The Next Box Office. Yo.. JOE..

The 80's number one animated Tv series is now on Big screen... This August 7, 2009 from the director of The Mummy and Van Helsing, Stephen Sommers adapts the Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Asian film star Lee Byung-hun.

G.I. Joe, was based on the popular Hasbro toy line and comic books. From the Central Asian mountains to the Egyptian desert, through the crowded streets of Paris to the Polar Ice Cap, the elite G.I. Joe team journeys on an action-packed adventure. Using the latest next-generation spy technology, all kinds of combat expert figures, high-tech vehicles and advanced bases which fueled many a boy’s playtime. they fight to stop crooked arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization from plunging the world into chaos.

This origins movie will introduce many old favourites from the G.I. Joe team and see how its arch rival, the villainous organisation Cobra, is formed. Initially battling Scottish arms dealer James McCullen Destro XXIV (Eccleston), those in the know will where this is going. The real baddies will be the Cobra organisation led by Cobra Commander played by Gordon-Levitt who took the role for the chance to play a larger-than-life villain. The action set pieces can be expected to be spectacular while two new characters, Duke (Tatum) and Ripcord (Wayans), will provide an audience’s point of view on the proceedings given a human edge by G.I. Joe’s martial artist Scarlett and Destro’s partner the Baroness's romantic lives entwined with their team members. With Rachel Nichols and Sienna Miller taking the respective lead female roles, it’s no surprise to see the outfits are X-Men-style black skin-tight outfits.

Hoping to see their favourite action figure in the flesh will be pleased to see the names of G.I. Joe’s military men such as General Hawk (Quaid), Gung-ho (Fraser) and Heavy Duty (Akinnuoye-Agbaje) on the bill, while Cobra-aligned mercenary Zartan (Vosloo) also makes an appearance. Those likely to generate the most excitement are British martial artist Ray Park as mute ninja Snake Eyes and his Cobra nemesis Storm Shadow played by Hero’s Lee Byung-hun. Park, still best known for his role as Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, practiced wushu for the part and takes on an important role as a fan favourite who may well face off against Byung-hun at some point – a potentially mouth-watering showdown. If it all comes together, G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra could be a blockbuster sensation.