Update: We’ve updated this story with high resolution photos that Paramount sent us.
Paramount has released photos of the cast of Stephen Sommer’s live-action G.I. Joe movie.
Chris Eccleston as James McCullen Destro XXIV. McCullen’s Military Armaments Research System is the largest manufacturer of state-of-the-art weaponry, providing high-tech arms to any side able to meet his price and will incite war where it does not exist. Unfortunately the character photo was taken before McCullen’s face was disfigured, and covered by A swarm of nano-mites, giving him the iconic metallic mask, which allows the Cobra Commamder to control his mind. I think it would have been much cooler to show what Destro looks like in the mask. This photo is just a lame photo of a business man standing in-front of a vault that reads “MARS”.
Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow, the white ninja a henchman and adversary for Snake Eyes. Throughout their history, the duo have been everything to one another from the bitterest of enemies, to the most loyal of friends (and blood brothers) who would fight and die for one another. He is the only member of the team to change sides several times, conflicted in loyalties between Cobra, G.I. Joe and his long relationship with his swordbrother Snake-Eyes.
Former Lost star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty, who serves as the G.I. Joe Team’s heavy ordnance specialist with a passion for classical guitars and Bach. He is described as being unafraid of any situation despite heavy enemy fire.
Saïd Taghmaoui as Breaker, the team’s original communications officer who has a habit of chewing bubblegum in any situation. He is also familiar with practically every bit of communication gear on the planet.
Sienna Miller as The Baroness. Baroness serves as the COBRA Organization’s intelligence officer and lieutenant to Cobra Commander. In both comic and cartoon incarnations, the ruthless femme fatale has had romantic relationships with Destro.
Dennis Quaid as General Hawk. He looks anything but tough, and the opposite of cool.
Channing Tatum as Duke, a First Sergeant and field commander who is second-in-command of the G.I. Joe Team after Hawk. At least his body armor looks cool.
Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, ranked Sergeant, an Airborne and demolition specialist of the G.I. Joe Team.
Ray Park as Snake Eyes, one of the original members of the GI Joe series. Hasbro has released over 30 figures of the character since his debut in 1982. Not much is known about the ninja master’s real identity, as it has remained classified throughout the series. The U.S. Army Sergeant First Class (E-7) is known for his stealth like movements and extensive knowledge of multiple forms of martial arts. Snake-Eyes is romantically involved with fellow G.I. Joe member Master Sergeant Shana M. O’Hara, a.k.a. Scarlett.
Rachel Nichols as Scarlett. Ranked Master Sergeant, red-headed Scarlett is the first female character in the GI Joe action figure line. Her weapon of choice is the crossbow (pictured in the promo photo), and her specialty is counter intelligence.
G.I. Joe hits theaters on August 7th 2009.
Discuss: What do you think?
May 7th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I guess they don’t want ot reveal Destro’s look just yet. Maybe they’re still working on the design?
May 7th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Didn’t that dude have a silver face and a big collar? Anyway, who cares. this movie and the cartoon both suck.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
“This photo is just a lame photo of a business man standing in-front of a vault that reads MARS” -Peter
indeed, it is.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
GI Joe movie = MAJOR FAIL
May 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I had to check to see if it was April 1st, because surely this is a joke. This movie looks incredibly lame.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Okay, Mr. Eko has actually slightly increased my interest in seeing this movie from “pay me and i will go” to “just buy my ticket”.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
The headline to this post says it all: L A M E
May 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I think this project looks a lot better than I was expecting…couldn’t be any worse than Transformers…and by the looks of things and from the set reports it won’t be the awful CGI orgy Van Helsing was…
G.I. Joe seems to look as faithful it could be to the comic and cartoon for a movie…without it looking too outrageous and silly…
I know a lot of people are writing off Sommers and I have to admit I loathed the director after the Mummy Returns and Van Helsing….yet I’m going to give this one a chance, I hope other people at least wait for the footage/trailers to be released before making judgments….of course thats my opinion…bash away if you want…lol
May 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
This looks about as good as Twilight.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
i just dont understand how the suits who hired sommers to helm this, can look at these photos + the liberties taken with the characters/story, and think that this looks good and that it will be successful. i’m really struggling with their thought process. it’s getting close to being as bad as JLA was, maybe even worse. cheers to the reboot in 5 to 10 years.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
What is up with Storm Shadow’s white PJs? Come on! I know it might not be as easy to redesign in white, but they can do better than this.
