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

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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...

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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.

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

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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).

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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!!

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got to get tough JOHIO!!!!!!

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!

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