The upcoming sequel to the box-office hit ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ has been given a new release date of August 10, 2012, Collider.com is reporting. Paramount Pictures, which distributed ‘The Rise of Cobra’ in August 2009, decided on the date change after Stephen Sommers, who directed the first film, choose not to return for the sequel in January. Paramount then scrambled to hire another director, and choose Jon Chu, who helmed last month’s successful Justin Bieber concert movie, ‘Never Say Never.’ Not much is known about the plot for the ‘G.I. Joe’ sequel yet, which was penned by ‘Zombieland’ screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. However, Rachel Nichols,…

Korean actor Lee Byung-hun will be reprising his Hollywood debut role of the Cobra ninja Storm Shadow in the sequel to the 2009 Paramount Pictures sci-fi thriller ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.’ The star’s agent confirmed the unexpected news to the Hollywood Reporter. It was previously believed that Byung-hun wouldn’t be returning to the sequel, as Storm Shadow is thought to have died in ‘The Rise of Cobra’ after a battle with his rival Snake Eyes, played by Ray Park. The sequel is on the fast track, with Byung-hun reportedly returning to the U.S. in June to begin shooting. But Paramount is still busy looking for a new director…

Screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have decided to try their hand at directing by signing on to helm the Paramount comedy ‘Doc and Howie’. The film, which was written by Steve Leff, follows two slackers who don’t help an old woman with her groceries. The woman dies as a result, and the two guys are left wondering if they should tell her two granddaughters of their part in her death. Reese and Wernick rose to fame with last year’s modestly budgeted hit horror comedy film ‘Zombieland,’ and have been securing projects with nearly every major Hollywood studio as a result. Not only are they writing a second ‘Zombieland’ for…

Paramount is moving forward with a sequel to this previous summer’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra”. The studio is moving forward with a sequel to last summer’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” inspired by the Hasbro toy line. The studio is in negotiations with “Zombieland” scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who have recently signed on to write the “Deadpool” movie, to pen the script for the sequel to the film based on the Hasbro toy line and 1980′s cartoon series. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from the GI Joe movie franchise. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)

20th Century Fox has attached Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the writing team behind the 2009 horror-comedy hit “Zombieland”, to pen the script for their planned “Deadpool” film, starring Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds would be reprising his role as the “Merc with a Mouth” from Fox’s 2009 “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. Created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza in 1991′s “New Mutants” for Marvel, the character is a gravel-voiced, heavily-scarred mercenary who wisecracks his way through life. Initially a villain, the character, who wields a variety of weapons and has artificial healing powers, has since evolved into more of an anti-hero. Deadpool is perhaps best known for being aware of his status…

According to a report by Variety, Gary Ross (“Pleasantville”) is closing in on a deal to not only direct a “Venom” project, a spinoff of Sony’s “Spider-Man” franchise, but also possibly rewrite the current script. Topher Grace, who portrayed the character of Eddie Brock/Venom in “Spider-Man 3″, will not be returning to the role of Venom, an enemy of Spider-Man bonded to an alien symbiote that gifts him with powers similar to Spider-Man. First introduced in 1986 by Marvel Comics, Brock was a photographer similar to Peter Parker who falls out of grace thanks to Spider-Man. He was the first character to be known as Venom after bonding to the…

In an interview with “Zombieland” co-writer Paul Wernick, Sci-Fi Wire inquired about the script for the “Spider-Man” spin-off “Venom” that Sony will be producing, which Wernick wrote alongside Rhett Reese. Wernick said; “We’ve written two drafts of Venom, and the studio has it, and they’re pushing forward in whatever ways they push forward, [...] We can’t really talk about that, unfortunately”. Venom, portrayed by Topher Grace in 2007′s “Spider-Man 3″, is a Spider-Man villain created by Marvel Comics. The Spider-Man character Eddie Brock becomes the villainous analogue to the webslinging-hero when an alien symbiote, who had previously tried to control Spider-Man, moved onto another host, Brock. Stay tuned for more…

Sony, according to Sci Fi Wire, is officially moving forward with its “Spider-Man” spinoff focusing on Venom and has the writing team Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese set to pen the script. “We had a really great relationship with Sony on [their project "Zombieland"], and so that was a nice in for us there,” Reese said in a group interview recently. “It gave us a leg up.” The duo is already working on the script, but say that they cannot mention specifics. “We can’t talk about it. It’s just super secret.” The two did mention being avid fans of the Venom character, unlike “Spider-Man 3″ director Sam Raimi. No casting…