Are the rumors true that G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra director Stephen Sommers been fired only a couple of months before the film's release? The rumor surfaced in a post by someone called "EndTimes" on the posting board of producer Don Murphy.
"After a test screening wherein the film tested the lowest score ever from an audience in the history of Paramount, the executive who pushed for the movie Brad Weston had Stephen Sommers, the super hack director of the film fired. Removed. Locked out of the editing room."
According to the rumor, the studio brought in Stuart Baird to edit the film into releasable shape, with Paramount's input. Super notes from suits to save the film!
"It's very unfair to Steve, it's completely untrue. He was never asked to leave or been fired or any of that," di Bonaventura told Latino Review. "That's ridiculous. The movie tested very well." Sure. Then how come this comes from the producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and not from Stephen? And the source is Latino Review???
He added: "It hurts a guy's career when people go around talking about that he was fired or he didn't do a good job, and truth is he did a really good job. People are going to enjoy the movie, and the test audiences enjoyed the movie."
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: The Epic Fail is slated for release on Aug. 7.
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"popcorn flick" - Check.
"turn my brain off" - Check.
"movies based on toys" - Check.
"raped my childhood" - Check.
"not meant to be Oscar-worthy" - Check.
All standard whines have been covered.
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