Rumors started circulating when LatinoReview reported that G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra director Stephen Sommers was locked out of the editing room by a Paramount executive after a screening went poorly.
However, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura later responded to the report to not only clear up the rumors regarding Sommer's supposed dismissal, but the poor test screenings as well. Said di Bonaventura about Sommers:
It's very unfair to Steve, it's completely untrue he was never asked to leave or been fired or any of that. That's ridiculous. The movie tested very well.
As for the test screenings:
We had three test screenings, three different times and tested it and each time it just got better and better. We started off in a good place and we ended up in even in a better place, which is what you hope on a film from testing it.
So, Sommers is still on the job. In fact, he even has final cut. So now fans will have to wait until August 7 to see how well Sommers did, or did not do, with G.I. Joe.