First ‘GI Joe’ One-Sheets Released
Following the pattern now employed by studios pushing ensemble films to geeks, Paramount Pictures has released the first four one-sheets for next August’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
The pictures seen here spotlight, running clockwise Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, Channing Tatum as Duke, and Sienna Miller as Baroness.
Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy), it was written by Stuart Beattie and set a decade from today and is an origin story for the formation of Cobra and GI Joe’s response to the global threat.
The sprawling cast of good guys and bad guys includes:
G.I. Joe
Channing Tatum as First Sergeant Conrad S. Hauser / Duke
Dennis Quaid as General Clayton M. Abernathy / Hawk
Rachel Nichols as Shana M. O’Hara / Scarlett:
Ray Park as Snake-Eyes
Marlon Wayans as Wallace A. Weems / Ripcord
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lamont A. Morris / Heavy Duty
Saïd Taghmaoui as Alvin R. Kibbey / Breaker
Karolína Kurková as Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl
Cobra
Christopher Eccleston as James McCullen Destro XXIV
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander:
Sienna Miller as Baroness Anastasia DeCobray / The Baroness
Lee Byung-hun as Storm Shadow
Arnold Vosloo as Zartan
Cameos
Larry Hama
Kevin J. O’Connor
Brendan Fraser
They should have cast vin desil and the rock for duke and Hawk. And seriously – Marlon Wayans ? I mean come on – this is not a spoof!!!!