5th March 2011

Cobra will Rise again August 10, 2012

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And the ride is officially ready to begin again.  SuperHeroHype is reporting that a release date for the G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra motion picture sequel has been announced for August 10, 2012.  This is a slight deviation from comments from Brian Goldner, Hasbro CEO, who indicated it would be 2013.  Of course, the release date announcement makes sense, given all of the casting news that has been flying around in recent days.

The real questions Joe fans will be asking is “what do we expect”?  All we know so far is a script has been written by the two scribes of “Zombieland”, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.  We also know that apparently director Jon Chu is getting his blockbuster debut opportunity.

Also, we know that apparently neither Sienna Miller nor Rachel Nichols will be reprising their roles.  It sounds like it’s a pretty safe bet that Joseph Gordon-Leavitt will be absent as well.  Goldner commented in the aforementioned interview that while Zartan’s story looks likely to continue into the sequel, but beyond that, it’s a clean slate, and I think for a lot of fans, that’s welcome news.

And yes, I know Rachel Nichols has said the only characters returning are Duke, Snake Eyes, and Storm Shadow, but I think fans are looking WAY too deep into that.  Trust me, I’m sure we’ll see Cobra Commander, Destro, and plenty more familiar faces, there may just be some casting differences.

Whatever the end result is going to be, information should start coming along any day now, and I welcome it.  Whether you loved the first film or not, I know I had a blast bringing the news to the fans, and I fully intend to continue that along with the sequel, regardless of my confidence in its success.

Related posts:

  1. Hasbro Q & A Confirms G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Sequel
  2. Toys “R” Us 2 for $9.99 deal on AGAIN August 9th – 15th
  3. Interview with Stephen Sommers in August issue of Sci Fi Magazine
  4. G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA Sequel already in the works?
  5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra sequel still on the fast track
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  • http://www.acidplanet.com/Stratos Stratos

    The best part is that hopefully this means Wayons won’t be back at Ripcord!

  • Ruffian 7-1

    I didn’t like the first one & I’m pretty sure I won’t like the sequel. They just didn’t start of on the right foot.

  • Ben

    I think the second one has a fighting chance of being a decent film because
    A)They’ve got people working on an actual ‘GI Joe’ movie script this time
    and
    B)They won’t have Sommers shoehorning his friends and shitty CGI into it

    And everybody, quit listening to actors. Remember the first film and that spazzy dipshit Brenden Frasier? Actors are morons. They don’t know nothing.

  • http://sites.google.com/site/draftdistro Weerd1

    I kind of hope she’s right. Imagine a well told “Heart of Darkness” type story where Storm Shadow, after his apparent death in the first film, has had the same reform we eventually saw from Stormy in the comics. He comes to Snake Eyes because he knows Zartan is president, and they have to stop him. Not knowing the whole story, Duke goes after them both thinking Snakes has gone to the side of Cobra and is going to kill the president. That would be a pretty cool film, very GI Joe, and not have to be a live action remake of Team America.

  • M6d

    Just hope it doesn’t jeopardize the brand at retailers as badly as that awful first one did.

    GI Joe would have been better off being one of those brands everyone wished had a movie, but where one was never actually made.

  • Black

    It’s funny cause out of the core cast, SS was the only one that “died”

    AND HE’S IN THE SEQUEL!!!! BUAHAHAHAHA



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