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The official Twitter account of Transformers: Earth Wars is revealing a couple of artwork for the upcoming G.I. Joe Crossover Event.

“Knowing is Half the Battle. Flesh and metal collide as a group of elite fighters armed with state-of-the-art technology merge with the world of Autobots and Decepticons. The G.I. Joe franchise is making its debut in Transformers: Earth Wars.”

In addition to the artwork, the official You Tube channel for the game has uploaded the reveal trailer and a gameplay demo for the H.I.S.S. Tank.

You can checkout the artwork, after the jump.

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Earlier today, Hasbro held their Financial Call for the 3rd Quarter of 2019.

Unfortunately, Hasbro had a rough quarter with proposed sales tariffs to hit on the upcoming Holiday Season. Understandably, their stocks slightly declined; after enjoying a very good year before.

Nevertheless, Hasbro is looking forward for G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes; which is scheduled to release in Q3 2020.

Hasbro CFO Deb Thomas stated the following:

“As we look to 2020 while we usually give guidance about the upcoming year at Toy Fair and will do so again. Really the strength of our Partner Brands that we’re seeing right now at retail with Frozen 2 and Star Wars just coming out and launching initially with mostly the fan base in Star Wars coming out on October 4th for Triple Force Friday, very exciting. We see that as we’ve previously spoken about really continuing into 2020. So, in a year where we have major movie release is coming solely in the year, we tend to see the benefit of that continuing into the next year. And I think we continue to believe that as we sit here today, as well as being excited about things like the Marvel properties coming next year and our own Snake Eyes, as well as some other properties that we have coming from an entertainment standpoint. So as I sit here today, I would think our royalty expense might be a bit higher than it’s been historically. But perhaps you’re seeing the impact of much of it coming late in the year, this year. When we look to our own brands for 2020, we’re very excited about those as well.”

You can check out an Inforgraphic of Hasbro’s results, after the jump.

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With special thanks to Frederick Vinas of Twitter, we have our first [unofficial] behind-the-scenes footage from the principal photography of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

Filming, which took place outside Mr. Vinas’ office, is described by him as a scene involving Yakuza.

Not too long ago, a casting notice went up for scenes involving the infamous Japanese gangsters. HISSTANK boards member skinny suggested that, despite the generic term of Yakuza, the gangsters involved may possibly be from the rumored Kurayami gang of the movie.

You can check out the full video, below:

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With a massive surprise, which makes Unicron feel like a ping-pong ball, the developers of Transformers: Earth Wars unveiled G.I. Joe and Cobra forces as future updates for the aforementioned mobile game.

If you skip to the 17th minute of the live stream, you are in for a treat.

We’ve included some nice shots from the trailer with this News Post, but don’t forget to visit the live stream for the full content.

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It has been a roller-coaster ride. Various script ideas, cast changes, crew changes, director changes, delays, contingencies and many more. But finally, finally a 3rd G.I. Joe live action movie is being made and the filming starts today.

Directed by Robert Schwentke, G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes principal photography is set to take place from mid-October to early-December in Vancouver, Canada. Starring popular heartthrob Henry Golding as the titular character, the story for this new movie is written by Evan Spiliotopoulos with Bruce Lee films in mind.

The plot is rumored to be as follows (Warning: Possible Spoilers):

“When we meet this new, younger Snake Eyes, it’ll be as a street fighter in Peru. Driven by the desire to avenge the death of his father, Snake Eyes is apparently a man on the move until he ends up in Japan, where he and his best friend, Tommy, aka Storm Shadow, will begin their training with the Arashikage Clan. The film will see at least 3 of the clan’s legendary masters as they train Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow as Hard Master, Soft Master and Blind Master are all set to appear. Also present at the Arashikage compound is the film’s female lead, Akita. In comic continuity, Junko Akita was an apprentice and lover of Storm Shadow; here she is the head of security and will be a love interest for Snake Eyes.”

“Of course if it’s a GI Joe movie, Cobra must somehow be present and in this instance their presence is made manifest in what appears to be a character created for the film: Kenta. Kenta is revealed to Storm Shadow’s brother who has long since left his family, the Arashikage, and joined with a rival ninja clan, the Kurayami. It is Kenta who attempts to lure Snake Eyes away from the Arashikage and into a terrorist plot being devised by Cobra. We won’t delve too deeply into spoiler territory here, but we can see what side of things Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow will take and this film certainly seems to set the stage for one of the great comic book rivalries.”