Destro - sigh- if they’re not ready to show him with his chrome dome
then I’m not interested.
Heavy Duty - He looks fine.
I still have little hope for this flick even judging it as a popcorn piece
I have little faith in Sommers.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Storm Shadow looks stupid, which is silly since his costume shouldn’t be that hard at all to copy from the comics, i’m a die hard fan of the comic but i’ll reserve judgement on the movie for a while
May 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Umm.. I’ll reserve judgement of the whole until I see it, but Stormshadow looks like a low rent badguy from an eighties ninja movie. Also, why do they keep using black rubber jumpsuits to make comic and cartoon characters “serious”?
May 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Every still shot I’ve seen has been pretty bad. The
ones of Dennis Quaid and company that released
weeks ago were awful but let’s face it, if you saw a
pic of a guy in an Alien costume just walking in a
mall you’d think it looked dumb. I’m not going to
judge this until I see the final product.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
hahahahaha
May 7th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Storm Shadow looks like a Power Ranger, that could really use some ironing.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Okay, I read these through RSS and the original post I received didn’t have the photo of Breaker (a second one did I thought it was just a double post) so now let me just redact my former post because not even Mr. Eko can get me to see this. EPIC FAIL!!!! (and yes I understand we haven’t even seen footage but come on is this a kindergarten play?)
May 7th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
they’re making this look like some sort of overblown matrix mainstream action piece of shit, how dare they? I would have taken a much more old school american propaganda approach to this, if they fuck up the Cobra organization, I am going to be genuinely pissed. It’s so easy to take an amazing original concept like G.I Joe to the bigscreen, but it’s even easier to fuck it up, do it haphazardly and just want to make money out of it. F*** this, it’s lame, baroness is way sexier and Cobra is B-A-D, it should look way cooler!
May 7th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
im fine with everyone cept storm shadow. looks too cheap a costume
May 7th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Destro, could’ve waited to see him with the mask on; I already know what the guy looks like. Heavy Duty looks amazing! As for Breaker, I don’t know what he originally looks like so I can’t say anything at all. Storm Shadow….hmmm, how can I put this delicately? Versace called, they want to know where to send the money for their product endorsement (doesn’t exactly yell out evil ninja). Baroness….ahhhh, forgive my nitpicking but isn’t she suppose to look sultury yet dominating with Raven Black hair? I think that lady from L.A Ink could look more like the Baroness than Ms. Miller here.
May 7th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
These are just bad publicity photos, no doubt about that. But honestly, seriously, does anyone have any hope that this movie will be anything other than totally lame? It’s GI Joe for goodness sake, how good could it be?
May 7th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
“who has a habit of chewing bubblegum in any situation”
great character development to look forward to, “You know what I haven’t had in a while? Big League Chew.”
May 7th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Dear Hollywood,
Please stop taking my treasured and beloved childhood memories and turning them into embarrassingly crappy movie remakes that lose money.
Thanks!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
They should re-design storm shadow. Everyone else is pretty kickass but only SS looks like he’s from a b-grade movie. I’d shed that coat and don him a proper ninja attire. Lee Byung-Hyun is a very cool actor. Surely they can make better use of him?
May 7th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
What is with that belt buckle over the Baroness’ crotch?? It
looks like a modern day chasity belt! And I’m sorry, but
Sienna does not have the sultry look or body to play this
character.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
@ Meli
While that is true, she did have the DSLs that I’m sure didn’t hurt her during her “casting”.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
…So what’s the next 80’s toy due for a big budget crap-fest?
I’m sure He-Man is in the works, somewhere.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Whats with the Slashfilm snub? Wheres the exclusive?
May 7th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
@ Peter
Do you really want to see more? I mean, I think we’ve all had our fill for the day.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I hope for a Carebears movie where they paint real Grizzly bears in bright colors and have them go around attacking and killing people.
Also, a Thundercats movie would be a furries wet dream.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Baroness is wearing glasses, I’m back in.
I’m glad they saved some money with borrowing the XMen outfits, but she’s wearing glasses. Does she have an accent?
