By Ryan Parsons | Images property of Paramount, USA Today
Just when we thought 2009 was looking weak thanks to the WGA strike. We don't want to get our hopes too high, but the first promotional photos to surface for G.I. Joe feature a fabulous combination of '80s nerd and badass. Does that make sense? Then have a look...
Meet G.I. Joe's Snake Eyes
Two stills have surfaced for G.I. Joe with USA Today's report on the film and the showcased character: Snake Eyes.
G.I. Joe refers to the team, not any one person, and Snake Eyes is its mysterious lone wolf. In the movie, shooting now and set for August 2009, this fearsome figure is played by Ray Park (Darth Maul in the first Star Wars prequel).
"He's the world's greatest ninja, but he's also next-generation. He's not afraid to use a sword one second, and a split-second later he's pulling out his Glock," says director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy and Van Helsing). "His chief nemesis is arguably the world's other great ninja, Storm Shadow. The two grew up together, were blood brothers and now are mortal enemies."
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes
Sommers stresses that the movie is an origins story, so his challenge is to explain why the bad guy wears a metal mask, why Snake Eyes doesn't talk and other strange things kids took for granted. "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense," Sommers says. "And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from."
It just so happens that I love origins stories! Will the film, however, end with a PSA?
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes
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