Perhaps Paramount Pictures got the message that fans aren’t quite ready for a new Max Landis project, especially as part of the GI Joe franchise. Variety reports that multiple sources say Landis’ script for a new movie based on the Hasbro toy line has been passed on by the studio.
Paramount still has other scripts for GI Joe in the works, including one from comedic actor Danny McBride.
Landis, who broke out with his screenplay for Chronicle, hasn’t had a major studio gig since 2016 when he was named as part of the #MeToo scandal. His last credit was for 2020’s Shadow in the Cloud, which was written by him before the allegations, and was subsequently rewritten by director Roseanne Liang.
That said, Landis had an interesting take on GI Joe. He revealed that it centered on the villainous organization, Cobra, “having successfully taken over the world and reduced GI Joe to a conspiracy theory.” Landis added that he was “tremendously grateful to have been given the opportunity”, and that everything came together “very serendipitously based on the coolness of the weird and subversive idea.”
