Though Paramount won't be having press screenings for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, usually a bad sign for a movie, the lucky few who have seen it reviewed it favorably. Director Stephen Sommers is already "very excited" about a sequel, and told UGO that while he has a live-action Tarzan project lined up, what he really wants is to work on another G.I. Joe:
I'm ready to work with this cast again and do the sequel. My next project will be Tarzan unless the studio wants a G.I. Joe sequel. Then that comes first. We've got some ideas on where we could take this thing that are ready to go.
Sommers reiterated his sequel hopes to SuperheroHype, saying that if G.I. Joe 2 is desired by the studio he'll "take August off, but then sure, I'm right back in there."
And what does Sommers have in mind for the sequel?
Well, the mythology of it, [G.I. Joe comic book author] Larry Hama, who gave me the comic books, gave me a lot of the mythology of it that there's so much more to tell just about these characters and where their relationships go. I think that even though this movie has a beginning, a middle and an end, you still want to know what's going to happen to them. You want to know more about these characters which is the best thing about it. As great as the action is and all the special effects, I think people really fall in love with these characters. The key is that I have a lot of ideas and there's a G.I. Joe mythology. If we get to do a sequel, there's a lot more to tell.