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How Violently Does G.I. Joe Suck?

1:30AM Foster Kamer | G.I. Joe wasn’t screened for critics because Paramount wanted to market the movie to Middle Amerikkka without being judged. Critical reviews are finally coming in. They’re going to be bad, it’s just a matter of how bad. And how bad? More »

Leaked ‘G.I. Joe’ Art Suggests Movie Actually Being Made By 8-Year-Olds

2:45AM Kyle Buchanan | We brought this on ourselves. Mere days ago, we wondered, “Why are there no leaked pictures of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe?” And oh, how the internet obliged! More »

‘G.I. Joe’ Posters Still Hiding Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Gawky Cobra Commander

6:54AM Kyle Buchanan | We typically regard the upcoming G.I. Joe movie as a necessity we’ll have to suffer through before the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Garbage Pail Kids epic, but that’s not to say there aren’t elements that intrigue us. More »

Brendan Fraser and The Rock To Fight C.O.B.R.A., Sing Y.M.C.A.

7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Actors have finally been found to play the two soldiers in the G.I. Joe crew who most resemble members of the Village People. At least, according to movie scoop site Latino Review they have. G.I. Joe, Steven Sommer’s tentpole movie about the legendary action figures, will be hitting theatres in the summer of ‘09. And so far, the casting news has been pretty ho-hum — you’ve got your Sienna Millers, you’ve got your Ray Parks — but today that all changes, thanks to Brendan Fraser and the Rock. More »

Strike Fears Could Prevent G.I. Joe, Wolverine, And James Bond From Reaching Their Creative Potential

6:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Earlier today we were introduced to Alex “Writer-For-Hire” Perez, the affordable, amazingly versatile scab extraordinaire who may very soon find himself with all the strike-violating work he can handle if the WGA’s membership takes to whatever’s left of the charred streets of Los Angeles around November 1st. Today’s LAT runs down some of the projects that could be touched by the pinch-hitting scribe’s genius should harried Guild writers scrambling to meet their deadlines fail to turn in drafts the studios can quickly convert into the substandard product they’ll slap up on multiplex screens while strikers burn through their bank accounts: “G.I Joe” is hardly the only potential 2009 blockbuster rushing to meet the strike deadline. Oscar winner Paul Haggis is plowing through James Bond 22. Since Oct. 1, Oscar nominee Scott Frank has been holed up with director Shawn Levy trying to pound out a shootable version of “Night at the Museum 2.” More »