Cobra Villains Highlight New Images from 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

Some new images from G.I. Joe: Retaliation surfaced today on Comingsoon.net. The evil Cobra villains are the focus here, including a clear shot of Cobra Commander among his troops with Storm Shadow and a squad of red ninjas. Old school Joe fans should be happy to see the Cobra leader will be wearing the classic chrome faced helmet, rather than the strange and unsightly breathing apparatus revealed at the end of 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Directed by John M. Chu and set to hit theaters on March 28th in 3D, G.I. Joe Retaliation stars Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), D.J. Cotrona (Flint), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), Ray Stevenson (Firefly), Channing Tatum (Duke), RZA (Blind Master), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), Elodie Yung (Jinx), Bruce Willis (Joe Colton), Ray Park (Snake Eyes) and Arnold Vosloo (Zartan).

SOURCE: ComingSoon.net

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A Snake-Eyes & Storm Shadow Ninja Throw Down In 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Clip

In this new action packed clip from G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow have it out with bullets and ninja stars. The struggle between the two former brothers in the Arasikage Clan of ninjas (Ray Park and Byung-hun Lee) will hopefully feature heavily into the plot of the grittier sequel to 2008's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Focusing on the Generation Two characters from the '80s animated TV show, Roadblock, Flint, Lady Jaye, Jinx and Firefly are brought into the mix for the highly anticipated new big screen 3D mission.

As seen at the conclusion of the last film, while in disguise Zartan has assumed the role of the President of the United States. We pick up in Retaliation with team Joe being taken out by the armed forces in a secret attack, and left in shambles. With the country under the control of Cobra Commander, Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson) leads a special elite team along with the original Joe (Bruce Willis) to not only battle their sworn enemy, but bring the back government out from their control as well.

Directed by John M. Chu and set to hit theaters on March 27th in 3D, G.I. Joe Retaliation stars Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), D.J. Cotrona (Flint), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), Ray Stevenson (Firefly), Channing Tatum (Duke), RZA (Blind Master), Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow), Elodie Yung (Jinx), Bruce Willis (Joe Colton), Ray Park (Snake Eyes) and Arnold Vosloo (Zartan).

SOURCE: MSN UK

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TOY FAIR 2013: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Re-Enlists To The 2013 Hasbro Showroom

G.I. Joe Retaliation is finally on deck to hit theaters next month on March 29th, and the 3D conversion better be worth Paramount's 11th hour decision to push the film's original release date back from May 2012.

The fine folks at Hasbro have all their tie-in toys on target to hit the shelves and I have some images from their showroom of what we can expect. Dwayne Johnson joins the Joes as Roadblock for this mission along side Channing Tatum as Duke and of course Snake Eyes. The 12" action figure line also includes Storm Shadow, Snake Eyes' ninja brother in the Arashikage Clan. The classic 3.75" figures features Cobra Commander in his iconic '80s uniform and comes complete with both his chrome face plate helmet and his hood.

You can also check out many more images from Hasbro's G.I. Joe: Retaliation line that were on display for 2012's Toy Fair, which after much patience from eager fans, will finally be coming our way very soon!

Click here for Hasbro's 2012 G.I. Joe Showroom Presentation.

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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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TRAILER: 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

Check out the third trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which debuted at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Each successive peek at the film paints the second movie in the series in a darker light, and pushes Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis' Roadblock and Joe Colton front and center into action.

In addition, fan favorites Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow appear to rightfully have prominent roles (as the few holdovers from 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and Channing Tatum's Duke has been deployed to a back-up role for the newer characters being showcased.

The film pick up where the first film's cliffhanger left off, with Cobra Commander firmly in charge of his terrorist organization as Cobra agent and master of disguise Zartan assumes the role of the President of the United States. In Retaliation, the Joes are set up as traitors and left for dead after an ambush. It is up to the elite soliders to clear their names and unmask the villain in the White House.

Collider caught up with Dwayne Johnson at CinemaCon to talk up the movie and the action star also gives an update on the shooting status of Fast and the Furious 6. Check out the interview below and hit up Collider for their full report on Paramount's G.I. Joe presentation.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is set to hit theaters on June 28th.

SOURCES: Machinima, Collider

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Character Posters Revealed

Via various online outlets, Paramount has revealed the full set of character posters for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, in addition to the earlier release of the Roadblock one-sheet.

Snake Eyes (Ray Park) poster courtesy of HeyUGuys.
 

Joe Coulton (Bruce Willis) poster courtesy of IGN.

Cobra Commander poster courtesy of /Film.

Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) poster courtesy of JoBlo. 

Jinx (Elodie Yung) poster courtesy of Clone Web.

Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson) courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.

Duke (Channing Tatum) courtesy of Collider.

Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) courtesy of ComingSoon.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is set to hit theaters on June 29th and stars Dwayne Johnson (Roadblock), Bruce Willis (Joe Colton), Adrianne Palicki (Lady Jaye), D.J. Cotrona (Flint), Channing Tatum (Duke), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), and Arnold Vosloo (Zartan).