Paramount Moving Ahead With G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Sequel

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has saved yet another franchise (the other being Fast and Furious of course) as the huge opening of the sequel to the critically panned G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has led to Paramount moving ahead with a third instalment. Read on for details!

By JoshWilding - Mar 31, 2013 11:03 AM EST

Filed Under: G.I. Joe

WWE Superstar turned actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has cemented his status as one of the biggest box office draws in Hollywood as G.I. Joe: Retaliation took the North American box office by storm this weekend. Just as he helped to reinvigorate the Fast and Furious franchise at Universal (a sixth instalment is months away, while the seventh is rumoured to begin shooting this summer), Paramount are happy enough with the performance of the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra sequel to move ahead with a third instalment. I haven't had chance to check out the movie just yet, but director John M. Chu and the cast all seemed very enthusiastic about moving ahead with a follow-up when I saw them at the London press conference earlier this month. What do you guys think?

Yo Joe! After a $132 mil opening for G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, Paramount said it will move forward with a third JOE.
— Andrew Stewart (@Variety_Stewart) March 31, 2013

In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonventura and Brian Goldner, from screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I Joe characters.

STARRING:

Channing Tatum as Duke
Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock
Bruce Willis as General Joseph Colton
Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye
Ray Park as Snake Eyes
Lee Byung-hun as Storm Shadow
Ray Stevenson as Firefly
RZA as Blind Master
Arnold Vosloo as Zartan
D.J. Cotrona as Flint
Elodie Yung as Jinx
Stephen Martines as Cross-Country
Eddie Hargitay as Tunnel Rat
Joseph Mazzello as Mouse

RELEASE DATE: Out Now!

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Hellsing - 3/31/2013, 11:22 AM

Well that was quick!

AlibiBreakfast - 3/31/2013, 11:40 AM

GI JOE: The Cash Grab

TheManFromMars - 3/31/2013, 11:43 AM

They are just building up for their massive Hasbro crossover with Transformers, Battleship, and My Little Pony.

Screwger - 3/31/2013, 11:52 AM

@SpidaTrav Are you trolling??? They Blow-Up entire London. Wasn't big enough for you? And also they blow up Ray Stevenson and he is really tall - so it counts!

TheManFromMars - 3/31/2013, 11:55 AM

I hope they use the "Knowing is half the battle" line.

Ocelot - 3/31/2013, 12:03 PM

The rock has really come a long way in Hollywood, he's now a star and box office draw. I never would have seen this after the scorpion king back in 2002. He's done well, it's looking like he made the right decision to leave the WWF. His acting has also improved from when he first started. If there's ever a heroes for hire movie, the rock should be luke cage

GenerationX - 3/31/2013, 12:05 PM

It's not "Rise of the Cobra", it's "The Rise of Cobra"

AdamX - 3/31/2013, 12:15 PM

Maybe \Destro survived lol? Maybe we will see his ressurection in the next Gi Joe movie lol. I really didn't like this movie but I will watch another one in hopes its better than the 1st 2.

AdamX - 3/31/2013, 12:18 PM

Gotta keep an open mind out there.

TheDudeRises - 3/31/2013, 12:18 PM

I dug the new flick up until they had the final battle under a frickin interstate highway next to Fort Sumter. Really? How exotic.

Lets go a little bigger next time.

Jolt17 - 3/31/2013, 12:20 PM

Oh, well. I liked G. I. Joe: Retaliation for what it is, but I'm looking forward to see a forced plot to be incorporated to make the next one happen. Here's to hoping it will just end as a trilogy!

AdamX - 3/31/2013, 12:22 PM

^His death was never confirmed

TheManFromMars - 3/31/2013, 12:23 PM

To be honest the only thing I didn't like about Retaliation is how forced and contrived the reveal of Strom Shadow's innocence was.

I found the way they got rid of the entire world's nuclear weapons to be quite clever and funny.

CaptainProg - 3/31/2013, 12:33 PM

Lol

PsyGuy - 3/31/2013, 12:36 PM

Didn't see this one coming.

oh well.

ForeverPowerful - 3/31/2013, 12:44 PM

Still havent seen Retaliation. Hoping to do that soon. From what I can see, I can imagine a third film being much better. That way Chu can do what he wants without feeling pressured to acknowledge what went down in Rise of Cobra. Recast and redo some of the characters in bring in some fresh blood for the Joes. And please bring back Nichols as Scarlett, for obvious reasons.

Also I really hope the Joe/Transformer crossover happens down the line. That would be really cool to see.

TheManFromMars - 3/31/2013, 12:50 PM

@PeterDarker

Was there something wrong about his delivery? I wouldn't know because the version I watched was dubbed in my mother language.

Tony93 - 3/31/2013, 12:54 PM

THIS IS MADNESS

n1ghtw1ng2832 - 3/31/2013, 12:55 PM

I DONT CARE HOW THE [frick] THEY DO IT THEY NEED TO BRING BACK DUKE. JUST LIKE U CANT HAVE TRANSFORMERS WITHOUT OPTIMUS, U CANT HAVE GI JOE WITHOUT DUKE!

Morbius - 3/31/2013, 12:55 PM

Sounds cool lets hope it doesnt take another 4 years for the next one tho.

Tony93 - 3/31/2013, 12:56 PM

who knows though, maybe it'll take em 3 tries to get the movie right

AlexDeLarge87 - 3/31/2013, 1:02 PM

Hopefully its better and has more and better written characters in it.

AlexDeLarge87 - 3/31/2013, 1:08 PM

Duke better comeback goddamit. With new actor in the role of course.

knighted - 3/31/2013, 1:15 PM

Movie was ok not great in anyway i can think of. Maybe the 3rd try is the charm.

NostalgicYouth - 3/31/2013, 1:17 PM

It's not gonna get better, its hasbro and paramount; this is the best they can do.

McNyagano - 3/31/2013, 1:18 PM

souhunter - 3/31/2013, 1:24 PM

Thats cool. But I would like a dredd movie more

TruePunishment - 3/31/2013, 1:26 PM

Sgt. Slaughter for G.I. Joe 3! Haha they like their wrestlers so why not?

Aero909 - 3/31/2013, 1:30 PM

yesssss loved this movie, bring on Dreadnoks, have Destro and his Iron Grenadiers come back for revenge on Cobra Commander too, bring back Scarlett and the rest of the movie 1 characters please, also Baroness can join Cobra again after hearing Duke's death and she now blames the Joes for it.

Luminus - 3/31/2013, 1:30 PM

@PeterDarker: LOL! Good one.

@yingyangpalms: Don't bet on it. I was talking to someone about this movie the other day, and he said he enjoyed the first one. People like brain-dead movies. The success of Transformers should tell you that.

SCURVYDOG619 - 3/31/2013, 1:48 PM

If Nic Cage plays Shipwreck in the next GIJoe movie....lol

cyclopstb - 3/31/2013, 2:17 PM

Have Ripcord join Roadblock get revenge on Cobra Commander from killing Duke. Or have Duke mysteriously alive as a prisoner.

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Paramount Moving Ahead With G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Sequel

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has saved yet another franchise (the other being Fast and Furious of course) as the huge opening of the sequel to the critically panned G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has led to Paramount moving ahead with a third instalment. Read on for details!

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