Yo Joe! G. I. Joe Live Action Movie

[thrax]

• heres the cast list
• Channing Tatum as First Sergeant Conrad S. "Duke" Hauser, the lead soldier.[9] Lorenzo di Bonaventura wanted to cast Mark Wahlberg in the role.[10]
• Christopher Eccleston as James McCullen Destro XXIV, the main villain. Prior to Eccleston, David Murray had been cast in the role, but was forced to drop the role when he had problems with his visa.[11]
• Sienna Miller as Baroness Anastasia DeCobray / The Baroness, Destro's partner.[12] Miller took boxing lessons and learned how to fire live ammunition in preparation for the role.[13]
• Dennis Quaid as General Clayton M. Abernathy / Hawk, the team leader. Quaid described Hawk as "a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. Rock and maybe a naïve Hugh Hefner".[14]
• Rachel Nichols as Shana M. O'Hara / Scarlett, a skilled martial artist.[15]
• Ray Park as Charlie Mike / Snake-Eyes, a mute ninja.[15] A martial arts expert, Park practiced wushu for Snake-Eyes and also studied his comic book appearances.[16]
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lamont A. Morris / Heavy Duty, an ordnance expert.[15] Common was offered the role of Heavy Duty's cousin Roadblock,[17] although Bonaventura previously indicated Heavy Duty was being used in that character's stead.[10]
• Arnold Vosloo as Zartan, a mercenary serving Destro and leader of the Dreadnoks.[18]
• Saïd Taghmaoui as Alvin R. Kibbey / Breaker, the team's communications specialist.[15]
• Marlon Wayans as "Ripcord", the leader of a military unit.[2] A fan of the franchise, Wayans was cast on the strength of his performance in Requiem for a Dream.[19]
• Karolína Kurková as Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl, Hawk's aide-de-camp.[7]
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander, Destro's shadowy, masked boss.[4]

Larry Hama cameos as a general in a scene with Duke, Hawk, Destro and Zartan

incase u want to full wikiipedia page here u go.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe_%28film%29

im personally exicited because its gonna be directed by stephen sommers

[Coheteboy]

I'm very afraid because it's directed by Stephen Sommers.

Ray Park is excellent casting but.... JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT???? I'm very very afraid.

[thrax]

ill be honest, i dont recogonize half those people

dennis quad i kinda feel is to old

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by thrax

ill be honest, i dont recogonize half those people

dennis quad i kinda feel is to old

He's a pretty decent age to play a General!

[Matt Hamand]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

I'm very afraid because it's directed by Stephen Sommers.

Ray Park is excellent casting but.... JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT???? I'm very very afraid.

Dude, Cobra Commander wears a mask. Who cares who's under it. The voice and movements are more important.

[Mr. Yeti]

So, who's playing Joe?

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

Dude, Cobra Commander wears a mask. Who cares who's under it. The voice and movements are more important.

Well first, his voice doesn't seem right either, which is what I immediately thought of. Think Treasure Planet. And he doesn't seem like a big build either... this will be interesting.

[Matt Hamand]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

Well first, his voice doesn't seem right either, which is what I immediately thought of.

I just assumed that they'd use a Chris Latta impersonator for the voice.

Think Treasure Planet.

Never saw it.

And he doesn't seem like a big build either... this will be interesting.

Was Cobra Commander a big guy? He always seemed skinny / normal to me.

[knittingknerd]

Joseph G-L was great in Brick. I don't like the idea that they're not making this American.

[flynnibus]

another franchise to be ruined on film

[Matt Hamand]

Originally Posted by flynnibus

another franchise to be ruined on film

Based on a cast list, for a movie that isn't even filming yet, that's more than a year from release, you are predicting ruin?

[ALIASd]

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

Based on a cast list, for a movie that isn't even filming yet, that's more than a year from release, you are predicting ruin?

They began production on February 18th here in Los Angeles.
There are some fine actors in the cast, especially Dennis Quaid and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, so high hopes to them.

[flynnibus]

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

Based on a cast list, for a movie that isn't even filming yet, that's more than a year from release, you are predicting ruin?

...because I haven't seen any comic franchise in the last 15 years make a great transition. Batman was the only one and that already had lots of 'live action' exposure. X-men was borderline, but all the others have been pretty much crap if you were fans of the comics.

Then we have even the bigger stinkers.. like Doom.. Wing Commander... etc.

Transformers was an entertaining film, but might as well been just another storyline, because it did nothing for me to relate to my memories following the comics and even cartoons. GI Joe is likely to do the same.

[Matt Hamand]

Originally Posted by flynnibus

GI Joe is likely to do the same.

And you know this because . . . ?

Look judging a comic book / cartoon based film on films similar films that came before is foolish.

Neither the writers or director of GIJoe have any previous comic / cartoon to film experience, so pre-judging this movie based on other films made by different production teams makes no sense.

Looking at the director, I'd say he has some good films (the Mummy movies) and some mediocre ones (Van Helsing). The writers fare better with the POTC films and some others that are pretty well thought of (30 Days of Night, Collateral).

Just based on that I'm willing to say there's a good chance this will be a fun film.

And since it looks like its going to be based more heavily on the cartoon, it shouldn't be a problem to transcend the source material. The cartoon was pretty awful for the most part. Fun when I was 8-10, but it mostly doesn't hold up well.

[flynnibus]

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

And you know this because . . . ?

I never said I KNEW..

but lets look at reality here.

What environment exists today that is motivating this production to get green-lit. Answer: recent toy/comic->movie transitions

What do the producers have in common with previous films? Answer: oh look.. transformers!

What has fundamentally changed to say that this film will break from the box office success of its predecensors? Answer: nothing.. they are looking for the next cash cow

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

Look judging a comic book / cartoon based film on films similar films that came before is foolish.

... except when this film stems from basically the same reasoning and including some of the same people (Brian Goldner) and the director has a pretty solid record of mediocre rehashs (the jungle book, huck fin movies) sans one successful franchise.

Originally Posted by Matt Hamand

Neither the writers or director of GIJoe have any previous comic / cartoon to film experience, so pre-judging this movie based on other films made by different production teams makes no sense.

There is links in the exec producers and distributors... in transformers.