Since we are on the subject of G.I. Joe movies, it is vital to understand what was actually told during CinemaCon 2019.

That is exactly why we asked the same from Barry Hertz; journalist by profession and the editor of The Globe & Mail. Mr. Hertz attended the event and therefore we took his word as gospel.

“Barry Hertz: Paramount closes w/reel of 2020 films: QUIET PLACE 2, COMING 2 AMERICA (quick clip of Eddie & Arsenio), another G.I. JOE (unclear if it’s reboot, but, c’mon) and TOP GUN: MAVERICK. Which I just typed as TOM GUN: MAVERICK, and which I think they should now consider. #CinemaCon

HISSTANK: What did they mention about G.I. Joe?

Barry Hertz: Just a quick sizzle reel that said a new movie was still in the works. No title or any other info given.”

Rohan Patel; Senior Editor of Comic Book Resource stated the following to the same question we asked:

“Nothing really, just showed a sizzle reel with footage from the first two and confirmed they’re working on a new one. The reel had a lot of Snake Eyes clips, so might be leaning in that direction, but nothing definitive.”

Additionally, IndieWire is reporting the following statement:

• UNTITLED G.I. JOE (March 27, 2020)
• Companies: Hasbro
• Logline: First movie in a new G.I. Joe cinematic universe.

Since the new movie is confirmed for 2020, it is easy to deduce that the only new G.I. Joe movie which was announced is most probably G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes. We are basing this assumption on the fact that it is the only Joe movie that has a director attached, script finished, locations scouted, and cast being assembled through casting calls.

Despite the recent delay in principal photography, Paramount seems to be committed to bring G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes to theaters in 2020.

The new rumor suggests that Paramount is looking for big names such as Tom Hiddleston and Sebastian Stan for the role of Chuckles. As much as we’d love to see such prolific actors being on board, it’s almost a pipe dream at the moment. The franchise we know and love isn’t doing well and when big titles such as Transformers: Bumblebee are getting limited budgets, the reality isn’t positive.

Of course this is Hollywood. Plans can change. But things aren’t exactly going the way of the rumored Chuckles movie. Every info we know are pointing against it and not towards it. What the future will hold, we’ll only know as time goes by. But if G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes can come close to Bumblebee, we may have a revitalized franchise on our hands with a new G.I. Joe Cinematic Universe. YO JOE!!! (and COBRA!!!!)

It has come to our attention that mainstream media is circulating a rumor of a new G.I. Joe live action movie centering around Philip “Chuckles” Provost. However, this rumor is most probably untrue… and we have reasons.

First of all, the source article by a website named Full Circle Cinema claims that the information was revealed during CinemaCon 2019; which actually took place very recently from April 1st to April 4th (with Paramount Pictures presentation taking place on April 4th). The source article was written back in February; more than a full month prior to CinemaCon. Unless there was some sort of time-travelling involved, that article is simply not possible.

Even if we think that the posted date is incorrect, we have to consider the fact whether Paramount actually said something like that during the event. That is why we talked with several people who actually attended the event. All of them stated that Paramount never made such an announcement. In fact, Paramount never went deeply into 2020 or beyond.

The article also mentions Ever Vigilant as a basis for the new film; a movie which was never mentioned by any person involved with Paramount or Hasbro. This is a direct contrast to Snake Eyes; which is constantly brought up by Lorenzo di Bonaventura of Paramount/di Bonaventura Pictures.

Well folks, this is it. Confirming the rumors we heard last week, Paramount Pictures has officially stated that G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes principal photography has been postponed until this Fall from its original Spring schedule.

This statement came our way thanks to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura; who spoke to Slash Film regarding some of his upcoming movies.

When does Snake Eyes start? 

We probably start late summer, early fall.

Are you going to be able to keep him silent as the star of a film?

[LAUGHS] I’m not going to spoil that one. I will say this. Part of the opportunity of going back is to discover who is this guy. For me, I’m most interested in seeing it as an origin story. If you see it as an origin story, you do get to see him speak for X period of time.

For me, my entry to The Matrix was the Hong Kong style martial arts which I was already watching in subtitled movies. I was excited to see that in an American movie and then those choreographers got to work in Hollywood for a few years.

It’s one of the reasons honestly why I wanted to do Snake Eyes so much was because I love Kung Fu. I love the moviemaking tradition that comes out of that. To me, it’s so much fun to try to get into that and then also try to figure out what is the new version of it? I’m a big believer in go do something. Yes, there’s a certain expectation of what you want from let’s call it a kung fu movie. It’s sort of a simple term but the truth is if we give you the version that you can visualize, we’ve probably given you something that you already know and therefore it’s kind of boring. So it becomes that balance. All right, how do you do new and appreciate and validate the old if you would? I find that one of the most interesting things about filmmaking. It’s something I learned over time that I think is really essential is really like okay, well, how do you? We could have really blown it with the ballsy choice with Ellie vs. Gage. But we went into it with the philosophy of the audience is very loyal to this. If we’re loyal to the spirit of the book and some large elements of the book, they’ll come with us. That was the theory. Could’ve been wrong, so I enjoy that part of it, the big roll of the dice.

 

It has been a while since we last heard from the production side of G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes. However, the news today isn’t exactly a positive one.

Industry sources tells us that the budget has been approved for director Robert Schwentke‘s own movie project; Seneca: On The Creation Of Earthquakes.

His movie was in limbo for quite a while without funding and with this approval, he has decided to immediately move forward with the biopic. Info we heard suggests that G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes may take a back seat for the time being. Without any changes to commitment, Mr. Schwentke will resume his directorial position once Seneca is completed.

