Why am I not surprised that Bruce Willis played with G.I. Joe action figures? The Joes taught him everything he knows. Now all grown-up, he gets to play the guy that started it all-- the original-- Joe Colton.
In this featurette for G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, the focus is on Willis and the character he plays. I love hearing Willis talk. He's such a pleasant and wonderful guy. There's...
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION will have a lot to make up for after pushing almost a year from it's initial 2012 release date. For those of us who were looking forward to the movie, we now will approach it with hesitation, wondering if something was wrong with the movie itself that caused the studio to elect to "convert it to 3D" at the zero hour.
They are making strides in the right direction...
In an effort to show off the 3D of G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, the film will now screen four minutes of footage ahead of HANSEL AND GRETEL 3D, much like STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS did in front of THE HOBBIT. I don't know how much that will help out ol' HANSEL AND GRETEL, though, as it's prospects are weak. In addition, we have a peek at some of the new footage (below) and some new bits of...
Yes, I said hilarious. The movie itself looks pretty damn fun and I'm still hopeful that a year's worth of reshoots, 3D post-conversion, and "not" more Channing Tatum will equal a Joe flick worth watching. Hopeful is the key word there. Anyway, this new Japanese spot has got a nice slice of quick cut action sequences and some terrifically over-the-top voice over...
When G.I. JOE: RETALIATION pushed from June 29th last year to March of this year, many were left scratching their heads as to the motivation. The theories came down to 3 possibilities: it was a shitty movie, they needed to convert to 3D, and they wanted to incorporate more Channing Tatum . Tatum had a breakout year in 2012 which made for that to be one of the most popular hypotheses...
If you're a movie studio, and you've delayed one of your premiere action/event movies for months and months, and finally broken your promotional silence surrounding its new release with a poster full of barely passable photoshop , what's the one way to restore your audience's confidence in the re-crafted movie you hope to sell them on?
Deliver a kick-ass trailer.
Which G.I. JOE...
What do you give the movie that's in the midst of living through a nine-month postponement? A new poster, that's what. One with more Channing Tatum than the last one, as you'd expect considering one of the rumored reasons for G.I. JOE: RETALIATION's delay sudden and surprising delay . And with more Bruce Willis, as you'd expect considering... how, by all accounts, the movie isn't...
PLOT: In feudal China, a humble blacksmith (RZA) is caught in a battle for power between a virtuous clan leader (Rick Yune) and his evil second-in-command (Byron Mann). Meanwhile, a mysterious English solider of fortune, Jack (Russell Crowe) arrives at Madam Blossom's (Lucy Liu) brothel for a few days of “relaxation”- but does he have more on his mind that orgies and opium?...
Well, you knew they had to get back into the marketing game sooner or later. G.I. JOE: RETALIATION has a new international trailer, featuring quite a bit of extended footage and sequences, but nothing that really highlights reshoots or the 3D transfer. Directed by John Chu and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bruce Willis, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum, Ray Park,...
In THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS, the lovely Jamie Chung and the massively tough Dave Bautista face off against each other. Yet in real life the two make for a charming interview together. Clearly Mr. Bautista could destroy a puny man like myself (at least compared to him) in a matter of seconds, but you couldn’t find a nicer guy if you tried.
When I sat down with this terrific twosome,...
Even before THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS hits theaters, The RZA is already lining up quite the slate of projects. The rapper does not appear to be abandoning the music world but seems to be taking the same artistic path as Rob Zombie: starting with a mid-budget indie and then going on to bigger budget fare.
It was already mentioned that The RZA was planning to direct an adaptation of...
As a fan of music it is hard not to be a little thrilled to sit down with hip hop legend RZA from the almighty Wu-Tang Clan. It was especially fun because sitting next to RZA was Eli Roth. The two are out promoting their latest feature THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS. IRON FISTS features a little bit of everything and then some, with a ton of red stuff to fulfill any gorehound's fantasy. After...