Stephen Sommers

Who would have thought that Paramount’s G.I. Joe film would have made enough money to warrant another film? Yet, it did just that with $300 million dollars in the bank. After that, the question was not would they make one, but who would direct it? This was hinged upon various reports that said Stephen Sommers had issues with the studio during the making of his first film. I guess those issues are long gone, as it seems that Sommers may return to the sequel, which is being written by...Read Full Story

It really didn't make money, but there will be a sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra , and Stephen Sommers will direct it. The sequel itself isn't news; Zombieland screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have written a script that The Wrap says the studio really likes. And most of the cast members signed deals to come back if there were follow-ups, so here we are. The slight surprise is the retrun of Sommers, whose best movie is the first Mummy , and who the studio didn't need to...Read Full Story

Geo436: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra may not have won any battles with audiences or critics when it was released in the summer of 2009, but that didn’t stop it from raking in an impressive worldwide box office gross of over $300 million. As far as Hollywood is concerned – that’s a victory. When you consider the additional revenue garnered from home video sales and the endless array of merchandising tie-ins,  it’s easy to see why Paramount promptly pushed  G.I. Joe 2 into development...Read Full Story

Josh Sommers from Petaluma, California, USA, has mastered the art of creating Escheresque photographs and has decided to reveal the secret mathematical formula behind these incredible hypnotic 'droste effect' imagesRead Full Story

Stephen Sommers Will Not Direct ‘G.I. Joe 2′ : " G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra may not have won any battles with audiences or critics when it was released in the summer of 2009, but that didn’t stop it from raking in an impressive worldwide box office gross of over $300 million. As far as Hollywood is concerned – that’s a victory. When you consider the additional revenue garnered from home video sales and the endless array of merchandising tie-ins,  it’s easy to see why Paramount promptly...Read Full Story