Comic Con Experience Worlds (formerly known as Comic Con Experience Brazil) will host a special panel with Larry Hama and Henry Golding to showcase content from Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Official Info (Press Release translated by Google Translate):

“Ready to awaken the hero within you? Paramount Brazil will bring the panel Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins for CCXP Worlds. Actor Henry Golding, Snake Eyes, and the creator of G.I. Joe comics, Larry Hama, will tell you what it was like to adapt the story for the cinema.”

“CCXP Worlds and Paramount Pictures is announcing an exclusive panel for the film G.I. Joe Origins: Snake Eyes at the Thunder Arena. The studio will promote a meeting between artist Larry Hama and actor Henry Golding, who plays Snake Eyes in the film. The two will talk about the origins of the character, the version created for the cinema and how Golding prepared for the film that is scheduled to open in October 2021.

Hama is a writer, draftsman, actor and musician, but is actually known for being the ‘father of the G.I. Joe comics’. Larry created the G.I. Joe comic books and wrote the famous file cards that came on the back of the toys. Henry Golding, on the other hand, was born in Malaysia, but moved to England at the age of 10 and, at 14, and started studying theater.

CCXP Worlds: A Journey of Hope, the first 100% digital edition of the largest pop culture event in the world, will take place between December 4th and 6th, 2020. Tickets are sold at www.ccxp.com.br.”

Based on the fact that Paramount Pictures is on a marathon of movie trailers these days, it is likely that we will receive our first glimpse at the elusive footage from the movie (if we are lucky).

The panel will take place on December 4th, 2020.

You can check out the announcement video, after the jump. Stay tuned with HISSTANK for more info.

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Henry Golding revealed an exclusive behind-the-scenes training footage from Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, during an interview for The Tonight Show.

“I became a weapon, I’m not gonna lie!” @henrygolding shares the worldwide premiere of his epic training footage for #SnakeEyes ⚔️ #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/EevywxsiqU

— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) November 20, 2020

You can checkout the full interview, after the jump.

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Once again thanks to Pure Costumes, we have another set of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins role play products by Disguise Inc.; an official license-holder for the movie.

This time we have Storm Shadow’s sword and gloves. As with Snake Eyes’ sword, this too is a repaint of Storm Shadow’s sword from G.I. Joe: Retaliation and Rise Of Cobra. Instead of the mostly white colors of the originals, this repaint is mostly black.

Gloves however is a brand new design. This could very well be our first look at an actual part of Storm Shadow’s costume from the upcoming movie. Storm Shadow’s design for Rise Of Cobra and Retaliation had fingerless gloves whereas this new design is a full pair of gloves covering the fingers. Disguise has now produced non-repainted, movie identical gloves for all three movies for Storm Shadow. Interestingly, the design shares some similarities with the Classified Series look, albeit being white/grey in color instead of black as seen on Classified Series artwork.

Official product descriptions:

Sword:

“Grab a sword and transform into Storm Shadow. If you loved the prequel Snake Eyes movie, you’ll love becoming this awesome fighting character. You’ll look like a real life ninja!”

Gloves:

“Complete your Storm Shadow costume with the help of these gloves. You can make sure your costume looks great from head to toe! With a complete costume, everyone will be impressed!”

You can checkout the images, after the jump.

Martial artist and actor Andrew Koji sat down with Collider for an interview regarding his portrayal of Storm Shadow on the upcoming movie Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

“I thought about playing that character [Storm Shadow] because I didn’t like the first two films. I can say that. I’m allowed to not like a film. So, I was hesitant, at first, to even accept that. That’s a big studio film and my first role in a big studio film, so I was very hesitant because I didn’t have that trust in Hollywood to do that. What Warrior taught me and the voice that it gave me helped my work on Storm Shadow. I don’t wanna play a character with a six-pack. I wanted him to be human and flawed; he’s going through stuff. For me, when I saw the first G.I. Joe films, I was like, ‘I don’t wanna do that. That’s not the kind of thing I wanna do.'”

“So, when I spoke with the director [Robert Schwentke] about that I said, ‘If I’m gonna play him, I have to do my research into Japanese culture and embrace that.’ There was an opportunity for me to do a performance in that kind of film for the next generation. My time in this business might end in a few years but a kid growing up might be able to watch that film and see a more realistic, grounded portrayal and feel like they can act and they can do this. Even if it’s in ninja form, they can still bring their own humanity to it. So, it was quite a deep thing for me, just because I had a lot of reservations about it, at first, but then they allowed me to do that. I’ve gotta give credit to those guys but that was all because of the skill I got from Warrior.”

In two separate interviews, actor Henry Golding has discussed the Japanese influence in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins and his experience in working with director Robert Schwentke.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Mr. Golding elaborated on his statement regarding the early test screening of the movie; which took place inside a 300-seat screening room in Los Angeles.

“We had our own corners of the cinema because you need to go through the processes. You need to see it and test it and get a reaction and notes from everybody.”

Regarding the story:

“I think the heart of the story really is who Snake is and his journey as a person, really. Understanding his motivations. I can’t give away too much, but it really focuses on the one person instead of having 20 people on screen and understanding background. We start from the beginning. And, hopefully, this launches an amazing franchise.”

He also talked about the Japanese influence towards the movie.

“Robert is a huge Japanese cinephile, everything from [Akira] Kurosawa to just the phenomenal Spaghetti Westerns of samurai movies. He is so hooked into that history and we see some of those scenes. With some of the fight scenes there are some chimbara sequences (Japanese sword-fighting). A lot of attention to cultural detail was put into this movie. There are not a lot of movies that are allowed to film in Japan and we went to some amazing, amazing places. The authenticity is there.”

Henry Golding stated that Paramount was cooperative with the opinions of the cast and crew.

“All the producers at Paramount really listened to my opinion, the opinion of others, and I think that’s why it’s going to be so special. It’s definitely been a challenge in creating something fresh and new, but I think we definitely achieved it.”

You can check out the interview with Anthem Magazine, after the jump.

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Following their trademark application for a Snake Eyes toyline, Hasbro has applied for three new trademarks at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office.

The applications are filed under:

• Class 41: usually applied for Motion Pictures.
• Class 9: usually applied for Video Games.
• Class 16: usually applied for Merchandise such as stationary.

The most interesting filing is the ‘Class 9’ application. While it is a blanket filing for all things digital (not including a movie), the classification in question is commonly used for video games. With Operation Blackout released and a possible collaboration with Fortnite looming in the horizon, it is likely that we may see some sort of a digital merchandise as a Snake Eyes Movie tie-in.

Update 11/04/2020: Following their applications in UK, Hasbro has applied for the same at United States Patent & Trademark Office.

• Trademark ID 90287212: Motion Pictures.
• Trademark ID 90287202: Video Games.
• Trademark ID 90287206: Merchandise such as stationary.

You can check out the full listing, after the jump.

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