movie? Seriously this isn't a franchise to put up on a pedestal especially after Rise of Cobra and the old cartoons from the 80s.

 

[Project862006]

still it has it's fans just like any comic property

it deserves respect

not asking for an oscar caliber director but there were better directors on the short list

 

[Sawyer]

Wow. You really traded up from Sommers didn't you, Paramount? You really-- *loses interest*

 

[LostSon88]

Seriously.

I mean as one of the few people that actually enjoyed the first one...what the hell Paramount?

This guy? This is the best you could come up with? There's nothing about this guys resume that suggests he could deliver a quality sequel...even with the bar set low.

The guys got a background in directing ****ing dance movies!!!

 

[cronosred]

Bad like you mean the first G.I. Joe movie? Seriously this isn't a franchise to put up on a pedestal especially after Rise of Cobra and the old cartoons from the 80s.

I liked Rise Of Cobra and would have liked an even better sequel but with this announcement I have little hope of getting it.

 

[bapi]

The first movie was good, enjoyable but now with Chu and without Sienna and JGL... Romania and 50% of Rise of Cobra budget screams on me! Sad.

 

[gkokujin]

This AMAZES ME. they had a choice between someone who directed decent action before and THIS GUY, and just like the ****** first movie, they pick the WRONG GUY...AGAIN

I give up on ANY HOPE in this franchise and will stick with GI JOE: RESOLUTE being the only new GIJOE movie.

Just like Transformers 86 was the ONLY Transformers movie

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[Project862006]

to be fair chu seems to be very passionate about the material

The one thing I felt was missing from the last Joe movie was the power of the punch. You want Joe to be tough. They are fun, but they are tough. I feel that you don’t want to make Joe too kidsie.

[G.I.] Joe, to me, is iconic. It is as American as Coke and the Boy Scouts. To have that kind of history in a brand is so rare these days. And that is so powerful. So you can’t treat Joe like its just another action movie. You can’t treat Joe as just another petty commercial movie. Joe has history. Joe has always been a part of what America is, and now the world. What it means to be a leader and a hero. For me, it is about the fun stuff like Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes, and all the gadgets. All of that stuff. But it has heart. Its heart is what America, and what heroes and leaders around the world, strive to be. I think that is what the brand needs. It needs the respect to be treated in that way.

 

[LostSon88]

You know who else was passionate about their work?

Mark Steven Johnson of Daredevil and Ghost Rider "fame"...

Its nice that he has the passion. Doesn't necessarily mean he's the right man for this gig.

Oh and there was definitely no way they were gonna get JGL again to hide behind a mask...his career's really starting to take off since Inception.

 

[Silvermoth]

Ha! You gotta laugh don't you? The director of Justin Beiber: Never say never directing G.I Joe 2. Well, that's what you get when you have people in charge who don't care about the subject matter but control everything.

In a way it makes me concerned Disney will pull something like this with something that's possibly interesting like a Marvel property. When you have people who control everything but don't care about it at all, a catrastrophe occurs.

Honestly I'm not too concerned about G.I Joe 2 anyway. I was never gonna see it and it was never gonna be art.

 

[Crockett]

Why Paramount went with him I don't know, the only thing that keeps me interested as for now in the project is that the script is written by the writers of Zombieland.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Wow. This choice is shocking. Not in a good way

 

[Timstuff]

Well, it's official: this franchise has gone **** up.

Seriously, WHY Paramount!? You couldn't find ANYONE who was as desperate for a paycheck as Chu, but more talented? The only possible explanation I can come up with for why they chose Chu and not F. Gary Gray is that the strong box office for the first film in spite of the mixed-to-negative reviews sent the signal to Paramount that "people will watch pretty much anything these days," so now they're not even going to try. It's a darned shame because I really thought that this had potential as a series if they raised the bar for the sequel, but apparently Paramount has dropped all pretenses of pleasing the fans and is hoping people will watch this just because they saw the first one. As a GI Joe fan who actually enjoyed one, it pains me greatly to see that of all the candidates Paramount was considering, they chose the absolute worst. After The Last Airbender though, I should have known better than to expect anything more from them than to do the exact opposite of what they should.

I might occasionally check up on this project out of sheer morbid curiousity, but I am by no means expecting it to be an improvement over the first one-- or even of equal quality, for that matter. As far as I'm concerned if this movie turns out decent it will be a fluke that will take me completely by surprise.

