If Latino Review are to be believed, we should soon hear who has the role of Duke in next Summer’s G.I. JOE ensemble, one of the last of the good guys parts to be cast in the huge movie and although my JOE knowledge is sparse… dare I say it’s the biggest role?
Ironically it was back on October 31st that we first heard word that Sam Worthington had begun negotiations for the part of Duke which was the first casting news for the movie but once AVATAR was pushed back and it’s filming shoot extended, the young actor had to drop out.
So Stephen Sommers has had to think again. Paramount seem to have given up on the idea of Mark Wahlberg (who seemed a shoe-in before the director of THE MUMMY and VAN HELSING was signed) and have decided to go younger (apart from one name), so who’s names make up Plan B?
LR have three…
Chris Evans (26, Boston, Massachusetts, FANTASTIC FOUR)
Channing Tatum (27, Cullman, Alabama STEP UP)
Matthew Fox (41, Abington, Pennsylvania, Lost)
Gotta be the guy from Lost right, though I fear his age is working against him.
Still, who else on that list could you possibly believe was the one of the leaders of G.I. JOE. Hell, he does it on Lost every week and he has the chops to follow it through with this big production.
Though I can’t really comment. I don’t really know the character. I personally wouldn’t go with Evans because he doesn’t feel like leading material… and neither does Tatum (but he would carry less baggage than the other two that’s for sure).
Latino Review are sure one of these three will get the role. Which one do you wanna see as Duke?
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Fox is the obvious choice of the 3…so that guarantees Sommers will choose Channing Tatum instead. This p*sses me off SO much! Sommer used to be my idol as far as strong casting went–strong stories/directing, no, but strong casting–hell yes!
I’m starting to want to join the bash-Sommers bandwagon with everyone else. I’m now simply assuming the worst, and watching in horror as Sommers exceeeds even my wildest nightmares.
My guess is he’ll make it where Channing is some “leader in the making” as his shallow attempt at giving the character an “arc.” So expect a lot of mistakes from a guy who’s supposed to already be a seasoned veteran.
It’s clear that Lorenzo DiBonaventura, who has YET to make an even half-way decent flim, is steering this ship the same way he did Transformers–right into the f*cking rocks.
I can see Dumb-a-ventura giggling idiotically to himself about how great a choice Elijah Woods would be for Cobra Commander.