Hopefully Jessica Biel
Posted on 02/11/2008 9:53:56 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
Dennis Quaid Signs for Three 'G.I. Joe' Films
Posted Feb 11th 2008 12:02PM by Erik Davis Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Comic/Superhero/Geek
Well, I guess this means General Hawk won't die in the first film. While making the press junket rounds for his latest film Vantage Point, Dennis Quaid spoke a bit about his role as General Hawk in the upcoming live-action G.I. Joe flick to Collider. Not surprisingly, Paramount is hoping to turn G.I. Joe into the next big action franchise, and Quaid confirmed that he had signed on for three films.
Did you ever think, at this point in his career, that Dennis Quaid would sign on for three G.I. Joe films? Apparently the dude is looking to get dirty, and more power to him. On the film and his character, Quaid says, "We grew up with G.I. Joe and it's kind of a cartoon thing...it's a big popcorn type of tent pole action movie that...it's not deep. The character of General Hawk that I'm playing is kind of a cross between Chuck Yeager and Sgt. Rock and maybe a naïve Hugh Hefner thrown in there. General Hawk's aide to camp is a Victoria Secret supermodel so how serious can it be?"
Quaid also admitted that he might go "a little blond" with regards to his character's look, and that he's currently lifting weights, "trying to look like the cartoon." He compared the tone of the film to "the old James Bond's -- like the Dr. No's -- where the mastermind has his own private island and all these people are wearing matching coveralls.
"Finally, he says he's only shooting for two weeks out of five. For this new, live-action film, Stephen Sommers will direct a cast that already includes a ton of folks like Channing Tatum (Duke), Sienna Miller (The Baroness), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Marlon Wayans (Ripcord), Arnold Vosloo (Zartan), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
G.I. Joe is due out in theaters on August 7, 2009.
I thought he was decent, but Val Kilmer is definitely my favorite Doc Holiday.
Yeah he was great in Enemy Mine LOL
Isn’t this more like Geriatric Joe?
Quaid’s a little old isn’t he?
As for the rest of the cast, I only know Marlon Wayans.
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Dennis Quaid!!??
The dude is a grandfather, isn’t he?
Our greatest fighting man, a “real American Hero” is going to be an old man?
This project is doomed.
If Snake Eyes says ANYTHING, I’m walking out.
Wasn’t Ray Park (Snake Eyes) Darth Maul?
Great follow up for his End of the World Global Worming epic. (I meant to do that!)
Refrigerator Perry, too.
I liked Quaid in “inner space” when I was a kid.
Given all the “action man” GI Joe is an acronym for the UN global world peace (BS) unit means this many not make it to film II and III. UNLESS, it goes straight to DVD.
Yeah I do...they should just update the enemies list to include dirty American Politicians, crooked governement agencies, and out of control police forces.
Hopefully Jessica Biel
Ironically, Dennis Quaid’s sister is a solid, Bible-believing Christian, homeschooling, conservative Republican mother of five ... and a good friend of our family.
Funny how these things happen.
“——but isn’t he a little old for the role?”
“—Hollywood is clueless.”
Rachel Nichols 
Not bad. Jessical Biel would be better.
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