We live in an age where the vast majority of blockbuster releases are films based on existing properties. The urge to give a movie a recognizable name even turned toy lines into movies. Sometimes this succeeds, as in the case of transformers. And sometimes not, like with him GI Joe franchise. Although this series saw two films, they were very different, as the hero of the first was killed in the sequel. Channing Tatum admits it happened because he never wanted to make movies in the first place.
Talk with vanity salon literally hooked on a polygraph, Channing Tatum was asked if the decision to see was his GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra The character Duke killed off in the first 10 minutes of the sequel was his idea. He says yes, and the polygraph apparently confirms it. When asked why, he explained that he only did the former GI Joe film because he was under contract to do so, so he dropped out of the sequel as soon as possible. Tat said…
I passed the first seven times. But they had an option on me and I had to do the film. So in the second, obviously, he didn’t want to be in that either.
It seems that contractual obligations forced Channing Tatum to do it GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra so, as he says, he was forced to. It is unclear whether he was even invited to appear in the sequel or not, the writers of Reprisals they were forced to do things they didn’t want to, but apparently they had nothing to do but show up. So he’s been there long enough to be killed. Tatum wasn’t the only one to drop out. Several other actors who appeared in the first, such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Eccleston and Marlon Wayans, do not appear in the second film at all, their characters either written out of the story or recast.
Many actors would probably jump at the chance to be in a GI Joe movie. As a hugely successful launch, it probably paid off quite well, and the potential to become a franchise, bringing in more work and more money, was definitely there. The first film was called. The Rise of the Cobra, so surely sequels were on the cards. But apparently Channing Tatum had no interest in the project even though he has repeatedly turned it down.
The first GI Joe movie was a moderate success, which led to the sequel, GI Joe: Retaliation. That sequel didn’t come out for four years, which is a long time in the franchise film business, and that was a big change, because it actually killed off Tatum’s character and became a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson. . The sequel actually made a little more money, but didn’t get better reviews and ultimately ended the franchise.
Instead, we got a sort of soft reboot of the franchise with the recent one Snake-eyes movie. The film was supposed to kick off a new G.I. Joe franchise. Sadly, that film didn’t take off either, so no sequel has been announced.
Source: Cinemablend
