hmmm Star Wars anyone ;)

That'd be so cool if the bionic suits give that bionic man/woman sound!

More news on Hawk/Quaid

One would presume that all the action in Vantage Point must have been a good warm-up for Dennis Quaid playing General Hawk Abernathy in Stephen Sommers' live action movie based on the cartoon, comics and action figures known as G.I. Joe, but Quaid admits he doesn't have a lot of action in the Paramount feature scheduled for the summer of '09. "Not so much for me in this one. Hopefully, there's going to be two more after this. I don't really have a lot to do here in the first one. I really signed up for the future as well."

He told us that he's already been scanned for his action figure and "it's anatomically correct, too," he joked, but he's not involved with the romances mentioned at the Hasbro presentation a couple days ago. "I have no romances, but my aide-de-camp is a Victoria's Secret supermodel, Carolina Kournikova, her name is Cover Girl, so it can't be too serious. It's a little bit like the cartoon show and it's a little bit like a modern action film, and it's also a little like James Bond old-style back in the '60s with Specter taking over an island for it's own criminal country and a threat to the entire world. It's somewhat tongue-in-cheek and great action and it just seems like a lot of fun. I just wanted to be a part of it."

Well, at least we know that he WANTS to be in it.

'Transformers'........that's all I'm going to say.......you either 'get it' or you don't...... ;)

G.I. Joe Filming in Czech Republic When?
Source: Czech Film Commission
February 25, 2008


The Czech Film Commission says that Paramount Pictures will film G.I. Joe in the Czech Republic in either May or June.

Scheduled for an August 7, 2009 release, the Stephen Sommers-directed action-adventure stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.

Good news (I think!):

Brian Goldner Talks G.I. Joe
Source: MTV
March 3, 2008


MTV interviewed Brian Goldner, executive producer of G.I. Joe, and incoming Hasbro CEO, about the upcoming movie. Items revealed were:

- Comics writer Larry Hama is indeed working on the script, and will also make a cameo appearance in the film.

- The movie will disregard the cartoon and focus on the classic 155 issue Marvel run.

- The story is, more or less, about the rise of Cobra Commander.

- Locations involve underwater, desert, mountains and cities.

- Denial of rumors that American patriotism angle has been dialed back.



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Read here for the full interview:

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/arti...608/story.jhtml

Oh, well, those are the best news I've heard in a while.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/17...joe-movie-logo/

The official logo for Paramount’s G.I. Joe live-action movie has been found at Toy Fair in New York City. You can take a look at the full banner at MTV or Hisstank. I spent a good half an hour cleaning up the image, so that it looks presentable online. I’m sure Paramount will issue an official digital graphic this week. The official studio plot synopsis follows:

“From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite co-ed GI JOE team, based from it’s headquarters The Pit, deploys the latest in next-gen spy and military equipment to fight crooked arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization from plunging the world into chaos.”


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FYI! : I did not make this, I copy and pasted the link!

It's funny that they felt the need to say "co-ed" in there.

I like how it reads regarding Destro in that it's possible he's a separate entity from Cobra. Sounds like he may be an established threat and, as we've heard elsewhere, the film charts the emergence of the Cobra organisation. With its awesome young leader who's down with the kids and probably recruiting those going through a teenage rebellious phase.

Nice that they also specify Destro is a CROOKED arms dealer. Because as we all know, selling weapons is perfectly OK when it's being done by good people like, say, the government...

G.I. Joe Filming Update
Source: Prague Daily Monitor
March 11, 2008


The Prague Daily Monitor has posted an update on the filming for Paramount's G.I. Joe, to be directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston:

The shooting of the U.S. high-budget action film GI JOE will start in Prague's Barrandov studios in May, Barrandov spokeswoman Dusana Chrenekova told CTK Monday.

GI JOE is directed by Stephen Sommers who in the past shot another film in the Czech Republic - Van Helsing (2003).

"The film, based on a strip cartoon, with a 170 million dollar budget will be premiered next year," Chrenekova said.

