Danny McBride is set to direct Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n The actor will make his directorial debut by helming the upcoming film based on the classic Hasbro toy franchise, ABC Audio has learned. He also penned the movie’s script.<\/p>\n The currently untitled G.I. Joe<\/em> movie is keeping its plot details under wraps for the time being. G.I. Joe<\/em> remains a priority IP for Paramount, sources told ABC Audio.<\/p>\n The G.I. Joe<\/em> toy line launched in the ’60s. It garnered even more popularity in the ’80s after inspiring a popular animated TV series, which introduced characters such as Duke, Snake Eyes and Roadblock.<\/p>\n Three previous G.I. Joe<\/em> movies have been released by Paramount. The first was 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra<\/em> starring Channing Tatum; the second was 2013’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation<\/em> starring Dwyane Johnson and Bruce Willis; and the third was 2021’s Snake Eyes<\/em> spinoff starring Henry Golding.<\/p>\n McBride is known for creating and starring in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones<\/em>. Some of his film credits include\u00a0Pineapple Express<\/em>, Tropic Thunder<\/em> and Alien: Covenant<\/em>.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n At KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kmaland.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A photo of Danny McBride. (Michael Buckner) Danny McBride is set to direct Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie. The actor will make his directorial debut by helming the upcoming film based on the classic Hasbro toy franchise, ABC Audio has learned. He also penned the movie’s script. The currently untitled G.I. Joe movie is keeping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2503657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[21741],"class_list":["post-2503656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Danny-McBride-to-make-directorial-debut-with-new-GI-Joe.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503658,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503656\/revisions\/2503658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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