Plus, Captain Awesome’s comment about a Carebears movie: brilliant.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
@ Goobity
lol, He-Man. Now, THAT would be something. Add in She-Ra with her sword of protection and there’s a blockbuster in the making, hahaha.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Also, Peter I think it might have something to do with the fact you typed LAME in capital letters after the headline. Just sayin.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Sue: I loved GI Joe as a kid, and was hoping this movie would be good, bu.. well.. these photos are very disappointing. I thought that the leaked batch were just unfinished, but clearly this is just bad. That said, we cover the big geek movies, and this is one of them. So if any new character photos are released, we’ll post em for the few people that do care. And oh, so we can make fun of them, which I’ve actually tried not to do in this posting, because it just seems too easy.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I agree with you. I’m just saying it’s probably the reason they didn’t send you your ‘exlusive’.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Update: hahahahahahaha!
May 7th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Me, I’m holding out for Rainbow Brite The Movie!
May 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Sue: Very true. But I’m not going to pretend something looks cool to get an exclusive. Truth be told, I was on the fence about this movie. I could have gone either way. But so far everything I’ve seen from official channels has been disappointing.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Is it really this August? or do you mean 2009?
May 7th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
MARS = DOOM = FAIL.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Transformers, GI JOE, what’s next? a ninja turtles movie??
…oh wait
May 7th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
This is a disappointment. GI JOE could’ve been really cool, if they’d have…gasp! Stayed true to the source material. What a concept, I know. Why does the idea of ‘update’ always mean black pleather?
Speed Racer may turn out to be a let-down, but at least some attempt was made to translate the vibrant look and feel of the original anime.
Have there been any shots of the dread enemy Cobra? Let me guess…black pleather.
*Sigh*
May 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Why does everyone think that everything has to have an acronym? WTF is MARS why cant they just come up with an original name and go with that. Outside of the ridiculous look of most of these characters its all the other cheese that will turn this flick into one giant cheddar wheel
May 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I don’t like G.I. Joe that much, but I would have gone to see this if looked cool. So far, however I give it a resounding ‘blech.’ I’ll save my money for adaptations that don’t blow and are able to remain interesting without completely ignoring their base material.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Fucking serious?
May 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Hang on, I forgot the Baroness was Evil, and I didn’t recognize Destro, what with the purple tie. They were in black, so I assumed they were the heroes.
I rest my case, I guess.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
ohh and do they realize that this is a military unit … camouflage would have worked much better than another black rubber suit movie
May 7th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
wow, peter, i am kind of surprised. didn’t really know you were a fairweather fan.
whatever happened to your 5 reasons why gi joe could actually be cool???
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/22/nontechnology-five-reasons-why-gi-joe-could-actually-be-cool/
the only cool thing this movie ever did was leak the snake eyes photos. everything else fails.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
FARMHOUSE.,
The main word in Peter’s article there is “could”.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Overall pretty dull, but I actually like the look of the Baroness…
May 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I know Storm shawdow looks awful. He should been in white looking leather suit like snake eyes looks in black. I am only seeing this movie for Sanke eyes. This movie is going to Fail like those other fake hollywood military movies that makes our men look bad.
Kandi
May 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Lame? My interest levels in this dire sounding film rose 100% when i saw that Chris Ecclestone was in it. He’ll be great: if you don’te belive me watch Shallow Grave, Cracker, Hillsborough, 2nd coming, Dr Who. Sommers and co are lucky that he agreed to be in it.
Why is slash film baging on about this film, not just once a week, but once a day-there are better films out there.
GI joe is mainly US phenomenon, it wasn’t that big in the UK. This film is going to struggle outside of Iowa
May 7th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
reminds me of the first Street Fighter flick….and thats scary.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Iowa? This is going to struggle everywhere.
Other than the look of Snake Eyes, every reveal associated with this movie has been a disappointment.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
yeah im just gonna wait till the trailer cuz i dont wanna jump to conclusions
May 7th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I wonder when they are gonna start casting the reboot?
May 7th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
The S&M Power-Ranger Snake Eyes design sucks. And so does “The Gap” warrior Storm Shadow.
How is it Sonny Chiba can look this badass in Shadow Warriors?
http://tinyurl.com/46p8n6
A japanese tv show created during the early 80’s. But Hollywood can’t manage a decent looking Ninja costume today? That’s right, because SOMMERS IS DIRECTING IT.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:05 am
The good news is that they only need three more characters to cast “Fox Force 5.”
Lose the dudes and it’s a go.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Denis quad looks like he’s remaking demolition man!?!?!
