Paramount Pictures Rejects Max Landis ‘G.I. Joe’ Pitch

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro have passed on Max Landis’ pitch for a G.I. Joe reboot, according to Variety. This report follows the news that surfaced on Feb. 27, suggesting that Paramount was developing two different pitches for a new G.I. Joe movie. One would be written by The Righteous Gemstones creator Danny McBride, while the other would be from Landis, whose previous credits include Chronicle and Bright. Paramount is reportedly still working with McBride to develop his pitch.

Variety says Paramount passed on Landis’ G.I. Joe pitch due to creative differences. Reached for comment by the trade, Landis said his pitch came together “very serendipitously based on the coolness of the weird and subversive idea.