Update 2 - G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

As you remember this first mention in a year ago on this blog called “G.I. Joe countdown for Zartan” which regards on the release of movie and now this is the finale update of this a much awaited movie of 2009.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is an upcoming live action film adaptation from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise, which will be released on August 7, 2009. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers who also a director for the “The Mummy: Return”, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios.

The movie was set ten years in the futre and an origin story that will focus in the rise of the Cobra Organization. Stephen Sommers said, "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from." The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans) induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view. Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia and the Sahara. The G.I. Joe Team is based in the Pit, while it was indicated Cobra Island will appear.

Please watch-out for the upcoming post for the main character of of this movie... See you at your favorite movie theater!

Main Cast;

G.I. JOE

• Channing Tatum (Conrad Hauser / Duke) - The lead soldier
• Dennis Quaid (General Clayton Abernathy / Hawk) - The team leader
• Rachel Nichols (Shana M. O'Hara / Scarlett) - She graduated college at age twelve and became the team's intelligence expert.
• Ray Park (Snake-Eyes) - A mute ninja
• Marlon Wayans (Wallace Weems / Ripcord) - He has a crush on Scarlett, which she is oblivious to, and he does not realize she is in a relationship with Snake-Eyes.
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lamont A. Morris / Heavy Duty) - An ordnance expert
• Saïd Taghmaoui (Abel Shaz / Breaker) - He is the team's communications specialist and hacker.
• Karolína Kurková (Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl) - Hawk's aide-de-camp
• Brendan Fraser (Gung-Ho)

COBRA

• Christopher Eccleston (James McCullen Destro XXIV / Destro) - A weapons designer and founder of the Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS) and the main villain for the early part of the film.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Doctor / Cobra Commander) - USA Today reported Cobra Commander is a multiple role.
• Sienna Miller (Baroness Anastasia DeCobray / The Baroness) - A spy
• Lee Byung-hun (Thomas Arashikage / Storm Shadow) - Snake-Eyes' rival, both were close members of the Arashikage ninja clan.
• Arnold Vosloo (Zartan) - An expert in makeup and disguises serving Destro.