Uh-Oh for Joe

To say that G.I. Joe looks nothing short of an unmitigated box-office disaster would be an understatement. Hell when I went to see Star Trek, the trailer for Year One (another flop-in-the-making) got a bigger reaction than Joe did from my audience. Then again, that's what happens when you rush a film into production during the WGA Strike even though said film requires a rewrite or ten.

A poster by the name of EndTimes (how appropiate) explained what's been going down with the future Razzie winner over at the Don Murphy message board.

Highlights from said post include the shit-canning of director Stephen Sommers and Hasbro's (rather-wise) decision to distance themselves from the final product - among others.

It only makes matters worse that the good folks over at Latino Review have confirmed this via their sources. And if there's anything we've learned from the past is if Latino Review heard something, it happened. One word about this ordeal: ouch.

Oh well. Paramount is still bathing themselves in all the dough Star Trek is making them and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will only make matters better.

Update: Speaking directly to Latino Review, G.I. Joe producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has denied all claims from the original forum post. Personally, I think it's nothing more than 100% spin-control. But there you have it...