De filmwebsite Lantino Review meldt het gerucht dat Stephen Sommers niet langer verbonden is aan de G.I. Joe verfilming G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, die op 13 augustus moet uitkomen in de Nederlandse bioscopen. Publieke test screenings zouden de laagste scores ooit hebben opgeleverd voor een Paramount film.

Latino Review: Stephen Sommers, the super hack director of the film fired. Removed. Locked out of the editing room. Stuart Baird, a renowned "fixer" editor was brought it to try to see if it could be made releasable. Sommers was then forced by his William Morris agents to pretend that he was working on Tarzan over at Warner Brothers doing design work, even though that film doesn't even have a good script yet. When word of the firing started to be whispered about in Hollywood, Sommers was summoned back to the editing room- but only to save appearances, Baird is still editing the movie with studio input.