We told you just last week that Paramount Pictures had officially handed the reins of G.I. Joe 2, which starts production this fall to director Jon Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never). Chu will be replacing Stephen Sommers (Airborn, When Worlds Collide) who helmed the first film.

Now, thanks to a message on Twitter from the lovely Rachel Nichols (Conan the Barbarian), who portrayed Shana ‘Scarlett’ O’Hara in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, we now know that in the forthcoming sequel penned by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick is likely to be a few troops short.

The Untitled G.I. Joe Sequel starring Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow and Channing Tatum as Captain Duke Hauser is slated to hit theaters on August 10th, 2012.