TheLA Timesheard the news from two separate agents who were contacted about their clients directing the Hasbro toy movie follow-up. No word on who those filmmakers might have been, though just about anyone would be a step up from Sommers.
During post-production for the original, there were rumors of contention between Sommers and the studio, which were quickly, typically denied by Paramount flacks. But the evidence was in the messy finished product, essentially a montage of shoddy CGI and flashy action sequences where the characters played with their own high-tech toys.
The movie was met with generally unfavorable reviews (34% on RottenTomatoes) prompting Sommers to open his trap and spew nonsense about film criticism. “I don’t think the mainstream critics are relevant here, they have criticized themselves into irrelevancy,”he saidshortly after the release, while the film’s TV advertisements quoted those critics who enjoyed it.
Nevertheless, the movie made just over $300 million worldwide, so a sequel is inevitable. The principal actors are contractually obligated to return, andZombielandwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick wrote a draft last year.
Meanwhile, Sommers is still attached to aTarzanremake and recently adapted Dean Koontz’sOdd Thomashimself, which he hopes to direct.
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