DISTURBIA Director D.J. Caruso In Talks To Helm G.I. JOE 3

(Spoilers for the G.I. Joe movie franchise ahead.)

When Channing Tatum was killed off early in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, it became apparent that the franchise was now in the hulking, powerful hands of Dwayne Johnson. That's still the case when it comes to talent who appear in front of the camera, as Johnson is reportedly the only actor officially attached to reprise his role as Roadblock in another sequel. But who will be leading the charge from behind the camera?

THR says that Disturbia, Eagle Eye, and I Am Number Four director D.J. Caruso is in talks to take the helm for Paramount and Hasbro. There was a time during which I was a big fan of Caruso, back when he was directing episodes of the great FX series The Shield, but ever since Disturbia in 2007, he hasn't done anything that's impressed me. For a long time, he was in talks to direct a Y: The Last Man film trilogy with Shia LaBeouf as Yorick (which I still think could have been solid), and he was also attached to direct a film adaptation of Preacher before that became a Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg series for AMC. Can the third live-action G.I. Joe movie light a fire under him and get him back on the right track? We'll see.

It sounds like Caruso is going to get this job, but Retaliation director Jon M. Chu was also attached to direct this at one point before he bailed to helm Jem and the Holograms, and James Bond resurrector Martin Campbell also had discussions to direct this new installment, so we'll see whose name ultimately ends up on the dotted line. In the meantime, Caruso's upcoming film The Disappointments Room arrives in theaters on September 25th, 2015.