Author: Umbrax
G.I. Joe Movie Officially Green-Lit
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 @ 6:36 pm
The G.I. Joe movie has been officially green lit with Paramount Pictures. Also confirmed is that Stephen Sommers will be directing.
Also announced is that Lorenzo Di Bonaventura will be producing the film.
Paramount Pictures has finally mobilized “G.I. Joe” into action, hiring Stephen Sommers to direct the live-action film based on the popular Hasbro military action figures. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing.
While “Joe” toys have been around for decades, the movie will be based on the toys launched in the 1980s, which were also tied to a Saturday morning cartoon and comic book series. It is this version that saw the soldiers fight a terrorist group called Cobra, led by the Cobra Commander, and featuring villains like metal-faced Destro, master-of-disguise Zartan and biker gang Dreadnoks.
Last May I put together a fantasy casting call for the G.I. Joe Movie. You can check it out here, Casting Call: G.I. Joe the Movie.
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August 24th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
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August 24th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I LOVED G.I. Joe. I wonder if they’ll Globulous and Nemesis Enforcer and Serpentor and stuff. AND, a showdown between Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes would be cool.
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Dude, I just read what I wrote. I think I need to get out more.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
lol
I’m sure they will try to keep it grounded for the first movie. But yeah, Snake-eyes and Storm Shadow have to go at it.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
I hope this movie is as good as the live-action Transformers movie.