Henry Golding has confirmed filming is done on the G.I. Joe Snake Eyes movie spinoff. Golding, who made his name playing the dashing Nick Young in 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians, is starring as the titular character, taking over from Ray Park from the previous two G.I. Joe live-action movies. The film itself will reboot the franchise by exploring Snake Eyes’ backstory and how he evolved into a deadly ninja commando who famously never shows his face. Production got underway last October, with Golding starring and director Robert Schwentke (RED) calling the shots from a script by Evan Spiliotopoulos (Charlie’s Angels 2019).
Snake Eyes is now officially done shooting, as Golding confirmed with a post on Instagram (see the image below). The photo shows a small clapperboard for the movie covered in signatures from, presumably, the Snake Eyes cast and crew. Production started out in Vancouver last year before moving to Japan back in January.
Paramont is hoping third time’s the charm for G.I. Joe, after its first two live-action movies struggled to perform as well as hoped (either critically or commercially). Golding is certainly a smart choice to build the rebooted G.I. Joe franchise around, being a relatively young up and comer. He’s only continued to make a name for himself since Crazy Rich Asians by delivering a series of very different, yet engaging, performances in A Simple Favor, Last Christmas, and The Gentlemen over the last two years. Whether that, in combination with the rest of the cast and the names working behind the scenes, will be enough to make Snake Eyes a hit, that’s another matter.
Joining Golding in the cast are Andrew Koji (Warrior) as Storm Shadow, Iko Uwais (The Raid) as Hard Master, Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) as Scarlett, Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist) as Baroness, Haruka Abe (Avenue 5) as Akiko, Takehiro Hira (Girl/Haji) as Kenta, and Steven Allerick (The Expanse) as Snake Eyes’ father. On the opposite side of the camera, Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing along with Stephen Davis, Josh Feldman, and Brian Goldner. The movie is being released by Paramount Pictures and is scheduled to open in theaters this fall on October 23, 2020.
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