Storm Shadow looks like some sort of shy concert pianist!!
seriously worried bout this movie!!
May 8th, 2008 at 2:04 am
im sorry, but watching this for sienna miller. come on, its misses hot ass sienna miller with a fuckin gun. thats worth a ticket, right?
well, the trailer better be kick ass or gonna start reading ‘breaking dawn’ lol
May 8th, 2008 at 5:59 am
I don’t know… the more images I see the more it looks like a GI Joe SIGMA 6 movie then a old school GI Joe movie!
Breaker’s out fit just screams High-Tech from SIGMA 6!!
Yeah, the whole Destro looking all business like is really just boring! Who cares what he looks like before the mask! We have all seen the actor in different roles and can pretty much guess for out selves what he would look like before the mask! However at the same time, why do the whole disfigurment thing? Just go with the original consept of the mask being a family heritage item that was passed down from father to son and was worn originally as a punishment that the house of Destro saw as a symbol or pride and have passed it down for over 20 generations!!
May 8th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Machine, I agree with you on Destro. They could have easily have left the reason why Destro wore a mask in. How hard is it for them to make Destro’s silver mask?
Isn’t Ripcord supposed to be a white male? In the comics and the cartoon, they showed Ripcord as a white male, not a black male. No offense to any black males, but seriously, couldn’t they at least stayed true to what Ripcord’s skin color is - white?
The other characters are okay but for Storm Shadow. Why are they reusing The White Ninja’s costume from The Power Rangers Ninjas? Couldn’t they at least have used something similar to that of what they did with Snake Eyes? Now that would have been cool!
Or maybe they are showing a false Storm Shadow pic to throw us off since we seen what Snake Eyes look like? Maybe he’ll look way better in the movie then what he does now?
But I was looking forward to seeing this movie, now I’m not so sure anymore.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:50 am
@ Beth
Then they would have to put forth actual effort.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:52 am
If they do He-Man like they did in the 80’s, that will bomb just like that one did. I saw it and as soon as they showed that they were going to appear on Earth, that was when I walked right out of the theatre and got my money back as it wasn’t that good.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Heavy Duty looks more like he’s ready to fight Alien then Cobra.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:17 am
For the Joes outfits could have been given a bit of color
as in give them the outfits that they wear in the comic books,
not these leather outfits that scream S&M!
Oh wait, that would mean kicking out the current director
for someone . . . BETTER! Like say someone who is a fan
of the comic books or at least picked them up and read
them as a kid or an adult!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:42 am
I just read the script for this. It turns out that GI Joe takes place in another dimension, and they somehow end up on earth through some portal or something. Then the meet up with that chick from “Friends” and they have to find a way back to their own planet. There’s this really funny troll thing that uses a keyboard looking thing to get them back.
I heard they just signed Dolph Lundgren for one of the parts.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:57 am
man, this movie is gonna suck giant elephant balls…
May 8th, 2008 at 9:19 am
@ Don
Don’t spoil any of Sienna’s scenes for us.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:05 am
i think we should all revolt, and create our own GI JOE movie with just the GI JOE action figures in stop motion animation. it would be true to the originals that way.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
As i’ve said before, i’ll be seeing it in the theater.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
GI JOE looks as impressive as Street Fighter: the movie.
I’m being sarcastic.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
talk about sell outs Peter, why did you take LAME out?
Did Paramount fork over some cash?
May 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Wasn’t the Baroness supposed to be sexy?
May 8th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Now in High Res…and still shitty.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
destro looks weak. he should be strong with a deep scottish voice. they are promoting it too much lie its a direct to dvd b movie.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
One of the things I always loved about Cobra is their logo… Where is it ??? They all look the same !!! Good or Bad they all wear black… come on…
May 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
more pictures http://www.mycine.com.ar/2008/04/fotos-de-los-personajes-de-gi-joe.html
May 9th, 2008 at 1:04 am
I’m in the “will fail” group. Hollywood has been failing a lot lately.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Yeah.. Looks pretty shitty and gay.. I’m dissapointed.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:15 am
I’ve literally crapped out turds that looked better then this movie looks so far.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
This movie will fucking suck thats it, but everybody will go see it and it will make alot of money besides the nerds who will go see and complan about it later there will be other jackasses who go see it thus makeing it more money causeing abunch of shitty seques and thats the gods honnets turth!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Why oh why would you cast Channing Tatum is anything??