G.I Joe is a go!

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/film_nm/gijoe_dc_1

Call it "G.I. Go." Paramount Pictures finally has mobilized "G.I. Joe," hiring the director of the "Mummy" movies to shoot a live-action film based on the popular Hasbro military action figures.

"G.I. Joe" had long been in development at Paramount, though it gained traction thanks in part to "Transformers," the hit summer movie based on another Hasbro toy line.

While G.I. Joe toys have been around for decades, the movie will be based on the toy line launched in the 1980s, which also was tied to a Saturday morning cartoon and comic book series.

Director Stephen Sommers' take was inspired by a trip to Hasbro's headquarters in Rhode Island, where he learned in depth about the world of G.I. Joe. Sommers then met with Paramount brass, who sparked to his ideas. The studio is eyeing a summer 2009 release.

The film will see soldiers from all branches of the military fighting a terrorist group called Cobra, led by the Cobra Commander and featuring such villains as the Baroness, metal-faced arms dealer Destro, master of disguise Zartan and biker gang Dreadnoks.

On the good guys' side were heroes such as the mute ninja Snake Eyes and the fetching heroine Scarlett, who were led by a Joe named Duke.

The full name of the '80s toy line was G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, but in a reflection of the global nature of tentpoles and current geopolitical climate, the Yankee nature of the strike force is being dropped, with the team now having an international flavor.

Raph's Girl note: I suppose it makes sense for G.I Joe to be international...but anyways... GOO Kobra!!

[GK Punk]

Last week or, two weeks ago whatever it was whent hey first named that guy as director i went and looked up his work. I really can't wait to see what he does with GI Joe.

(Psst. It's Cobra, not Kobra)

[KROW]

I heard about this a couple days ago. I'm thrilled, but I heard that the plot is not what Joe fans are going to like.

Spoiler:

Destro heads Cobra instead of Cobra Commander and the Joe base resides in Brussels instead of America. It's more like Action Force than G.I. Joe just to get the international marketing.

It's most likely just preliminary ideas and a first draft, so I'll just wait and see how it all develops before shouting, "IT'S TEH SUCK!"

[ZariusTwo]

Cobra Commander has often been overthrown and betrayed and left as a mere subserviant. Whose to say he does'nt manipulate the Joes in order to help him regain his empire at the movie's conclusion?

[Jon]

Originally Posted by Michi heavenly6

(Psst. It's Cobra, not Kobra)

Yeah, "Cobra" is from G.I. Joe; "Kobra" is from Batman Beyond.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Cobra Commander has often been overthrown and betrayed and left as a mere subserviant. Whose to say he does'nt manipulate the Joes in order to help him regain his empire at the movie's conclusion?

Exactly. There's no definite plot at the moment, so anything can happen. As long as there's no Cobra-La, I'm fine.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by KROW

Exactly. There's no definite plot at the moment, so anything can happen. As long as there's no Cobra-La, I'm fine.

Yep. Heck, if the Commander is already being treated like dirt and attemtping to claw his way back, that's the animated version exactly.

Though presumbly this will NOW lead to GI Joe comic fans b*tching about where Larry Hanna's Commander went to...

[Time Mistress]

Looking forward to this movie! I guess 'yo Joe' is now a 'go Joe!'

[ZariusTwo]

We have a writer. Stuart Beattie, a writer on the first of POTC movies (the good one), and Collateral.

[Raph's Girl]

G.I Joe? Nope... Try G.I J.O.E... Yea the entire name GI Joe is an acronyme now! Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity.. WTF?! How long did it take em to figure THAT one out?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296054,00.html

[GK Punk]

So I guess they aren't going for the "It's named after Josesph Colton" story then.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

G.I Joe? Nope... Try G.I J.O.E... Yea the entire name GI Joe is an acronyme now! Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity.. WTF?! How long did it take em to figure THAT one out?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296054,00.html

What do you expect when you release a war movie based on a war toy during a time of a very unpopular war brought on by the US? Of course FOX would blow this one out of proportion.

But was anyone of them named Joe? I dunno... I was never really a big GI Joe guy myself. I know Sigma six had no one named Joe.

If they just cut out the crappy akronym, they could just change a few things without looking stupid.

[GK Punk]

Joseph Colton's Code name was G.I. Joe actually. That's where the name came from.

[ZariusTwo]

Danny McBride has offered up the first details on his new G.I. Joe movie, which he confirms is not a comedy.

On the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, McBride was asked about the status of his G.I. Joe film. The writer confirmed he has a completed script that Paramount appears to be happy with, there are a number of "interesting" people who are in talks to star in the film, and they're hoping to shoot it next year.

"[It follows] Duke and a group of other Joes. [...] There's a town called Springfield that is secretly all Cobra," he said. "That is where our film takes place."

Although McBride has roots in comedy, he confirmed that this will be a suspenseful action movie. He noted that he has a deep love for the G.I. Joe franchise and actually pitched a Dreadnoks movie to Paramount, but they asked if he would do a proper G.I. Joe movie to revive the IP once more

https://www.ign.com/articles/its-not...o-film-in-2027

[ZariusTwo]

Bradley Cooper will play Duke

https://deadline.com/2026/10/bradley...de-1237144575/

And the GI Joe/Transformers crossover movie has been officially cancelled

[nidza_maj2000]

So that post credits scene from Rise of the Beasts movie from over 3 years ago now means nothing but maybe this GI Joe movie will be good