The long, long, wait is almost over for director Jon Chu‘s G.I.Joe: Retaliation. With just over a month to go there’s a new international trailer and television spot hitting the internet. There is plenty of action in these two pieces, and the more I’ve seen so far has wiped away any initial fears I had about Chu and his Step Up movie background.

Who didn’t have some serious doubts when that directors choice news first broke? That nagging voice in the back of my head only got stronger at the announcement of the year-long delay to convert the movie to 3D, or add more Channing Tatum if the Internet rumors were to be believed. Throw in Chu’s background in hip hop dance movies (Step Up 3D, Step Up 2, Justin Bieber:Never Say Never) and this G.I.Joe fan-boy was pretty damn nervous.

Then the trailers and clips started hitting the Internet and I slowly started to got excited; opening day at the movies kind of excited. This movie has a great cast, (Love me some Ray parks and Ray Stevenson – 13!!!! – Rome fans will know what I’m talking about.) Throw in The Rock, some Bruce Willis and some sexy ninja ladies and you’ve got some real movie magic happening.

What do you think, will this movie crush it at the box office? Those toys have been sitting on store shelves for a long time. Can this movie rekindle that toy selling spark?

G.I.Joe: Retaliation blasts its way onto theater screens March 27th and stars Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Adrianne Palicki, Walton Goggins, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Elodie Yung, RZA, Ray Stevenson, and D.J. Cotrona.

The International TV spot:

A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. 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, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on March 27, 2012.

Via: Collider

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You caught a couple of glimpses at the new trailer in the earlier post about Jon M. Chu‘s G.I.Joe: Retaliation, but now NerdBastards had got the whole shebang for your viewing pleasure. The official word was that the film was being retooled for 3D although the hottest rumor was that the powers that be over at Paramount Pictures felt the movie needed to capitalize more on Channing Tatum’s hotness, what ever the hell that is.

Well, the movie looks set to go for the March 29th, 2013 release date. There’s no need to worry about the toys hitting store shelves on time, they’ve been gathering dust on toy aisles and warehouse docks for months.

There’s some new scenes and quips to hear on the trailer so it’s worth a look. Nothing new on the Tatum side though, at least nothing I haven’t seen before. Holler out in the comments section if you see something new.

G.I.Joe: Retaliation stars Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson, with Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, and Lee Byung-hun.

Via: Bleedingcool

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is signed and sealed to play the lead in Brett Ratner‘s Hercules, for Paramount Pictures and MGM Studios. The movie is based on the Radical Publishing‘s comic book series “Hercules.” The series had two story arcs, “The Thracian Wars” and “The Knives of Kush,” both were written by Steve Moore featuring art by Cris Bolsin.

“The Thracian Wars” plot line:

Fourteen-hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules, powerful son of the god king Zeus, received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and the presence of death. These men and woman never question where, why, or whom they go to fight; only how much they will be paid. Knowing this, the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. Hercules begins to question King Cotys’ motives when he takes his army out to battle and sees them practice on innocent men, women, and children of their neighbors. Deep in his soul something stirs, but is it enough to stop a mad king and his army of the damned from marching across Greece – or even Olympus itself?!

Sounds like something The Rock can run with. It’s been a while since the heyday of Kevin Sorbo‘s Hercules run in the 90′s, so maybe it’s time to get the popular hero back in the saddle. At least the special effects should be a better grade than the television series, those weren’t bad for TV, but we should get something along the lines of Clash of Titans.

What do you think, can The Rock bring to magic back to Hercules?

Via: Superhero Hype

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ABOVE: The only 2013 calender you’ll need; featuring Battlestar Galactica alums Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff. Yeah. It’s exactly as sexy as you are imagining. Imma keep the pervy comments to myself, though. The duo created this calendar for Acting Outlaws, their charity that raises funds for various causes. I can’t be dirty nerdy when charity is involved.   [NerdApproved]

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The Internet rumor mill has been peculating for awhile about The Rock taking up various roles in a DC Comics movie. The easiest choice would be Black Adam if DC ever gets around to putting a SHAZAM movie together. The Rock has said many times that he’d love to play SHAZAM’s arch enemy, but that’s still just a pipe dream.

The hottest of the recent rumors have him in the running to play Lobo on the big screen. During Rock Talk, an online twitter chat, Johnson said there is a real possibility that Lobo is in his future.

Do you think Johnson can pull off Lobo? Can DC Comics make a Lobo movie that won’t go down the Green Lantern path? Hit the comments section below and and tell NerdBastards what you think.

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This NerdBastard was stunned the other week when news that the release date for G.I.Joe: Retaliation was being pushed back an entire year so the film could be converted to 3D. Studios just don’t pull a film out of the summer lineup, stop a massive toy tie-in and advertising scheduled without there being major problems with the film. Is it any wonder so many G.I.Joe fans were concerned.

Everyone felt that there had to be more to the story, one question was why hadn’t the film already been converted to 3D? All the major summer releases have had 3D content. Some more details have come out about Paramount’s decision to push back the release. Paramount insiders confided with Deadline’s Nikki Finke about some of the other reasons that G.I.Joe: Retaliation was suddenly yanked out of this summer’s lineup.

“This was a case of letting a schedule to fill a summer slot dictate the film not being in 3D even though we knew that would be the most commercial version of the film. Then in the spring there were 2 big events. First John Carter lost $200M despite the best efforts of the Pixar brain trust. But the 3D film managed to gross over $200M overseas, nearly tripling its U.S. take.

