'GI Joe' helmer Sommers returns for sequel

GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra helmer Stephen Sommers will return to direct the sequel to last year's summer blockbuster.

According to The Wrap, the Mummy filmmaker is close to signing a deal to make the Hasbro franchise follow-up. Reports had earlier claimed that Sommers had clashed with Paramount over the first GI Joe, putting his return to the series in question.

Channing Tatum will allegedly reprise his role as Captain Duke Huaser.

Zombieland duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have penned a sequel script that has been met with studio approval.

GI Joe grossed more than $300 million at the worldwide box office on a budget of $175 million.