 

[cronosred]

I wonder if Paramount chose Chu or if the other directors passed on the film and he was all they had left. I do hope Paramount realizes it's not as hard to make a profit on a low budget documentary of a popular teen idol as it is on a big budget action movie based on an 80's property

 

[Sawyer]

It's almost like Paramount is trying to make Transformers look better by compairison.

Well, guess what, Paramount? Mission accomplished.

 

[Timstuff]

You know what this is? This is Paramount rebelling against the idea that they need the support of the fans to make money. They are out to prove that it doesn't matter who they choose as director, because the drooling masses are all going to watch it anyway. They're taking GI Joe, which is the ULTIMATE testosterone-fueled fantasy for boys, and they are giving it to a director who ONLY MAKES MOVIES FOR GIRLS.

NO fan is supporting this, and if they have I have not seen any evidence of it. The closest thing to support I've seen is "eh, he might not be too bad." Paramount could not possibly have assumed that the fans would get behind a director who made a Justin Bieber movie, which tells me that they've concluded that statistically, fan reactions do not matter, and therefore they have a free hand to do whatever they want.

This is BS. I saw Rise of Cobra in theaters TWICE and defended it relentlessly online in spite of the vocal criticisms of some fans. I was convinced that GI Joe 2 would be an improvement over the first one thanks to an improved script and a better director, but I do not think that any script is good enough to save this project from the direction Paramount wants to move it in. Apparently, Paramount thinks it's more important to get tweenage girls who diddle themselves to Justin Bieber posters to watch this movie than it is for the fans to back it.

Well to Paramount, I say screw you. You'll be lucky enough if you can get me to watch Transformers 3 this summer, but if this is the amount of "respect" you have for these franchises, then don't count on even that much. Even someone who is as forgiving as me is not going to give my blind loyalty to a project that is this ass-hatted from the outset. After The Last Airbender, I've gotten a lot harder to fool. If they can't even get a good director for this movie then there is no hope.

 

[cronosred]

You know what this is? This is Paramount rebelling against the idea that they need the support of the fans to make money. They are out to prove that it doesn't matter who they choose as director, because the drooling masses are all going to watch it anyway.

I guess they figured it worked for Transformers.

 

[Philly Phanboy]

Has there been any mention if they are going to film G.I. Joe 2 in 3D? Other than Chu having worked on his last dance movie in 3D, I can't for the life of me understand (based on his resume) how this guy could have been chosen as the best candidate.

 

[Timstuff]

They probably picked him because he is cheap and he will not fight with the studio. The only possible reason they would have picked him due to his resume is because Paramount is so worried that this movie will not appeal to girls that they are completely overcompensating. They picked Channing Tatum as Duke because he's essentially the distaff counterpart to Megan Fox, and now they are picking a director who makes movies for girls because they are more worried about gaining the female demographic than they are about keeping the male demographic.

I keep waking up in the morning hoping to find out that this was all a bad dream, or an April Fools' joke that got out early. And then, reality kicks me in the nads again.

 

[S. Grundy]

I think some of you guys are blowing the choice of director way out of proportion. He's not my first choice but I'm willing to give him a shot.

He was probably chosen because he was cheap and the studio probably thinks he'll stay within the budget of the film, something Sommers didn't do. The thought that he was brought in to wrangle to tween girl demographic is ridiculous.

 

[CelticPredator]

Hey guys, it's ok. He's a HUGE fan of GI-JOE! Paul WS Anderson is a HUGE fan of Aliens and Predators....and so were The Strause Brothers! It's going to be OK people! Big Fans = Quailty movies!

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I think some of you guys are blowing the choice of director way out of proportion. He's not my first choice but I'm willing to give him a shot.

He was probably chosen because he was cheap and the studio probably thinks he'll stay within the budget of the film, something Sommers didn't do. The thought that he was brought in to wrangle to tween girl demographic is ridiculous.

Dead on.

 

[CelticPredator]

I wouldnt give this guy a chance if you paid me.

 

[Timstuff]

I'll gladly give him a shot-- if it means they'll have to find a new director.

 

[LostSon88]

I think some of you guys are blowing the choice of director way out of proportion. He's not my first choice but I'm willing to give him a shot.

He was probably chosen because he was cheap and the studio probably thinks he'll stay within the budget of the film, something Sommers didn't do. The thought that he was brought in to wrangle to tween girl demographic is ridiculous.

He was brought in because he just made Paramount some serious money with that freakin' Bieber movie "Never Say Never,"...and of course by the logic of Hollywood, he can most definitely do it again.