I remember it like it was yesterday… not only was my team playing the biggest game of the year, but G.I. Joe: Retaliation was poised to launch their huge Super Bowl TV spot, introducing the viewing public to the wonders of flying mountain ninjas.
This year, not so much.
Not only is my team not in the game, but from the sounds of Latino Review, G.I. Joe: Retaliation will not return to the big stage for a second go at an its marketing campaign. I’m not quite sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing yet. Actually, correct that. I know it’s not a good thing. But is it terrible?
We’ve already had over 12 months of G.I. Joe: Retaliation advertising blitz, is one more commercial during the Super Bowl going to provide any additional bang for the buck, or will it simply be a reminder to folks of what happened in early 2012?
I suppose time will tell what the affect is, but I almost wish Paramount was jumping back in with both barrels blasting instead of treading on eggshells hoping to not remind folks about the delay. Thanks again to Latino Review for the information.
A big thanks to TheGabrielAngel at HissTank.com who cites Jaimie Trueblood as the source of the images. Trueblood is a Hollywood photographer, but I haven’t located these photos on his website as of yet. They’re simply too cool to ignore, though.
The assortment of images showcases some scenes we’ve seen before with Lady Jaye, Jinx, and Snake Eyes, but also features a new picture of Cobra Commander (with troops in the background) as well as a great image of Firefly riding the Cobra motorcycle.
Check out these fantastic images mirrored below. Thanks to The Strudel Commander for the info.
Even with all of the talk about converting G.I. Joe: Retaliation to 3D, we hadn’t really heard anything about IMAX. Well, we have now.
According to a Press Release on Daily Markets, G.I. Joe: Retaliation will “…be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released to select IMAX® theatres internationally starting March 28 and for a one week run in North America beginning March 29.”
So for folks with IMAX theaters nearby, make sure you’re hitting them to get the full G.I. Joe: Retaliation experience. Click the Read the Rest of the Story link below for the full text of the press release.
Yep, this pretty much seals it. Evidently a while ago, there was a G.I. Joe: Retaliation set visit, and now that the four minute featurette is getting ready to hit theaters this weekend, the embargo has been lifted and these folks are eager to discuss their experiences.
Screenrant comes back with some exclusive interviews with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and others.
Apparently with the official reveal today of the four minutes of footage set to air before Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, the lid has been popped on G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and stories are starting to emerge. First thing I noticed was an interview with Collider where Jon Chu talks about the delay of the film, the rumors about Channing Tatum and more.
The Collider interview can be found right here, but I’d like to touch on some things. Also, if you remember, Jon Chu’s first public comments about the film delay were made right here on GeneralsJoes and seem to echo much of what he says to Collider.
One of the cooler aspects of this article involves the fact that apparently at least one of the sequences in the film itself is a 10 minute “Silent Interlude” homage, which is pretty cool. The specific comments regarding the silent sequence can be seen below:
“JON M. CHU: That was definitely an inspiration. That’s where it all started. Obviously, ninjas are a big part of the movie, and we thought it would make it really unique from other franchises to have both the military and the ninja side. So, we wanted to make sure that we did something really different with ninjas that we’d never seen before. And because they have masks on and they don’t talk anyway, it was just a perfect place. We could tell story with their fighting. When you see the whole sequence together, it’s really fun. In fact, the fight between Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) and Snake Eyes (Ray Park) has no music. We had score, a long time ago, and then we just played it once, when I was with the sound effects guys, without the music just to hear the effects, and it was so awesome. We were like, “We need to have their whole fight without music.” So, we brought it in and tried it, and knew people would freak out a little bit, but it’s so awesome that you can’t deny that it’s fun to watch them do their thing.”
Pretty neat. I think the fact that there is a sequence even without music is a really great touch. Most folks reading GeneralsJoes understand my stance on the whole “Channing Tatum” reshoot angle, too, and it seems like that was mostly confirmed by Chu as well:
“CHU: Yeah, that was a crazy time! I didn’t want to answer any of the crazy rumors that were happening, at that time, but the reality was the 3D. We were told they wanted it turned into 3D, and luckily we had the time to do that. It just so happens that the March date was a date that they could do it in, and that gave us enough time to focus on it. We didn’t reshoot anything. We didn’t go in and [add] Channing. I’m not going to say what happens to Channing in the movie. You have to watch the movie. But, there wasn’t any of all that crazy stuff, so we just ignored it. It’s funny, when the new trailer came out, everyone was like, “Oh, Channing is in it way more!” I just didn’t want to say anything, but it was very interesting. There were rumors that we shot more things, but we literally didn’t shoot anything. We had done some reshoots a couple days before all that, in January, that were just some pick-up things, but that’s pretty much it.”
But Chu doesn’t just talk about the delay, he brings up many other thoughts, too, speaking about how it felt to bring the HISS Tank to the screen, and many other very cool details. Check out the full interview on Collider.com. News is heating up!
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the four minute sequence from G.I. Joe: Retaliation that we’ve heard about should be showing before Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Now Break.com has a 90 second preview of that… four… minute preview.
Heh.
Yes, this is a shorter preview advertising a longer preview, but c’mon!!! IT’s FRIGGEN SNAKE EYES vs. STORM SHADOW. Check it out at Break.com or embedded below. Now I want to go watch Jeremy Renner this weekend.
