Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed he already turned in a draft for a sequel to the film, which sounded a lot like Marvel’s G.I. Joe: Special Missions, but that the studio didn’t like it.
“It’s funny, there’s 10 pages of one draft that got the tone exactly where I thought it should be,” di Bonaventura told UPROXX. “And I gave it to every director and every writer, and then they rejected it.”
The producer further revealed that his draft centered on one of the Joes being taken, and the command deciding that there is nothing that can be done. In response, a small group of Joes would dress as civilians and head to South America on a mission to save their teammate.
“The scene is they arrive, they have no money. They walk into a police station. They look at the most wanted posters on the wall,” di Bonaventura explained. “The police, the captain says, ‘What are you doing?’ And they go, ‘Well, we’ll be back. We’re going to get this guy.’ And our guys are smart enough. They’ve tapped into the phone line. So now they know where this wanted guy is and then there’s a hard cut. [At] the end of the day, they walk in, they’ve got their guy and the police captain is like, ‘What?'”
Di Bonaventura also called the script clever and fun, noting, “It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it shows great competence actually. And it doesn’t require firepower to show the ingenuity of the team.”
The producer didn’t confirm the inspiration for the synopsis, but it seems to be based on the G.I. Joe: Special Missions comic book series, which was published by Marvel Comics from 1986-1989. That series followed a small but mighty team of Joes on a series of “black ops” special missions.
While Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins has been marketed as a spinoff of the existing G.I. Joe film franchise, di Bonaventura recently clarified that the film is meant to be a full reboot. And while his sequel idea was rejected, the producer shared in the same conversation that Seberg screenwriters Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse are working on their own script for a follow-up film.
From director Robert Schwentke, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is now in theaters. It will be available to stream on Paramount+ 45 days after its theatrical release.
Source: UPROXX
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