Sooner or later - - even if they get denied the chance a couple times - - every actor’s going to play a superhero eventually. Just as Armie Hammer’s near-portrayal of Batman seemingly delayed an inevitable casting as the Lone Ranger, so too has Adrianne Palicki gotten another shot at superheroics after the rejection of the WONDER WOMAN TV show. Empire’s reported that she’ll be playing stealth operative Lady Jaye in G.I. JOE -- COBRA STRIKES.

You know, I was actually wondering where Lady Jaye was in the first one, anyway. She felt like a bigger part of the old cartoon than Cover Girl, Ripcord and Heavy Duty were, for sure. This new JOE movie’s almost getting a total make-over for its line-up, as only three characters from the first flick are coming back (Duke, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.) If you haven’t been keeping up with these quieter casting announcements, the team this time will include Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock (!), DJ Cotrona as Flint, Stephen Martines as Cross-Country, Elodie Yung as Jinx and the RZA as the Blind Master who presumably taught her and Snake Eyes.

I think I speak for every one in the Comic Vine community by voicing hope that Shipwreck will show up , too.

Why would they make a sequel??

This could be better than the first one but that's not saying much. I'm glad to see Flint and Lady Jaye but The Rock as Roadblock? Wasn't D.J. Cotrona supposed to be in that  Justice League movie from a few years ago that was shelved?

kinda cool. The first wasnt soo bad. It was just... off.  
 im really missing JGL already...

Better for Palicki in the long run.  It won't be a very good movie, but it's better than being hounded by malcontent WW fans.  She'll make it and move on.

Eh still don't think she'll have a good career.

I'd still marry her and mooch off of her for life.

I hope they keep her in something reminiscent of her old green outfit.   She had one of the more realistic outfits out of the GI ladies.

This would be more interesting as a porn parody like Batman was.

Why would they make a sequel??

The RZA as the blind master, what the heck? He looks like he is the same age as Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. What did he master by the time he was 3? 

Sooner or later - -  even if they get denied the chance a couple times - - every actor’s going to play a superhero eventually. 

About time casting news for this movie started. I was hoping they would have already started filming. Unfortunately Joseph Gordon-Levitt wont be returning as The Commander. I'm glad they decide to get rid of some of the other characters though. I like the addition of Dwayne Johnson. I don't know much about Adrienne Palicki so I don't know whether or not this is a positive or negative seeing as the Wonder Woman show didn't get picked up.

Ruler ZigZag Allah?! Interesting indeed. 

The first wasnt soo bad.

the first movie may not have been a hit but it was fun

@dorsk188: I'm so sick of people nitpicking at the smallest things in movies! Nobody cared about the sinking ice in the theaters, just like they didn't care about starship's exploding in other space with Star Wars!

@NightFang said:

@dorsk188: I'm so sick of people nitpicking at the smallest things in movies! Nobody cared about the sinking ice in the theaters, just like they didn't care about starship's exploding in other space with Star Wars!

Explosions happen in space all the time, only it's not as glamorous as Hollywood thinks it should be, which is why Michael Bay should direct space after NASA loses its creative rights. An ongoing fire wouldn't be possible in space, but so long as it has enough energy a spaceship exploding is possible.

Why would they make a sequel??

My only problem with the movie was the fact that there were actual casualties. No one parachuted out of their tanks before they blew up, which was a serious letdown.

the RZA in this? WU TANG GETTIN THE JOE TREATMENT! HELL YEAH! THROW THE W'S UP! WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TO F$#% WITH!

Nice! Always been a big LJ fan here

the rock is roadblock? that's never gonna sit right, I'm mean he's a good actor, but as roadblock?

So...the only confirmed returning villain is the one that was quite clearly killed in the original, eh? Yes, yes, I know...ninja and all that. So does this mean no Cobra Commander, no Destro, no Baroness, and no Zartan, or are they merely recasting them? Much as I hate seeing actors change between films, I don't know if bringing in some B-list baddie like Cesspool or the Headman is something I could get behind.

Not a fan of her.

@Grim said:

The first wasnt soo bad.

The climax of the film was the evil mastermind's headquarters on the ocean floor being destroyed by having the ice sink down and crush it...  The ice... sink... to the ocean floor.  I honestly cannot think of a single redeeming aspect of that movie.

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Rza as Blindmaster? F'n badass!

The first movie was great, dumb, but really enjoyable. It saddens me that barely anyone is returning. I want to see more Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols! 
 
 
You can keep Shawn Wayans.

The first movie was great, dumb, but really enjoyable. It saddens me that barely anyone is returning. I want to see more Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols!    You can keep Shawn Wayans.

At least her exposure from this unreleased WW show his getting her some attention!

I say give her the role, since they cancelled Wonder Woman Hollywood owes her for that who knows she could make it good character for G.I.JOE

@NightFang: could you point me at that Storm Shadow comic?

Nobody cared... 

@Grim

@dorsk188 said: 

@Grim said: 

The first wasnt soo bad.

The climax of the film was the evil mastermind's headquarters on the ocean floor being destroyed by having the ice sink down and crush it...  The ice... sink... to the ocean floor.  I honestly cannot think of a single redeeming aspect of that movie.

let me get this straight: you went to see an action movie about mech suits, world destroying nanobots, homing arrows, localized sonic cannons that can crumple steel but not shatter eardrums, jet packs, Hardlight holograms, and men who can change the bone structure of their faces... and the uncharacteristic properties of the ice are on your list of issues?  who cares? Are you really over-thinking your "based off a toy franchise" movies? you must have walked out of transformers screaming of scientific impossibilities.  

it was Gi Joe, not an L.Ron Hubbard novel. cut it some slack.

Storm Shadow is still alive?

The first GI Joe film was awful and unwatchable. I have no doubt the sequel will be just as bad. I will just re-watch GI Joe Resolute instead. Thank you very much.

wait. Somebody actually sat down and watched the first film and thought "do you know what this needs? A sequel" 

yeah, that movie was awful

"The real American heroes!...with robot suits!"

I liked the first G.I. Joe movie.  <_< 
I mean it was TERRIBLE, don't get me wrong, but it was a lot of fun.

 
 The Rise of Cobra was good for at home flick so let's hope the second movie is where it's better than the original film.