Max Landis has been tapped to write “G.I. Joe” treatment based on the Hasbro franchise for Paramount Pictures, TheWrap has learned. Landis lands the job 7 years after he was involved in a #MeToo scandal.
Danny McBride is in talks to write a treatment as well.
It will be a whole new continuity based, of course, on the G.I. Joe toy line.
The “G.I. Joe” franchise is a high priority for Paramount CEO David Ellison who wants the project out before the company’s video game adaptation “Call of Duty,” which has Taylor Sheridan attached to write.
Paramount’s first live-action attempt at “G.I. Joe” was 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,…
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