It's been eight years since G.I. Joe: Retaliation managed to surprise at the box office, and while a sequel has been rumored for several years now, the studio ultimately opted to go the spinoff route with Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, a soft reboot that will tell the origin story behind the franchise's most iconic commando (Henry Golding).
However, while they're hopeful the upcoming spinoff will revive the property, it sounds like they're also actively developing a follow-up to the 2013 actioner that starred Dwayne Johnson and Adrianne Palicki.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly as part of their massive Snake Eyes first look feature, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura revealed, "There have been some scripts that are in development currently. The truth of the matter is it could have gone first if we'd gotten a good script, but we struggled. While we struggled, in came a really good Snake Eyes script."
Before deciding to move forward with Snake Eyes, the studio also considered a potential spinoff centered on The Baroness, but it doesn't sound like it gained much traction. There's also the possibility that some supporting characters could be heading to the small screen, as it was recently reported that a Lady Jaye series is in the works over at Amazon Prime Video.
As for a timeline, Bonaventura stresses, "We want to get it right. How fast? There's always a question, but no, there's absolutely a commitment from Paramount to get another Joe up and running."
Check out some first-look Snake Eyes stills here.