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Read here: http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/291...n_prague/19808/
for the whole article

Latest G.I. Joe News from 2008 Toy Fair - Cobra Commander Confirmed
by Jack in GI Joe at 05:23 PM on 2008.02.16
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News from The International Toy Fair 2008 in New York confirms that Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("3rd Rock from the Sun") will be taking on the role of Cobra Commander in the upcoming GI Joe movie from Paramount Pictures. This news was once announced last month Click Here, but quickly taken down from the source, leaving us wondering if it was leaked early or incorrect. Well, now we know and knowing is half the battle. Read more tidbits from the 2008 Toy Fair on GI Joe at ENewsi.com

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*sigh*
Well I hope he gets the voice right, so he can at least be just as annoying!

Just a few notes from watching too many commentaries.

1. It's cheaper to shoot outside the US. In terms of the Czech Republic, I'm guessing that there is architecture that Somers thinks it way cool.

2. The ratings restrictions are different. From what Paul K ANdersons says of the 1st AvP movie, because it was monster vs monster or human vs monster, it gets a more mellow rating (cuz it's not human vs human). In his commentary, he said he was surprised that it got a PG13 rating as opposed to an R. Take that as you will. IF there is any truth in this, the Joe movie might be able to get away with being more violent than what the ratings people would do in the US. Especially if Cobra utilizes BATs over Troopers and Vipers. Shoot, even if they used clones (ala SW), the rating would most likely be more mellow.

3. Uh, ran out of thoughts.

Here's a question tho, IF the movie is gonna be based on the Marvel run, which part of the 155 issues are they covering? Snake Eyes wasn't the crazy ninja that he ended up becoming AFTER the Cobra War AND during DD's WHOLE run. But we already know there'll be a huge SNake Eyes vs STorm Shadow fight. I just want to know why them? Cuz they are the fighters of the team? I don't feel that a movie needs a one-on-one fight. But then, it's formulaic to do so. :\

I doubt they're going to be filming a particular storyline from the comics, just that they'll look to them as reference and inspiration for tone, characterisation, relationships, etc. rather than looking to the cartoon.

As for Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow, they were up against each other from SS's first appearance and had their one-on-one running battle on the train in the Origin Of Snake Eyes story in the late 20s. I'd say they'll have them fight each other in the movie because out of all the characters they have the most personal motivations for a one-on-one, and there is a precedent for them fighting from the comics, CGI movies, Sigma 6... I think they have these kinds of personal duels in movies because it's possible to get a lot more emotionally invested in the conflict as a viewer -- just look at Star Wars, where an emotional climax of each movie is a lightsaber duel.

as for Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander; OH MY GOD. How's he had time to grow cynical with the system and build his organisation? Did Cobra start out as his college fraternity or something? I just hope to hell he's not starting out as a member of the Joes who betrays them... That's the kind of twisting of the mythology I really wouldn't put past Hollywood, who seems to insist that in any adaptation of a comic where there's good guys fighting bad guys there's a personal connection between them (Sandman killed Uncle Ben? WTF?). It's not enough for a bad guy to be motivated by things like greed, and for the good guys to go after them because it's their job to stop people like that...

Byung Hun Lee Starts Shooting G.I. Joe
Source: Paramount Pictures
March 18, 2008


Paramount Pictures just released the following announcement, which looks to be targeted to the Asian press, as Hun Lee was already announced to be playing Storm Shadow back in January:

On March 13, prominent Korean film and television actor Byung Hun Lee, one of Asia's top stars, completed his first day of principal photography as Storm Shadow in Paramount Pictures' action adventure "G.I. JOE." He joins the ensemble cast that includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid.

As big in his native land as he is in other parts of Asia, including Japan, Lee started his acting career in 1991 with the Korean television drama "Asphalt, My Hometown." Since then, he has appeared in several television dramas including "Tomorrow Love," "Police," "Son of Wind," "White Knight 3.98," "Happy Together," "Beautiful Days" and "All In."

