Danny McBride's Grounded G.I. Joe Reboot May Shoot in 2027

Overview

• Danny McBride said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he has finished a G.I. Joe script and that Paramount is enthusiastic, and he hopes production will begin in 2027.
• McBride and collaborators Jeff Fradley and John Carcieri describe the film as a grounded, suspense-driven action ensemble rather than a comedy.
• The screenplay adapts a classic 1980s comics/cartoon arc set in the town of Springfield and follows Duke and a group of Joes operating against a town secretly run by Cobra.
• McBride said several actors have expressed informal interest but no cast members have been officially attached and Paramount has not announced a release date.
• The project follows Paramount's earlier development of competing scripts and comes as the studio seeks to reboot a franchise whose past live-action films had mixed results and which could affect future Hasbro tie-ins.