Today, Deadline is reporting that Eagle Eye and Disturbia director DJ Caruso is in talks to direct the third installment in the G.I.Joe franchise. This comes after Jon M Cho left the project to purse Masters of the Universe which he ended up leaving for Jem & the Holograms. The new film is expected to revolve around The Rock's character Roadblock and his adventures with the Joes. You might be thinking Shia LaBeouf might be next to join the Joes but after his work in Fury....that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Yesterday, the guys over at Schmoes Know got the scoop that Paramount is looking at Casino Royale & Green Lantern director Martin Campbell to direct their untitled G.I.Joe three-quel. This comes after G.I.Joe: Retaliation director Jon M. Chu left the project to focus on Masters of the Universe which he also left for Jem: and The Holograms. It should be noted that Martin Campbell hasn't actually directed anything since 2011's Green Lantern which was panned by fans and critics alike.The directors reps have yet to respond to the request so nothing is set in stone regarding him taking on the project.

Paramount already stated they would like to release the movie in 2016 alongside their other major franchises Star Trek and Transformers. Currently it is being written by Lethal Weapon 4 scribe Jonathan Lemkin and will focus mainly on Dwayne Johnson's Roadblock character.

We know that two of the most popular franchises over at Paramount is G.I.Joe as well as the newly released Transformers installment. After the success of The Avengers ever fan want's to know whill these two franchises also share the same universe? Unfortunately and obviously the answer is no. Total Film sat down with the Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to talk about the possible crossover of these mega franchises.

"I don't think they've run out of stories yet. I think later on there's a possibility. But I don't think in the near future at all. It's not something we talk about either. There's a lot more story to be told in both cases. And I think if at some moment we think, you know what, it's time to bring the two of them together, we'll do that. But I think they're strong enough to exist on their own." 

Last week Paramount announced plans for G.I.Joe 3 are moving forward for a 2016 projected release date. Now Variety has announced that Shooter screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin has been hired by the studio to pen the three-quel. This time it will focus heavily on Dwayne Johnson's 'Roadbloack' Joe with Adrianne Palicki expected to also return. Jon M Chu was scheduled to return and direct the sequel before leaving it for Masters of the Universe then inevitably Jem & the Holograms.

Today Paramount Pictures International SVP Edward Ryan came on stage at this years CineEurope 2014 to talk about Paramounts plan for their massive franchises. These franchises includes sci-fi favorites like Star Trek and Transformers. Or even Mission Impossible, Terminator and G.I.Joe.

First they announced that next year in 2015 we will see the upcoming Terminator semi-reboot Terminator: Genesis as well as Mission Impossible 5.

They then went onto to talk about their future plans in 2016 and announced that G.I.Joe 3, Transformers 5 and Star Trek 3 are all slated to hit in 2016!


This comes off word several months ago that Paramount was considering releasing the next installment in the Transformers saga in 2017. This was never confirmed but did make the most sense. We then got word that Transformers 5 is all dependent on how well Transformers: Age of Extinction will do. It seems they have massive faith in the sequel-trilogy to continue it only two years after Age of Extinction.


It has long been suggested that Star Trek 3 will be aiming for the 50th Anniversary of the original series in 2016 so it's nice to see a confirmation. This comes off word last month that Roberto Orci will be taking a crack at his first directors chair after JJ Abrams left to work on Star Wars VII.


Lastly, it has been announced that the sequel to G.I.Joe: Retalition will hit in 2016 as well! It's unknown if The Rock or director Jon M. Chu will return for G.I.Joe 3 but currently Jon M. Chu left Masters of the Universe for Jem & the Holograms.

Don't tell me a G.I.Joe/Transformers crossover wouldn't be cool though?!

Yesterday, it was announced that director Jon M. Chu is moving forward with a feature film adaptation of Jem and the Holograms. Jem and the Holograms is a 80's cartoon which was about music company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego Jem, her band the Holograms, and their adventures.

Now today director Jon M Chu revealed that the script for G.I.Joe 3 is not finished yet which means he will work on Jem in the meantime.

@briantruitt PS Joe script is getting REALLY fun just taking alittle longer.I need it 2b perfect so decided 2try &fit a crazylittle movie in
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) March 21, 2014

ComingSoon.net spoke with director Jon M.Chu about the 3rd installment in the franchise:

"I love being active in world-building, so we're working on "G.I. Joe 3" right now. We're designing tons of stuff, which takes a little bit, but to me, that's obviously where I like to push myself and where I want to be for a long time and get to know better...I'm excited to bring in new characters and fun things beyond Bruce and Dwayne that we're working on and some great villains, but we're forming those ideas now. I'm really excited - it's going to be a whole ‘nother level."

On if Channing Tatum's Duke will return from the dead:

"It all gets carried away again. They asked me about Channing and I don't know. You never know in these movies, and that's all I said, and suddenly it became "Channing Tatum might be back." To me, every possibility is open and we're writing the script right now and we're figuring everything out. It's an extremely low possibility when you kill somebody like that, it's pretty much it, but you never know with "G.I. Joe." We did that with Storm Shadow, too."

With no release date announced he does update on filming schedule which is next year:

"I think we're going to be shooting next year. We're pretty motivated to get that up."