Among his feature film credits are Kim Jee Woon's "A Bittersweet Life," Park Chan Wook's "Three Extremes," "Everybody has Secrets," "Addiction," "Bungee Jumping of their Own" and Park Chan Wook's "Joint Security Area." This year he will star in two films, Kim Jee Woon's "The Good, the Bad, and the Weird" and Tran Anh Hung's "I Come with the Rain."

Storm Shadow, one of the most popular characters in the G.I. JOE universe, has a dark and complex history. He was trained by the same Ninja master as Snake Eyes, a member of the elite G.I. JOE team, but now fights against him.

Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster "TRANSFORMERS," have reunited for another extraordinary action-adventure in "G.I. JOE." From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. "G.I. JOE" is directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns") and will be released on August 7, 2009.

Byung Hun Lee is represented by the Endeavor Agency and managed by Charles Pak of BH Entertainment.

IGN.com has a feature on the website that introduces the cast of the movie and a little of what it is about

Not really any new information in the movie clip, something that peeked my interest though.
He said that Scarlett would be Snake Eye's girl. This hasn't been confirmed yet, but if its true, then at least its a step in the right direction (if they are going the marvel comics way).

okay gang heres the first official pic of Snake-Eyes, now i don't care if you like or dislike the film so far you have got to agree that this shot rocks and it's really awsome to see snakes in his gear for real!! :D

Where did you get this from? What's the source?

I was curious because it looked fake, so I lit it up with photoshop, lo and behold, it looks legit!

it's official i got it off hisstank,that's really snakes costume for the movie :D

Cool!
Kudos for finding it, I've been dying to know how they would do him.

Seems like a mesh between the commando and the Knight suit.

Wish they would have given him different webbing though - but its ok, because webbing like this helps give him more freedom of movement for martial arts moves.
Strange he has a FN Five-Seven pistol and what appears to be a Korean sword (the handle sure looks like it at least).
Also on his (left) leg there seems to be an Ingram or Mac-11 and not his trademark uzi, but I could be wrong about that - it just seems that the extendable stock end of a ingram (I have two in airsoft format, but my brother has a uzi, I'll do a comparison and see later) - Either way I am now curious as to why he has M4 pouches on his chestrig instead of something that would hold ingram/uzi magazines - Because I can tell you, those pouches there will not fit either (unless he only has short magazines and for a movie I seriously doubt that)

But I like it nonetheless. Just a lot more questions that popped up now that we finally got to see him! :eek:

Now here's hoping he will be silent in the movie and Scarlett is his girlfriend!
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Edited for the umpteenth time:

I think they got the inspiration for the suit as it is now from here:

Today was the day when AICN was gonna show the world what Snake Eyes was going to look like. It's funny, it has a very Ray Park-esque style to it!

I don't really like the area between the head and waist. Maybe it's the spandex-looking shirt or it's the shirt AND the gear with it. I would've rather have seen the guy in BDUs, decked out like the boys in "DOOM", and still be able to do everything. IF SE lost the military shirt to reveal his "I actually play baseball!" underarmor, that'd be cool. BUT such is not the case since his gear is OVER the BDU like it's a regular outfit. There is something definitely lost in the translation from the source art to the real thing.

Yup, I agree with you Son.
Only thing I can figure is that Parks said no-go on a lower part body suit because it would mess with his movements, so they decided to do half and half. (which is kind of silly).

Woah!

Keep em coming! :)
Great find Sonneilon, where did you get this one?

Once again, did a edit to make it brighter so we can get all the details:


(is it just my monitor that is way black, or does this help anyone else as well?)

I like this version a whole lot better! This makes more sense (the knife) instead of the chest rig.

Someone posted on the JBL from a news site. *shrug* I just stole the image and hosted it myself. lol And this topic has now been stickied since info seems to be flowing as of late.

Expect lots of new pictures to show up as they start marketing the thing ;)

So far Its better then what I had feared! At least they got the look of Snake Eyes pretty much down (except for the pants - maybe we'll see something different in the movie? who knows).

I'm expecting them to do a shot of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes side by side as in the picture on the Ray Park home page. Darn, now I really want to see Storm Shadow....

