Snake Eyes Versus Storm Shadow & His Ninja Army in Kick Ass New Footage From 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

G.I. Joe fans were not pleased when Paramount abruptly pushed back the release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation from May 2012 to March 2013 for 3D conversion. To add extra muscle to the gritty sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, director John M. Chu recruited Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock) and Bruce Willis (Joe Colton) to fight alongside Snake Eyes and other new Joes including Flint, Lady Jaye and Jinx. Positive buzz from impressive first look trailers didn't seem to be enough with the studio brass to keep the film on its target release date.

Rumors persisted regarding the reasons for the delay, which included poor test screenings and re-shoots to allow Channing Tatum to have additional screen time as Duke. Collider has interviews with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and director John M. Chu who both discuss at length as to what has been the game plan for the film, which is set for release on March 29th.

A special four minute 3D preview will be running with Paramount's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters starting on Friday. Until then, Break.com has new footage which includes some pretty bad ass snippets of a ten minute ninja versus ninja scene between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.

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Official Synopsis:

 "A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence."

The film stars Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock) D.J. Cotrona (Flint), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), Jonathan Pryce (Zartan), RZA (Blind Master), Ray Stevenson (Firefly), Channing Tatum (Duke) and Bruce Willis (Joe Colton).

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