Thursday, May 8

• New Images of the Cast of G.I. Joe

  After scattering images of the G.I. Joe cast all over the internets for the past few days, the folks at Paramount did us a huge favor and released them all in one big batch today. From the looks of it, characters Duke, Scarlett, Snake Eyes and the rest of the real American heroes have all gotten the modern superhero movie makeover: sleek, form-fitting black costumes with shiny armor plates that conveniently enhance each actor's musculature. We like what we've seen so far, but we'll reserve final judgment until we see what they're able to do with Gung Ho, the Village People dropout who serves as the Joes' Recondo (Reconnaissance Commando Doughboy).

  Head over to our G.I. Joe page and click on the "Photos" tab for Hi-Res images of stars Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Dennis Quaid and more in action. 

  
  

  Posted 05/08/2008 by Thomas

  Channing Tatum | Dennis Quaid | Rachel Nichols | G.I. Joe

Monday, March 24

• From Stop-Loss to G.I. Joe

  After playing a PTSD-addled veteran in Kimberly Peirce's (Boys Don't Cry) somber Iraq War-themed flick Stop-Loss, rising star Channing Tatum (Step Up) shifted to a war movie with a considerably different tone: the big-budget 2009 tentpole flick G.I. Joe, in which he plays the battle-hardened second-in-command Duke. At a recent press event to promote Stop-Loss, Tatum commented on the strange transition:

  "This (Stop-Loss) being a war film, I was really opposed to doing another," Tatum said. "I was like, I'm not gonna do a fictitious war movie in a time of war. But then I read the script and talked to everyone involved and it really has nothing to do with politics or war at all. It's a total comic book. It's X-Men and Mission: Impossible. That's really the only way I could capture the movie."

  A fan of the original '80s animated series, Tatum admitted to being a bit starstruck when paired alongisde Ray Park, who plays Joe team ninja Snake Eyes. "Snake Eyes looks pretty cool in person, I gotta say," he recounted. "He was always my favorite character. To see him standing next to you is just like, 'Whoa!'"

  You can check out the first two official images of Snake Eyes over at IESB.net.

  
  
  Next Showing: Stop-Loss opens this Friday, March 28th.

  Posted 03/24/2008 by Thomas

  Channing Tatum | Stop Loss | G.I. Joe

Tuesday, August 28

• Oliver Stone lines up another Vietnam movie

  Director/war movie enthusiast/conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone is in the process of inking a deal with United Artists to direct Pinkville, a movie about an investigation into the 1968 massacre of 500 unwarmed women, children, and elderly villagers in My Lai, Vietnam. 

  Bruce Willis will star as the army general who supervised the investigation and Channing Tatum (War of the Worlds, Coach Carter) a helicopter pilot who tried to put an end to the killing.

  Source: Variety.

  
  
  

  Live Free or Die Hard trailer

  Bruce Willis was most recently seen in Live Free or Die Hard

  Posted 08/28/2007 by Heather

  Bruce Willis | Channing Tatum | Oliver Stone | Pinkville

Thursday, August 23

• Casting newz: Timberlake and Howard

  Justin Timberlake will be joining Mike Myers, Jessica Alba and Romany Malco in the next Myers flick, The Love Guru. In it, Myers plays an unorthodox self-help guru who is hired by a hockey star to provide marriage counseling. Timberlake will take the role of a rival hockey player who threatens to break up their marriage.

  And Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow, Crash) has signed to star as a veteran street fighting coach in an untitled Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) movie. He will play a mentor to Channing Tatum's character (She's the Man, War of the Worlds).

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 08/23/2007 by Heather

  Channing Tatum | Terrence Howard | Dito Montiel | Justin Timberlake | Untitled Dito Montiel project | The Love Guru