Paramount Pictures and Hasbro are developing an untitled fourth `G.I. Joe` movie, with the studio in negotiations with the writing team of Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse to pen the script.
The new project would be a follow-up to Paramount's upcoming release `Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins,` with `Crazy Rich Asians` star Henry Golding in the lead role as the head of an anti-terrorist group. Robert Schwentke directed the pic, which opens on Oct. 23.
The movie is a reboot of the franchise and comes seven years after `G.I. Joe: Retaliation.` The film series, based on Hasbro's action figure toy line, was launched in 2009 with `G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra.` The two `G.I. Joe` films grossed a combined $678 million at the worldwide box office.
Veteran action producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who has produced the `G.I. Joe` and `Transformers` movies, will produce the new film with Hasbro's Allspark Pictures.
Shrapnel and Waterhouse wrote the recent Jean Seberg biopic `Seberg,` starring Kristen Stewart, and Netflix's `Rebecca,` with Armie Hammer and Lily James. The duo is also working on Legendary's `The Great Machine,` based on Brian K. Vaughan's comic book `Ex Machina.` They are repped by Grandview, Curtis Brown and attorney Sean Marks.