With the success of Transformers you can bet hyper directors started jumping through their toy bins to find the next '80s franchise to turn into a movie. Hence: G.I. Joe, the Movie.
Paramount is producing the flick, due summer 2009 and directed by The Mummy's Stephen Sommers. Ray Park, best known as Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Toad in X-Men, will play Snake Eyes (left, a sneak peek at his look).



Here's the rest of the cast:

Channing Tatum (Step Up) as Duke
Dennis Quaid as General Hawk
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick) as Cobra Commander

Sienna Miller as the Baroness

Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who, Heroes) as Destro

Rachel Nichols (Alias) as Scarlett

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost) as Heavy Duty
Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy) as Zartan

Marlon Wayans as Ripcord

Saïd Taghmaoui (The Kite Runner) as Breaker

Karolina Kurkova (supermodel) as Cover Girl

What do you think of the casting? Is G.I. Joe a good idea for a movie? --Ellen

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