The Hollywood trades are reporting that Stephen Sommers has been hired to direct a live action G.I. Joe film.Paramount is hoping to begin production in February and release the film in the summer of 2009.Sommers directed all three Mummy movies and Van Helsing, among others.
The mythology according to the Marvel comics and the toon are seen as source material for the movie.
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