HN Entertainment is exclusively reporting that The Baroness will make an appearance on the upcoming G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes live action movie.
Auditions are said to be taking place with participation from known and unknown actresses in the movie business.
The story is said to be a reboot to the G.I. Joe movie franchise very much like Transformers: Bumblebee.
The site states that the fans will hear about more characters in the coming weeks.
Despite the numerous entertainment news posts, there is no official wording on the potential casting of Henry Golding as the titular protagonist of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes live action movie. However, Larry Hama; who was instrumental in developing the character, spoke to his fans via Facebook regarding several news outlets accusing him for not having Snake Eyes as an Asian character originally.
“Some people are saying that casting Golding “fixes” the character of Snake-Eyes, but I disagree. I had wanted to keep him ambiguous until HASBRO introduced Storm-shadow as the only Asian character and made him a bad guy. I decided to “fix” that by delving into his background and gradually turning him into a good guy. This is why Snake-Eyes is a white guy.”
Hasbro and Paramount are yet to comment on the recent casting news.
With Christopher Eccleston and Channing Tatum stating not so happy comments on the first two G.I. Joe Live Action Movies, we can only see the opposite from Mr. Ray Park; who dedicated his latest Instagram post to send heartfelt ‘thank yous’ to the work he did as Snake Eyes.
His post showcased some of the memorabilia he received for his role including fanart from Joe fans, props, customized license plates and many more.
“It’s been a pleasure to play a character twice in a Hollywood big budget movie that was part of my childhood and influenced me throughout.
NINJA LIFE!
Thank you @paramountpics@lorenzo_di_bonaventura#erikhowsam#stephensommers#bobducsay@jonmchu
#actionman#gijoe#snakeeyes#thankyou “
You can check out the video, with the link posted above.
We wish Mr. Park the best of success for his future and hope to see him back with the G.I. Joe franchise one day.
P.S: To jog your memories, here’s his first interview after the announcement of his involvement with G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra.
Information we received from Canada suggests that the main production crew for G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes is ready and waiting for the principal photography of the movie.
Robert Schwentke, after stepping back to direct his own pet project, will be back on time to start filming by early October.
Joining Mr. Schwentke will be two assistant directors; namely John R. Saunders and Dan Mansfield. Mr. Saunders previously worked on projects such as the John Wick trilogy and Mr. Mansfield worked on Deadpool, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and The A-Team 2010.
List of crew members which we posted earlier will remain the same. In addition to the said members, Location Managers Ann Goobie, Paul Giordano, Sean Finnan, and Larissa Craig has joined the team along with Production Assistance Maya Ricol.
Also joining as a Producer is Erik Howsam, who was a producer for both G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Paramount Pictures will inject US$ 20 million to the Canadian economy which excludes the salaries of non-Canadian crew members and the movie cast.
You can check out the full list of crew members (along with their credits), after the jump.
Viacom; the parent company of Paramount Pictures is in talks with CBS for a potential merger (as ViacomCBS). At the time of writing of this post, the question is ‘when?’ and not ‘if?’, since internal townhall sessions are taking place at Viacom/Paramount in preparation for the merger.
There are some exciting news and rumors coming out of Paramount side, with regards to Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises. TFW2005 Network decided to dig in to learn more.
You can read our report on the above mentioned subjects, after the jump.
Crazy Rich Asians breakout star Henry Golding is now in negotiations to become the titular hero of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.
Entertainment news website The Wrap writes:
In the year since “Crazy Rich Asians” was released, Golding has become one of the most in-demand leading men in Hollywood, with a diverse array of roles. Golding will next be seen in Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated crime comedy “The Gentlemen” starring opposite Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. Golding plays the volatile gangster “Dry Eye” pitted against McConaughey’s ring leader of a powerful drug trade. STX will release the film on Jan. 24, 2020.
Golding is represented by Paradigm, Megan Silverman Management, and Stone Genow.
Coincidentally, the director of Crazy Rich Asians is none other than Mr. Jon M. Chu; who also directed G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
You can check out the trailer for CRA below:
Stunt coordinator Kimani Ray Smith and cinematographer Bojan Bazelli has joined the production crew for G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.
Kimani Ray Smith is most known for his work on the Netflix series Wu Assassins. Additionally, he was part of the stunt team for Deadpool and Deadpool 2 as well as other Marvel movie properties from 20th Century Fox and New Line’s Blade series.
Bojan Bazelli is the cinematographer of The Ring and worked on action movies such as The Lone Ranger, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Six Underground by Netflix.
Update: HISSTANK members are reporting that this casting call may possibly be a scam. We are yet to hear an official announcement regarding any casting. [Read more…]
Back in July (exactly a month ago actually), HISSTANK learned that another G.I. Joe live action movie is in development due to the production hiccups of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.
It just so happens that The Hollywood Reporter found out more info on the second project.
“The companies have Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who wrote the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies as well as Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, writing a script for what is described as an ensemble piece.
One of the characters in the currently untitled project is said to be Chuckles, who has not appeared in the previous Joe movies. While he is not the center of the film, the project is in deep development and things could change.”
From the sound of things, the movie is based on the earlier rumored Chuckles movie. Therefore, HISSTANK was curious to find out more. From what we learned, the working title for the movie is G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant; the abandoned title of G.I. Joe 3. But, this may not be the final title of the movie; which is why the THR article mentions it as ‘untitled’.
It is indeed nice to have something to fall back on if there would be more delays on Snake Eyes side of things. Also, we would like to add another rumor which came our way. Much like Transformers: Studio Series, the next G.I. Joe toyline would simply be titled ‘G.I. Joe’ without any sub-titles such as ‘Snake Eyes’ or ‘Ever Vigilant’. If true, this general line would cater to any movie that would be out. But we are yet to confirm this rumor and you can check out HISSTANK for further development.
Here’s a small news which flew under the radar thanks to all the cool news which dropped throughout the past couple of weeks. Allspark Animations (formerly Hasbro Studios), SVP of global distribution and development Finn Arnesen has stepped down from his position to hand over the reins to Nina Scales.
Mr. Arnesen was instrumental in developing and distributing popular Hasbro shows such as Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Rescue Bots, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, G.I. Joe: Renegades, Transformers: Robots In Disguise and many more. His work resulted in Hasbro content being seen today in more than 195 territories across multiple platforms.
Mrs. Scales will step into the role of SVP of global distribution, reporting to Stephen Davis (Hasbro CCO and EVP).
We wish Nina Scales the best of luck, and a bright future to Finn Arnesen on his upcoming endeavors.