The rumor goes like this; after a test screening for the upcoming Summer Blockbuster proved so awful, Paramount studio exec Brad Weston called for drastic measures, including post-proudction rehauls to at least make the film watchable, the hiring of film editor Stuart Baird to try and salvage the project in the editing room and most shockingly, the sacking of Sommers and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura . Now, we don’t know how much of this true. A horrible test screening for GI JOE seems likely and the attempt to improve a big-budget tentpole picture in post isn’t unheard of. But the firing of a director, seems unlikely and other reports from websites and insiders say that Sommers was simply banned from the editing room for the remainder of post (like that’s any better.)

No matter how much of this is true, it’s all leading to one nearly indesputable fact; GI JOE: the Rise of Cobra will not be as good as Star Trek.