Joining hands with Mr. Golding are Andrew Koji (Storm Shadow), Iko Uwais (Hard Master), Ursula Corbero (The Baroness), Samara Weaving (Scarlett), Takehiro Hira (Kenta?), and Haruka Abe (Junko Akita?).

Hasbro, Skydance and MGM will co-produce the movie, along with Paramount Pictures and Grackle Bird Productions.

As stated above, filming of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes (under the working title ‘Grackle Bird’) will take place from October 15th to December 6th for an October 16th, 2020 release.

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We have received a word that Japanese actor Takehiro Hira is set to become the main villain of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes live action movie.

It is unclear which character he will embody, but if the rumor is true, Mr. Hira will become an original Cobra character named Kenta.

“Of course if it’s a GI Joe movie, Cobra must somehow be present and in this instance their presence is made manifest in what appears to be a character created for the film: Kenta. Kenta is revealed to Storm Shadow’s brother who has long since left his family, the Arashikage, and joined with a rival ninja clan, the Kurayami. It is Kenta who attempts to lure Snake Eyes away from the Arashikage and into a terrorist plot being devised by Cobra.”

We await for further information.

Check out Mr. Hira in action:

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Actress Samara Weaving will don the costume of Shana M. O’Hara a.k.a Scarlett for the upcoming movie G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

Ever since the movie was announced, it was inevitable to hear about Scarlett; thanks to her special friendship with our protagonist. Miss Weaving will join her co-stars for the filming of the new movie.

She will replace actress Rachel Nichols for the same role which made her live action debut with 2009’s G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra.

Samara Weaving is an Australian actress, most known for her action roles in ‘Mayhem’ and ‘Ready Or Not’.

Check her out in action (She’s the one in scarlet top. Hey, wait a minute!):

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With just three days away from the principal photography of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes, we have received a confirmation that the production has decided to place a working title for the movie.

Titled as ‘Grackle Bird‘, the working title refers to the production studio of the same name.

Working Titles are most commonly utilized to safeguard the filming locations of a movie from outside interference. This is especially true for movies with notable, famous names. However, masking of an actual title is impossible with this day and age; since it is easy to find out which working title refers to which movie and the information will soon be available on the Internet.

It is unclear why ‘Grackle Bird’ is used as a working title (and as the title of the temporarily set up production studio), but the bird, which is most commonly found in Canada, is black in color with a slightly purple tinted head when looked closely. Reminds you of anyone?

Filming is expected to start on October 15th and Henry Golding is currently chilling at the filming location (pun intended). The cast and crew will enjoy a long weekend prior to their busy schedules; as Monday (October 14th) is a holiday in Canada.

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NYCC 2019 came and went with very little presence from the G.I. Joe franchise. Recently concluded Brand Licensing Europe Expo 2019 also featured G.I. Joe in some capacity.

We’ve announced a while back that G.I. Joe will be featured as a Hasbro Heritage brand during the expo in question.

It just so happens that G.I. Joe was showcased at the booth with several random comic book pages. We’ve learned this info through 2005 Boards member Hawksford. However, we do not have any images at the moment.

Speaking to the gathered press, Hasbro Vice President Claire Gilchrist stated that the company has been been working on for some time to move from being a traditional toy company to a more nebulous ‘play and entertainment company‘. “The potential that the pending eOne acquisition brings to that goal is tremendous, and is a testament to our conviction to grow our vision. Just walk around the stand and see what we have on show. I’m confident you’ll agree”.

Despite the minuscule capacity, it is nice to know that there was some presence at all. For the past few year’s, G.I. Joe franchise was not seen or heard from Hasbro’s side. The company actively pitching ideas to potential license-holders is a good omen to the year to come.

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The Wrap is exclusively reporting the news of actress Haruka Abe joining the cast of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

While the news does not convey who she will portray, it is likely that we will see her as Junko Akita; based on the leaked info back in last December.

If true, we are yet to hear about Soft Master, Blind Master and Kenta; brother of Storm Shadow who were also leaked along with the info on Akita.

Haruka Abe is a Japanese-British actress. She appeared in BBC’s Ideal as Miko, and as Marti in Sleepydog’s science-fiction TV series Slingers directed by Steve Barron.