He will be flying to Morocco for Seneca and will return to United States later to resume filming of Snake Eyes.

Nevertheless, the original release date for the Snake Eyes movie remains as it was. Seneca is now planned to release on the same year as well.

We await for any official word regarding the matter.

Wizkids have announced a brand new initiative with Hasbro to bring miniature figures based on Transformers, G.I. Joe and My Little Pony franchises.

It is interesting to note that the G.I. Joe logo used for the promotional image we received, is actually the same one as seen on Hasbro’s Toy Fair Investor Day.

Fans can expect to see their favorite characters first appear later this year in both pre-painted and unpainted formats.

“Much of the WizKids team has grown up with these cherished brands and are thrilled to be bringing them to life with the high definition sculpting processes that our customers have come to love,” said Justin Ziran, president of WizKids.

You can read the full Press Release, after the jump.

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A casting call sheet posted by di Bonaventura Pictures on the acclaimed magazine ‘Production Weekly‘, now confirms several information from the upcoming movie G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes.

The posting (in its entirety) is as follows:

“G.I. JOE – SNAKE EYES” Feature Film

• DI BONAVENTURA PICTURES (5555 Melrose Avenue De Mille Building 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90038 PHONE: 323-956-5454 FAX: 323-862-2288)
• STATUS: Late-Spring 2019
• PRODUCER: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Brian Goldner
• WRITER: Evan Spiliotopoulos
• DIRECTOR: Robert Schwentke
• LINE PRODUCER: Jeff Waxman
• ALLSPARK PICTURES (2950 North Hollywood Way Suite 100, Burbank, CA 91504 818-478-4320)
• PARAMOUNT PICTURES (5555 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90038-3197 323-956-5000, paramount_careers@paramount.com)

Snake Eyes is a silent ninja commando who dresses in all black, never reveals his face, and doesn’t speak. He stands out among the military antiterrorist group and quickly establishes himself as the most popular. He has a special relationship with Scarlett, the team’s one-time only female member, and sometimes carries out solo missions with his pet wolf, Timber. His archenemy is Storm Shadow, a ninja who is also his blood brother.

(Scouting locations in Japan, Vancouver, and Los Angeles.)

News Post Image Courtesy: Jarreau Wimberly | G.I. Joe: Battlegrounds

From the same source which brought us the development info of the Snake Eyes project; weeks before the info officially got dumped to the internet, comes another minor reveal.

A title reveal poster for the upcoming movie, is currently being prepared for an undisclosed event.

The logo is said to feature the original ARAH G.I. Joe logo (minus any wording such as “A Real American Hero” or “International Hero”) instead of the previous movie version.

Underneath the name are the words “Snake Eyes” written in slithering, black, capital letters.

Judging by all the info we received, we speculate that the event is actually Toy Fair and the logo will be showcased inside Hasbro’s official booth.

Since history has a way of repeating itself, this news mirrors several news items done for the Bumblebee movie at our sister site TFW2005. Many months before the Bumblebee movie logo reveal, the logo popped up as a trademark registered under Hasbro. As 2017 came to an end, the ARAH logo resurfaced as a new trademark as well.

Since New York Toy Fair 2019 is just around the corner, it won’t be long until we get to see this new development.

Producer and Paramount Pictures President Wyck Godfrey is working on to bring back some life to the dormant G.I. Joe Live Action Movie Franchise.

“We have to make more movies and also movies that stand the test of time,” he continued. “We have no choice. It’s the only way.” Paramount hopes to make 17 movies in 2020.

Mr. Godfrey’s coming film lineup emphasizes big-budget, global-audience movies, known in Hollywood as tentpoles. A long-gestating “Top Gun” sequel is finally happening. Mr. Godfrey is working to breathe life into the tired “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Terminator,” “Star Trek” and “G.I. Joe” franchises.

Mr. Godfery’s portfolio includes I, Robot, A Good Day To Die Hard, The Maze Runner Saga as well as the entire Twilight Saga. He was a long time producer and was hired as the President of Paramount Pictures back in late 2017. Mr. Godfrey will report to Jim Gianopulos (Chairman/CEO of Paramount Pictures) and oversee creative/development, casting, phsyical production, post production and music, according to the studio.

Wyck Godfrey is taking production duties of the Joe Franchise alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura of di Bonaventura Pictures and Brian Goldner of Allspark Pictures.

As the first project, G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes is currently in development with a Spring 2019 filming schedule. The movie is slated to release on March 27th, 2020.

Former Transformers Creative Manager Rik Alvarez spoke to the attendees at TFcon 2018, to give details of an unused plot for the 4th Transformers Live Action Movie… and with it some tidbits from G. I. Joe: Retaliation.

According to Mr. Alvarez, TF4 story takes place following the events of DOTM where a group of Decepticons lived in exile under the guidance of Lockdown. The group, known as ‘The lords of deception‘, hunts and kills Ratchet (taking away his signature buzzsaw) as well as Robert Epps (played by Tyrese Gibson); allowing the latter to jump franchises to become Roadblock of G. I. Joe: Retaliation, until Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was brought into the cast of the second movie.

There would also be a joke in the movie alluding to Tyrese’s involvement with the Transformers Franchise where another would ask from Roadblock “Hey, weren’t you involved with that crazy robot war?“.

Rik also stated that Retaliation also featured the concept of  Flint as the head of G.I. Joe.

You can listen to the full description (from 4:55 to 5:55), below:

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