More Confirmed for G.I. Joe
Source: The Hollywood Reporter December 20, 2007


The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Rachel Nichols (P2, "Alias"), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost") and Said Taghmaoui (The Kite Runner) will join Sienna Miller and Ray Park in Paramount's live action film G.I. Joe.

Stephen Sommers is directing Stuart Beattie's latest screenplay draft based on the popular Hasbro action figures, comic book series and Saturday morning cartoon. That cartoon featured military soldiers fighting a terrorist group called Cobra, with characters like the mute ninja Snake Eyes (Park) on the side of the good guys.

Nichols will play Scarlett, a skilled martial artist who specializes in hand-to-hand combat and counterintelligence.

Akinnuoye-Agbaje will play ordnance expert Heavy Duty and Taghmaoui will play Breaker, the team's communications specialist.

Miller will play the Baroness, known for her espionage skills.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Hasbro's Brian Goldner are producing with Sommers and Bob Ducsay. The film is scheduled for an August 7, 2009 release.

Nice.....it will be interesting to see how Said Taghmaoui pulls off Breaker.

All American Team
 

Seems like this all-American team is a bunch of Europeans. Maybe somewhere in our population of 300 million people we could find suitable actors. Maybe the team should be based out of Brussels.

I hope to god that is true and they hit Virginia HARD!!!


Hopefully the only thing they change on firefly is the size of the grenades and packs on his web gear.

And Shorten the neck along with some different style legs.... :D :D
lets not get to hopeful.

What the frak is Destro vs Grenadier? Wouldn't it be more accurate that it would be Destro & Grenadier?

Cobra Commando (or is that Commander) vs Tripwire? I suppose if these are written by Larry Hama, then maybe we have to throw old continuity out the door. Until someone gets these packs, they'll have to let us know if the comics are relaunch of the universe Hama wroteded.

The thought of getting a Falcon and Tripwire are awesome. Hasbro musta been reading my babblings over on JBL seeing how I tend to plug those 2 figures many times. ;) Oh, and you guys DO know that some of the figures being released in 2-pack form is on purpose, right? I read somewhere that Hasbro doesn't believe they can sell a single pack (insert name here) so they'll do it in a double instead. In a way, that's not the worst way to sell a figure that might warm the pegs. Perhaps Hasbro DID learn something about the 2-pack era! Better value in the end, isn't it?

yeah, i had guessed this. for example, scarlett and hawk. its a smart way to sell another scarlett just to get a hawk, which i want but will not buy. i mean i have scarlett and there is another one coming out in 08. i wonder if hasbro will bring out all the comic packs in single packs, or just some.

I don't honestly know how it will play out. I WANT Hawk am willing to buy another Scarlet (which I'd just give to a friend or Kody). Hasbro's POV is that Hawk wouldn't sell on his own. It's cool for us to get a figure like that but why not do the Torch/Ripper idea? Like, Maybe Hawk and Steeler together?