I recognize that I'm in the minority of people who A.) really enjoyed the first "GI Joe" movie and B.) was dissapointed that director Stephen Sommers wasn'tgoing to return for the sequel. I still contend that, had everyone been wearing a "faithful" uniform, you essentially would've had a live-action episode of the series - what else did people want?
In any case, I'm now given to genuine curiousity as to what the fans holding out hope for a gritty, mature, hardcore reimagining of, eh... nicknamed super-soldiers fighting snake-themed terrorists... will make of the new boss-man, John Chu - director of the later two "Step Up" sequels and the Justin Beiber movie.
...yeah, that's what I thought.
Chu has actually been lobbying pretty heavily for the gig - he's only about 33, i.e. the right age to have been a fan of the show and/or toys. No word on if he is/was, though if he so much as nodded approvingly at an episode while channel-surfing back in the day you can bet he'll be described as "a big fan" in the studio press.
This'll be easily the biggest thing he's ever had his name on, and it's actually something of a coup (the boxoffice for the Beiber movie probably put him over the top) for a new guy on the scene. He's been one of those lauded USC wunderkinds people have been expecting to break out for awhile now, with credits on mostly videos and dance material until now... though I learn from the IMDB that he was apparently inside one of the monster-suits in "Freaked," so that's pretty cool.
Incidentally, I was in a roundtable interview a few weeks back with Channing Tatum during the "Eagle" press tour, and since - shockingly! - everyone ran out of Eagle questions pretty quick I asked him if he was going to do GI Joe 2. He said yes, but had no idea what was going on with the script, which he thought might be a "reboot" or something of the kind. So... there's that.
No comments:
Post a Comment