Live Action G.I. Joe Movie 2008 Toy Fair Expanded Preview:
The start of the preview featured Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Hasbro's Brian Goldner and G.I. Joe Movie Director Stephen Sommers first comments on the filming and direction of the film.
They all had a look of pure excitement and you can tell the bar is really set high for this film from what they had to say. They really wanted to let everybody know we are getting a real deal G.I. Joe film. A lot of what was said was the same feel I got from reading the Live Action G.I. Joe Movie script. This film is set up so people who do not know what G.I Joe is all about get a nice back story explaining what G.I. Joe is along with MARS and Cobra with character background stories.
The film centers around a speachless Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Storm Shadow (Byung-Hun Lee) and the female roles of The Baroness (Sienna Miller) and Scarlett (Rachel Nichols) play huge roles equal to if not more important then Destro (Chris Eccleston) and Duke (Channing Tatum).
What we got to see from the concept art, 3D renders and other production materials was mind blowing. The Costumes look more along the line of Hasbro's G.I. Joe
Valor Vs. Venom Line more so then the Classic RAH 80's Series.
We got to see a nice eye full of Scarlett with a form fitting classic feel crossbow included (and used often in the film). There were a lot of others shown at the speed of light so it was hard to catch names but I would say Heavy Duty and Duke did flash by and they were very close to the VvV style.
Vehicles!!! Did I mention vehicles yet? There were a ton of concept art and 3D renders shown of the vehicles. There was at one point a full wall of just concepts showing what they will look like for the film. Each vehicle looks like an upgrade of old favorites we all as fans will instantly reconize. There were more than just a few shots of Military GM vehicles show. This is unofficial; but, with the huge connection to the Transformers films I would say they are on-board for the G.I. Joe Movie.
Vehicles for the Movie:
G.I. Joe Vehicles and More
Cougar - Patrol Vehicle
Grizzly - Armored Attack Vehicle
Howler (Attack/Transport Hovercopter)
The PIT (Egypt FTW You get to see the base and them train)
Jet Packs (J.U.M.P.)
G.I. Joe Battle Carrier Submarine (Shark Transport)
Shark (Many)
Cobra Vehicles and More
Typhoon GunShip (Attack Hovercopter)
M.A.R.S Factory - Destro's Base (Polar Ice Cap FTW what a great description of this place M.A.R.S. Logo On Everything)
Trident (Destro's Submarine)
Night Raven
Mole Pod (Buzz Bore)
Scarab (Baroness - Attack Vehicle - The SUV From Hell)
Mantis (Cobra Attack Sub)
There were many more shown at the Hasbro - Paramount preview. I will list the names and try to give you a description or each.
Cobra Night Raven was sick looking. They showed a lot of production material for this jet. It's used as Destro's personal air transportation and plays a key G.I. Joe plot point in the film that I will not give away. This attack jet gets serious screen time and is a complete upgrade from the cassic 80's RAH vehicle. When G.I. Joe fans see this in the film you will know exactly what vehicle it is.
Scarab - The Baroness has a killer SUV that is included in a huge city battle sceen.
Shark There will be many of these in the film and they showed a 3D render of one in the making. It looks to be really close to the original in shape but had no skin attached to the 3D render so it was hard to tell.
Polar Battle Bear - Unofficial Name - Very good 3 person upgrade to the classic RAH vehicle.
Trident or G.I. Joe Battle Carrier Submarine was shown and looked like the future of a realistic nuke sub.
Howler (Attack/Transport Hovercopter) or Typhoon GunShip (Attack Hovercopter) was shown. The only 2 vehicles that come close to a description is the Sigma 6 DragonHawk, but not as big and is more Jet then Copter.
Destros M.A.R.S. Base was amazing. It looks to be massive and have both underwater and above ground sections to the base. There was so many things going on in those images its hard to put down into words.
There was also a 3D downtown city battle shown with Neo-Viper fighting the Joe Team. The Neo-Vipers were in very Classic looking red body armor while the Joe team was sporting the new power suits that make them be able to run and jump fast and higher and boost human power. Hi-Tech was show in the command vehicle giving the Joes intel for the mission.
From what I can tell from all the information gathered we will see more then the confirmed cast and crew of the film. There is a lot of room for NON-speaking G.I. Joe's and Cobra's to show up. I fully expect the film to be riddled with easter eggs and Cameos. Its going to be a huge mix of Sci-Fi meets Military. So do not be let down by the core small teams because there is going to be a lot in the background going on to make up for it.
With that I just want to send out a huge Thank You to Hasbro, Paramount and the G.I. Joe Team for such an unexpected treat at this years event.
Destro!
