Paramount has announced that despite the film’s 42 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, G.I. Joe will have another shot at the silver screen.

Vice chairman Ron Moore told the LA Times that a second film was in development — currently all the stars have it in their contracts to do a second film, with the only person not obligated is director Stephen Sommers.

But as they say, knowing is half the battle, and the rumors surrounding this $97 million grossing film are pretty interesting. One thing that was confirmed was the fact that critics were barred from prescreening the film — Paramount, burned over the nasty coverage Transformers 2 earned, said they wanted “audiences to define this film.” Ouch.

Another rumor — one vehemently denied by Paramount — was that tensions ran so high between Sommers and the studio that the director was locked out of the editing room. Both Sommers and the studio denied the rumor — one thing that will certainly bury it is if he comes back for another film.

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