Although I use the term “new” a bit lightly. There appears to be 0.0 seconds of new footage, but with a sightly different cut and some rocking theme music. Check out the embedded video below courtesy of YouTube:
I know the rumors were flying after the delay of G.I. Joe: Retaliation that seemed to focus on star Channing Tatum. Without a doubt the focal point of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Tatum’s popularity has exploded in the years since then, and with rumors circulating around his demise in the sequel film, many inside sources claimed to have knowledge that this delay would also include significantly more Tatum.
I never bought it.
Considering the star actor’s shooting schedule and the requirements it would take to bring actors and crew in to shoot significantly more footage of him, I just couldn’t see how they would manage to do all of that, all while converting the film to 3D over a period of 9 months. It has always been my suspicion that the sequel might feature different footage of Tatum, but would not necessarily feature more. I’ve always said I thought they might recut the film or tweak it, or perhaps add just a short bit of new footage perhaps to show that Tatum was not killed, but it was pretty unrealistic to assume they would squeeze in a lot more footage among the rest of the story.
According to producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura this assumption is right on target. He spoke with Crave Online, and mentioned that while there was a little bit of new shooting involved with the new cut of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Tatum will not appear in the film much more than he originally did. His exact quote was:
“It’s not much different,” Di Bonaventura says. “Literally, we shot for three extra days. We just added sort of explanation in what we did afterwards.”
Which does make sense. You can’t just bring in a single actor and shoot new scenes to broaden his scope in the film. It would involve the whole cast and crew and significantly more time and resources. The producer also said (speaking about whether the delay was to add more Channing Tatum to the film):
“No, it’s not,” Di Bonaventura says. “That is a complete rumor. I don’t know where that started. Literally, Channing shot for – if I have it wrong, I’m off by an hour – four hours, five hours? So it wasn’t really about that at all.”
I won’t argue that they likely reconfigured the film a bit to make it look as if Duke did not get killed as they originally planned…but as Di Bonaventura says, I believe the final film we see in March is not going to be vastly different from the one we would have seen in June…aside from the 3D.
Check out Crave Online for the full interview.
What appeared to be an official Twitter account announcing film premieres in the UK a few days ago announced that G.I. Joe: Retaliation would be premiering over there in February (well before the March 29th domestic release date in the US)…and understandably, many of us jumped on it (myself included).
Turns out the gun might have been jumped just a bit.
Good friend of GeneralsJoes Dave Tree from All The Cool Stuff reached out to Paramount publicity in the United Kingdom and was told in no uncertain terms “–Definitely no premiere in Feb…“. In fact the UK Paramount publicity person said that there had been no UK premiere or junket scheduled at all as of yet. Considering Dave got a chance to see nine minutes of the film last year as part of a press event, I am confident in his sources on this topic.
Stay tuned, Joe fans, looks like this should have been filed under rumor… mea culpa. Big thanks to Dave for clearing this up.
We all discovered yesterday thanks to the wonders of the Alberta Film Ratings site that there is a four minute featurette for G.I. Joe: Retaliation that has been approved and processed for release. However, we didn’t know when and where we might see this.
Friend of the site, USA Today writer, and certified Geekologist Brian Truitt linked up an article from USA Today, talking about some big name films and the delays they’ve suffered from 2012 – 2013. G.I. Joe: Retaliation wasn’t the only one in that category. But buried in the story about these films moving was this little nugget of information:
“But Moore has a different marketing strategy this time: A four-minute scene in 3-D that went over well when it was unveiled in Asia (to take advantage of popular South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun) will premiere in theaters showing Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters on Jan. 25.”
Well, how about that? We’ve heard the feedback from the overseas reveal as well as the footage shown at BNAT 14, and it sounds like the rest of us will be able to see this footage on January 25th. From all indications, the footage is pulled from the Ninja mountain battle. Pretty cool. Thanks to Brian Truitt and thanks to Susan Wloszczya from USA Today for revealing that little tidbit.
As trailers, PSA’s or featurettes come close to airing, they need to be classified equal or less than the film or item they precede. The Alberta Film Ratings site is notorious for posting these classifications publicly, which can provide some insight into when to expect some of these items to hit the air.
One of the latest items to be classified, is entitled G.I. Joe: Retaliation Featurette, and it appears on the site with a PG rating and clocking in at just under four minutes. The content of the featurette itself is unknown, but this site has pretty close to 100% reliability when it comes to predicting these things.
Check out the listing on the Alberta Film Ratings site, and thanks to BCYOJOE of HissTank.com for the info.
Okay, this is pretty cool.
UD Replicas is a company that specializes in custom leather motorcycle wear using film properties as an inspiration. They can be actual wearable items, or collectibles, designed to reflect your favorite properties straight from the motion picture screen. Carrying massive licenses like Avengers and Batman, UD Replicas will also be doing product from both G.I. Joe: Retaliation and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Items include Cobra Commander’s bad ass leather jacket, the Baroness’ trench coat, and a cool battle vest from the sequel film.
Check out a few of the mirrored images and embedded video below, and thanks to HissTank.com and UDReplicas.com for the info.
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