19th September 2009

G.I. Joe Sequel to start filming this year?

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Take the info with a grain of salt, but Byung Hun Lee fansite, Byeung of our Hearts is reporting that a translated article from a Korean newspaper reports that the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA star is set to reprise his role as Storm Shadow in the sequel, possibly as early as this year!  According to the translated article:

“It was from BH Entertainment’s latest release that Byunghun will start filming the sequel of Storm Shadow in GI Joe 2.. as early as end of the year going for the first 6 months of 2010. Because of the successful outing of ‘GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ with US$288 million revenue worldwide, the production is wasting no time to start with the sequel. Lee Byung Hun’s management team is coordinating with the Hollywood production to really plan on Byunghun’s filming schedule for the coming year. He had also signed on for the 3rd movie.”

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Awesome news.  Each day I’m growing fonder and fonder of this new world that Hasbro and Paramount are crafting, I can’t wait for movie fever to start ramping up again, pissed off fanboys and all. If nothing else, it makes operating a fansite a hell of a lot more interesting.

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  • m6d

    Awesome news! Can’t wait for the first one on DVD and the sequel in theaters!

  • http://lexirivera.net lexi

    That’s great to hear, loved the first one.

  • Mysterious Stranger

    Until we get an official announcement from Paramount stating that the film is greenlit I’d take any and all news of the sequel with a deer lick sized grain of salt.

    I have no doubt that he’s probably been told to be available but I’d be VERY surprised if they get anything started in the next few months. That’s just not the way Hollywood works with films like this.

  • ndviper

    Well, in one of the Q and A’s with Hasbro, not sure which site, Hasbro even stated that Paramount said there will be a sequel to Rise of Cobra.

  • Red Sox

    But…. Stormy is dead!? ;)

  • Damed

    Great news, but I sincerely doubt any work would be done (outside scripts and pre-production/storyboarding) until well into next year.

  • Damed

    Check this out.

    http://www.joereloaded.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4453

    Specifically this:

    3.) Has the box office receipts of GI Joe: Rise of Cobra met or exceeded Hasbro’s expectations? Are they enough to officially green light a sequel?

    G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra box office results are strong globally, and Paramount has confirmed that there will be sequel.

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