“Also Channing Tatum had a breakout spring, starring in The Vow and 21 Jump Street. In our first screening of the film the reaction from audiences was good but with 2 big concerns: 1) They didn’t like the fact that Channing and The Rock really didn’t have any time to develop a friendship before Channing died, and 2) Why wasn’t it going to be in 3D? We went back and shot another week with Channing to develop more of his story with The Rock, which made the film play much better. But we didn’t have the time to be in 3D.

“Then a week ago Battleship basically had the same performance as John Carter – $60M-$70M U.S. and just over $200M international. That was just a wake-up call that said to us we need to offer the best version of the film irrespective of summer market share to ensure the best possible performance. And not being in 3D will cost us a ton of business internationally.”

How will this move affect the overall cost of G.I.Joe: Retaliation?

“Several 3D houses had already approached us about doing the film in 3D. This move gives us the time to do it right. We are having conversations with Stereo D and Prime Focus about doing the 3D work for a reduced fee in exchange for a piece of 3D upside. Also, interest rates are very low right now. So 9 months does not have a huge impact on budget. It should stay under $130M.”

What do you think? We’ve got a year to wait and wonder if this move was worth it. There will be more coming out of Holly-weird as the actors and director Jon M. Chu get opportunities to speak out.

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Remember that surprise news yesterday that G.I. Joe: Retaliation was being pushed back nearly a year for a 3-D conversion with just over one month to go before it was supposed to be released at the end of June? I thought you might. Well, today’s late breaking addendum to the story suggests that studio execs had more in mind than dollar signs when they went forward with the last minute move.

According to Retaliation star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson there maybe more than meets the eye (Sorry, wrong franchise…) to this decision.

So it looks like they’re going to be adding new scenes, shot in 3-D, to the finished film. In addition, there’s rumors that the Powers That Be are trying to persuade Joseph Gordon-Levitt to come back as Cobra Commander. What exactly that might entail given the fact that the film features a more “traditional” looking CC is unknown.

In other news, the post on Comic Book Movie re-visited some interested comments made by Retaliation director Joh M. Chu when he was interviewed at South by Southwest earlier this year by The Hollywood Reporter

THR: How was it decided not to shoot the film in 3D?

Jon M. Chu: There was a point where we were talking about it when I first came. It seemed like a natural thing, but I told them, “I know 3D. This is what we need. If we’re going to do 3D, we’re going to do it right.” It had a certain price tag to it, and I was like, if you guys are down I’m down, but I do need more time to do it right. And they were about to do it but they cut it just a little bit short, and [I said,] “if you guys are going to cut it short there is no point. Let’s make a movie — let’s go for it and we’ll go all out. And we shot on film, super-35, and I thought this may be one of the last times I get to shoot on film, and it was actually kind of freeing. I mean, I love 3D and I think there is a lot you can do with it, but there is something to be said about just not waiting for anything. You’re just going. We shot so much film. I mean I think we shot 1.2 million feet of film.

Anyway, this still feels like a dumb move considering the literal 11th hour timing. Take another look at the trailer below and tell me that you’re not, at least, a little intrigued to see this one.

More news as it develops.

Source: Comic Book Movie

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This rumor is the quintessential someone tweeted blank, than someone else overheard blank, OMIGOD! blank must me true! Keeping that in mind, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here, but, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson just might be playing Lobo, The Main Man in – something.

It all began with this tweet, in where the Rock responded cryptically to a fan’s suggestion they could see him in a DC movie. Then a tipster for Bleeding Cool claimed to have overheard the Rock bragging at a “Hollywood party” to have scored the role of the Main Man. It was checked against a couple of sources and while not confirmed, it wasn’t denied, and appeared to be likely.

Which really just brings us back to square one, where there’s a rumor the Rock might be playing Lobo in a DC something. What d’ya think? I know Jeffrey Dean Morgan was a favorite for the Main Man, especially after his turn as The Comedian in Watchman, but it seems the Rock might have the better claim. Last we heard there was a Lobo film in the works with a script by Brad Peyton who also wrote Journey 2: The Mysterious Island which starred, wait for it…THE ROCK. Dun-dun-dun. It could mean nothing, but it could also mean everything! Actually, what’s troubling is why does the guy who wrote Journey 2: The Mysterious Island get to write the Lobo movie?!??

Personally, I think the Rock has the correct combination of action star, comic timing, charm and badassery to make Lobo work. If it didn’t take itself too seriously, a Lobo film starring the Rock could, well, rock.

Source: Blastr

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This NerdBastard has gotten that “Khannnnnnnnnnn!!!!!” feeling about G.I.Joe: Retaliation.

What’s this “Khannnnnnnnnnn!!!!!”  feeling you speak of?

That’s the deep in your gut feeling that the second movie of the franchise is going to be way better than the first. Just look at this trailer. When the Hollywood powers that be announced a second G.I.Joe movie we all had some of the same thoughts:

Oh hell, not another one.

Pissing on my childhood once wasn’t enough . . .

What the hell kind of mess is this gonna be.

This trailer should set all those fears aside. This NerdBastard doesn’t know where to start with all the awesomeness that is in this trailer. Watch it and tell your fellow NerdBastards what you think.

Will it be the best in a long line of G.I.Joe movies? 

 GI Joe: Retaliation is in theaters June 29th.

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We’ve got three new pictures from the progressively more appealing G.I. Joe: Retaliation. They don’t offer a lot of, what you might call, plot revelations, but you can’t fault them any cool points. The pics feature Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye, Elodie Yung as Jinx and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Roadblock.  So prepare to bask in the happiness that is a warm gun, or sword as the case may be…

Plot Synopsis: A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. JOE: RETALIATION. 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, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on June 29,2012.

Source: Comic Book Movie

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