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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screenwriters sue Paramount over compensation for Retaliation

Just when Paramount was riding high over the success with their delayed G.I. JOE: RETALIATION comes a new lawsuit that may throw a speed bump in their desire to make a third movie. The screenwriters for THE RISE OF COBRA are suing the studio claiming that Paramount, MGM, Hasbro and producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura stole their ideas and work for the second film in the series. According...

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Full trailer for Red 2 looks like a rollicking good time with Bruce Willis and the gang

The old fogey ex-CIA hitmen (and women) are back in action this summer with RED 2 and today we have the full trailer to appeal to your quirky action movie nature. Based on the comic by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, the sequel follows all the surviving familiar faces from RED, along with newbies like Anthony Hopkins , Catherine Zeta-Jones , and Byung-hun Lee , as they attempt to foil a...

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Will the Baroness return in G.I. Joe 3?

With G.I. JOE: RETALIATION redeeming the franchise after the awful RISE OF COBRA, it was a foregone conclusion that the team behind the sequel's success would be brought in for a third film. While it is still very early in development, G.I. JOE 3 writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Miller are formulating ideas on what they want to see happen to the characters, including one particular one....

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Poster round-up: Rush, V/H/S 2, Red 2 and Pacific Rim!

A bunch of posters for several upcoming movies have popped up online and now they've all been brought together for one easy viewing experience. First up there's two new character posters for RED 2 from Yahoo! movies featuring Bruce Willis and John Malkovich . The film also stars Anthony Hopkins , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Mary Louise Parker, Helen Mirren , Byung-hun Lee , and Neal...

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Money talks and Paramount is listening: G.I. Joe 3 already in the works

G.I. JOE: RETALIATION had a pretty decent Easter weekend . The action movie has raked in $51.7 million since it opened on Thursday domestically and another $80.3 million overseas. While those numbers may not seem huge the film has essentially made back its budget already and is tracking way ahead of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA in foreign markets, primarily because of how popular 3D still...

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Cool Videos: Check out the G.I. Joe: Retaliation review song!

I'm about five hours away from watching G.I. JOE: RETALIATION and the reviews seem to be about the same and perfectly in line with our boys from Fortress of Attitude, who have summarized the resounding thoughts on the film in their latest review song.� "Check your brain at the door" has been uttered from most reviewers, but they've also been quick to point out that it's not such a bad thing,...

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Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

PLOT: With COBRA agent Zartan now posing as the US president ( Jonathan Pryce ), the G.I Joe's are ambushed and mostly wiped out. The survivors of the attack, Roadblock ( Dwayne Johnson ), Flint (D.J Cotrona) and Lady Jaye ( Adrianne Palicki ) are joined by the rogue Snake Eyes ( Ray Park ), his apprentice Jinx ( Elodie Yung ) and a retired Joe ( Bruce Willis ) in a...

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Get behind the scenes with The Rock and Channing Tatum on this B-Roll footage for G.I. Joe: Retaliation

I've been noticing that you guys are either 100% into taking the ride that is G.I. JOE: RETALIATION or you had your fill with the first one. I'll be honest, the first one was beyond corny for me. I just couldn't take it. It wasn't one of those thing where you could say, "It's just a popcorn flick." No, it wasn't. Those are supposed to be enjoyable in some capacity. At first I thought...

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Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

PLOT : After Cobra Commander takes control of the United States government, the G.I. JOES find that they have enemies in high places. This brings down a deadly ambush upon our heroes leaving the Joes under fire. In order to fight back they must band together to fight a battle that places the entire earth in jeopardy. REVIEW : What do you do when you have an epic scale action movie...

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Cool Videos: What Kickstarter could mean for The Terminator and Cobra Commander

Seriously, Kickstarter? Look what you have done. After VERONICA MARS garnered over $3 million in just a couple of days , everyone has been wondering what the next project will be to benefit from crowd-sourcing. Could it be Joss Whedon 's FIREFLY or maybe another cult series? Here are a couple of options, one a rumor and the other a hilarious plea from a fictional character....

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'Joe creator Larry Hama says G.I. Joe Retaliation is "a vast improvement over the first one"

With just a week before it's release, the anticipation for G.I. JOE: RETALIATAION continues to build, much of it due to fans wanting to know if the film will finally be able to capture the essence of the original '80's cartoon and comics. One of the chief engineers of the G.I. Joe brand, Larry Hama, who wrote all 155 issues of the comic for Marvel (and continues to do so with IDW)...

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Extended clips and featurette from G.I. Joe: Retaliation have lots of ninja action...and panties?

The four-minute long ninja fight sequence� from G.I. JOE: RETALITAION that was previewed before HANSEL AND GRETEL is now online, showcasing a brawl between fan favorites Snake-Eyes, Storm Shadow, and Jinx, as well as a bunch of high-flying red ninjas.� We've seen bits and pieces of this sequence thus far and it's still just a piece of the whole as presented here, but it should give you a...