pretty awesome list but ya need firefly for cobra or else the movie will suck

Who the fudge is Sgt. Obsidian?

I was basing the movie off a fanfic I was writing over a year ago. Sgt Obsidian was a custom character. I was thinking, how do you get the audience to care about the movie? You need a character that people can remotely identify with. Most people can't identify with GI Joe so to bring in a newbie that has an open slate AND do the movie somewhat from his perspective, it'd work better than established chars that only the fans care about.

I'd like to use the 1st X-Men movie as an example. The writers couldn't just throw the team together and have the casual viewer be interested. So they wrapped the story around Wolverine and Rogue and gave them a relationship. Look at Doom or Aliens. Numerous chars but in the end, it has to center around someone. I don't believe GI Joe has the luxury of just throwing chars on screen and hoping the crowd will like it. They did that w/ VvV and you saw how far Link got with people. ;)

And I don't need Firefly. The 2nd half of the Joe list are 2ndary chars.

Heavy Duty - Micheal Clark Duncan, Ryan Reynolds - Shipwreck, as for Duke or Roadblock, no one comes to mind right off. Ben Kingsley - Dr. Mindbender or Destro.
Gotta say Angelina for Baroness. It's hard to pick, so may Joes, so many actors to play them.

Awesome Lineup. But I'd switch Duke and Flint! Maybe Bruce Willis as HAwk. ;)

I'm looking at a decent budget. To bring in real AAA actors, it'd drive the cost way up. Plus, I was thinking of Gary Busey's character in Soldier as the way Hawk would be. In the end, neither Duke or Hawk have much role in my story.

Live Movie Cast
 

You guys came up with some great choices. For Duke, I would go with Michael Biehn from Navy Seals and Terminator. The others I will have to think about. Who has the live action movie rights? Does anyone know what the plot is about?

They should go the way of Superman and get virtual unknowns for the main characters.