G.I. Joe Sequel Inches Closer to Happening

UPDATE: The super sleuths over at IESB have confirmed through their sources that the writers taking on a possible sequel to GI Joe are Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.  You may remember the news earlier this week or when it was actually reported originally by Chud about a month ago, that the duo will also be taking on the writing duties for the upcoming "Deadpool".

Even though I greatly enjoyed G.I. Joe last summer (calling it "retardedly awesome!"), the prospects of a sequel were always iffy. After the film opened to a respectable $54 million, Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore told the LA Times that a sequel was on the way. Then all we heard was the tumble-weeds passing by.

Now Collider has received word that the studio has commissioned a screenwriter to pen the sequel. Just who this phantom typist is remains to be seen. Their source wouldn’t divulge details beyond that. No release date has been penciled in (I’d assume they would be aiming at summer 2012) and no word on whether or not director Stephen Sommers would return.

Although the cast is already locked down for multiple sequels, so you Channing Tatum fanboys have no reason to pout.

As much as I (and my Movie Moan hetero life mate Phil) enjoyed it, I’m not crazy about seeing another one to tell you the truth. I have a weird feeling the "This is so stupid it’s amazing!" response will die down if another one were to be made. Look at what happened with Transformers. The overwhelming feed-back on the original was how "kick-ass" it was. But its 2009 sequel had a 180 reception across the board despite the fact that it was essentially more of the same.

Just in case a G.I. Joe sequel goes to the way of Spider-Man 4, check out Phil’s Memo to the Executives regarding the subject.