The cast for G.I. JOE is quickly filling as we approach the Christmas and New Year break for the movie industry.
Confirmation has come through from The Hollywood Reporter on yesterday’s story that Rachel Nichols would be Scarlett in the big budget feature and word has come through on two more names that have joined the cast.
First up is former LOST actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (who was in Sommers’ THE MUMMY RETURNS) will play the ordnance expert Heavy Duty…
Said Taghmaoui (THE KITE RUNNER, HIDALGO) has been cast as Breaker, the team’s comms specialist…
And this is how G.I. JOE is shaping up at this point…
Sam Worthington as Duke (on the condition that AVATAR is not further delayed for filming).
Sienna Miller as Baroness.
Ray Park as Snake-Eyes.
Byun-Hun Lee as Storm Shadow.
Rachel Nichols as Scarlett.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty.
Said Taghmaoui as Beaker.
Thoughts on the cast?
Are these the guys you were hoping for is the cast putting doubts in your mind of this movie’s direction?
I love the International feel and just the huge variety of culture in this cast and I’m just really hoping Stephen Sommers knows what he is doing here because I’m not sure I could sit through another summer disaster like TRANSFORMERS.
I’m kinda drained from these summer let-downs. For those in the know, how many more members can we expect here?
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Adewale instead of Terry Crews? BAD CHOICE! Heavy Duty instead of Roadblock? WORSE CHOICE! Of all the folks in this movie this was the one I wanted to see them get right. And it should have been SO easy! I don’t have the words for how pissed I am to see Don Murphy working his retarded magic on GI Joe like he did Transformers.
Well, at least there’s no CGI-angle to this so I won’t have to have any retards saying, “Hey, it’s all about big CGI robots so it doesn’t matter how stupid it is!” Maybe these morons will think twice before they mindlessly cheer this one on.
Ray Park’s about the only smart choice I’ve seen–hope he does the fight choreography–and in a movie this big that’s simply not enough!
Why can’t these Hollywood *ssholes ever take off their “Let’s Turn This Into A Vehicle To Market Toys and Games,” hats and put on their “Let’s Be Good Filmmaker” hats instead?
How many times will they have to screw the pooch before they realize the ONLY adaptations of comics and cartoon that have ever worked are the ones that stay as close to the source material as possible?
And yes, I know this PC production was supposed to have an international team, but this is ridiculous!
And they chose Breaker over Dialtone? I guess they liked the name “Breaker” better. Figured it would sell more toys. Once again Don Murphy’s retarded hand is all over this, making a mess of what should have been a slam-dunk.
I’m really surprised to see Sommers doing this. I thought he was supposed to be some sort of research-hound, and was a lot freer with his casting choices, but it seems he’s determined to cement his rep as a talentless hack instead.
I’ve seen the script reviews, and my expectations for this are only slightly higher than JLA–oops, I mean The American SooperHeroes Movie, formerly known as JLA.