GI
Joe Rise of the Cobra
The Rise of Cobra is a live
action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy
franchise, to be released on August 7, 2009. The film is directed
by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written
by Stuart Beattie based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay.
G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters
of
the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's
Barrandov Studios.
Set ten years in the future, the film
is an origin story, showing the rise of the Cobra Organization.
Stephen Sommers said, "For
people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people
who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from."
The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans)
induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view.
Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia
and the Sahara.
Sienna Miller as Baroness Anastasia
DeCobray
Miller auditioned for the part because
it did not involve "having a breakdown or addicted to heroin
or dying at the end, something that was just maybe really great
fun and that people went to see and actually just had a great time
seeing". Miller prepared with four months of weight training,
boxing sessions and learned to fire live ammunition, gaining five
pounds of muscle.
Rachel Nichols as Shana M. O'Hara / Scarlett
She
graduated college at age twelve and became the team's intelligence expert.
Having
left school so early, she does not understand men's attraction
to her. Nichols was the first choice for the role.
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