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edited: added the new logo to the picture - not gonna put the picture up here, but I'll add the link ;)
Ray Park as Snake Eyes with new logo

News

First 2 Photos of G.I. Joe's Snake Eyes!
Source: Paramount Pictures, USA Today
March 21, 2008


Paramount Pictures has released the first two photos of Ray Park as Snake Eyes in the Stephen Sommers-directed G.I. Joe, coming to theaters on August 7, 2009.

"He's the world's greatest ninja, but he's also next-generation. He's not afraid to use a sword one second, and a split-second later he's pulling out his Glock," Sommers told USA Today. "His chief nemesis is arguably the world's other great ninja, Storm Shadow. The two grew up together, were blood brothers and now are mortal enemies."

Sommers stressed that the movie is an origins story, so his challenge is to explain why the bad guy wears a metal mask, why Snake Eyes doesn't talk and other strange things kids took for granted. "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense," Sommers said. "And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from."

Adapted by Stuart Beattie, the action-adventure also stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.
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The two pictures finally got posted here as well.

A few things though - Snake and Stormy GREW UP together???
Snake doesn't talk! (YES!)
The bad guy wearing a metal mask - well that's Destro.

Shame that the people who love this stuff DO know where they came from, thanks to the comics and filecards. I'm now worried about what kind of crazy-ass reason they're going to give for Destro's mask...

Darth Maul Reborn.... :p

The costume is definately 'Hollywood' worthy.....but the Arashikage clan symbol on his shoulder takes away from the overall character, IMO.

As for the rest.....I'm stoked for the movie, even if they do get some elements wrong. ;)

You speaketh the Truth Red!
As long as they get one perfect moment up on the silver screen (fight/stance between Snake and Stormy or something similar) then I'm going to enjoy it for what it is and not what it could be. Face it, it will never live up to the perfect dream of someone's re-make of the original marvel stories, first of all directors don't want to re-make something that has already been done, secondly everybody has their own ideas on how such a thing would be..

Just to throw in another example, Aliens vs Predator 1 had about 5 scenes in it that made it worth my while when watching it. Overall the movie was so and so, but those scenes made it memorable enough for me.

You know it.

The aspect of a memorable movie is that one thing that makes you remember........


Take 'Transformers' (only because I could go on and on with a ton of movies, but this one just sprang to mind because of it's connection to G.I. Joe)......the movie was decent enough.....but for me, when I heard 'I am Optimus Prime'....THAT was the moment...... :cool:

It's good to see they are making the actors look like the characters. I can wait to the the other actors

The Snake Eyes photos are so heavily photoshopped I don't know what to think. Looks good. I think if they added some realistic web gear it would even out the cargo pants but all in all not a bad design. Can't complain so far.

I hadn't been impressed before about what was going on with this live action movie, but I gotta say those are some pretty sweet pictures. If they're willing to apply that same kind of detail to the rest of the movie, then maybe it won't be so bad.

Well, something positive: characters are going to be visually recognizable.

Movie impacting on value of figures
 

If the movie tanks, will figure values drop and if it is a hit will the ARAH, DTC, 25th, Sigma lines increase in value. Waddya think?

I don't think the movie will 'tank' per se......and I intend to see it multiple times.....and so does Flint.....so we'll help the sales!! :D


As for the toys......I honestly think that they will do well....regardless. Especially if they come out with the vehicles/playsets that people are clamoring for.......that stuff will be H-O-T, we're all jonesin' for that.....because whether you like the 25th figures or not, the vehicles are still the classics we all know and love. That right there will make them attractive to casual and hardcore collectors.


As for the Sigma line.....I just don't know, sorry.


And for the value factor?? Well, to me and Flint.........our Joes are PRICELESS...... ;)

I Hope Not.
 

There'll be a spike on old stuff. But the value is based on what people want for them. It's a pretty BS market in the end. I wouldn't worry. If you are keeping your Theme Year stuff, it's already fallen with the 25A. Same will happen when the movie overtakes the 25A. You just gotta wait 10 years to see what happens.