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.
Actually...in retrospect, I would trade “The Man who Shot Liberty Valence” to the spot occupied by “The Searchers”, and...I agree with both of the movies you mentioned.
Those would be my top ten, then...:)
Holy cow. Are you comming late to the party or what.
Is a nice choice though.
He uses "we" like Hillary Clinton does. He lies. HE did not grow up with GI Joe cartoons. The fool is older than I AM and I was too old by the time the cartoon rolled around.
And the toy before that wasn't a "cartoon". There may have been one page ads in comic books but not even a regular GI Joe comic book back in the day when "he grew up with GI Joe". Just a toy.
Dennis Quaid isn’t playing an American Hero in this GI Joe movie. This movie isn’t about an American group at all.
Hollywood no longer sees America as a force for good. The Hollywood Reds would rather sell anti-American films to the foreign film markets.
Then again, Michael Moore’s F911 was financially promoted in Lebanon by terrorists and the studio was “cool” with that.
Boycott the damn thing.
"We have a really interesting international cast and I personally view the world in a very polyglot sort of way, go Barack Obama, and so we wanted the movie to really reflect a modern worldview." - Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Source:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/7740/tcid/1/pg/2
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