A brand new battle plan has been mapped out for yet another attempt at bringing G.I. Joe to the big screen, and they’re calling an undoubtedly divisive choice to help get the job done. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that formerly disgraced screenwriter Max Landis has been hired to pen a new script that brings the toyline to life. It’ll mark the first significant gig he’s been given since the writer of Chronicle and Bright was accused by eight women of emotional and sexual abuse, leading him to be dropped by various agencies in 2019.
Landis won’t be the only person sending the Joes into battle, though, as Halloween screenwriter and co-creator of The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound and Down, Danny McBride, has also been offered a chance to write a treatment for a new film. Sources have revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that, while the two might be writing separate stories, the studio will consider merging them into a single movie.
