Joe be a real American hero in China and elsewhere? Will Hollywood realize that casting promising “not a white guy” actors in “No, no, this time it will be different” franchise revivals after decades of skewing “white guy at all cost” might be two wrongs not making a right? Place your bets. Irony alert: xXx: Return of Xander Cage got crushed on its domestic opening weekend in January 2019 by. Night Shyamalan’s Old as the biggies in that late-July frame, right between Space Jam: A New Legacy on July 16 and Jungle Cruise on July 30. The odds are not in its favor, even with Hotel Transylvania: Transformania ditching the July 23 release date. There’s even a photo of me on Christmas morning opening my present and it’s easily one of the best Christmas presents I ever got as a kid. Joe character around, but we’ve already seen him in two big movies, with both Scarlett and Baroness getting the spotlight in Rise of Cobra. Joe Skystriker I remember getting this at Christmas one year when I was a kid. Joe movies?” Yes, Snake Eyes is arguably the most popular G.I.
Will this be another example of “diversity” being a bad-faith alibi for an unrequested IP revival, leaving Henry Golding and Andrew Koji out to dry when audiences say “Yeah, we didn’t like the other two G.I. Wil this film spend its entire running time explaining how Snake Eyes became the man behind the mask (complete with a cute “reason” for his nickname) only promise “Snake Eyes being Snake Eyes” in the sequel? On paper, this looks like a classic “nobody wanted this” origin story for a character who is much cooler after the origin. We can’t expect automatically any such miracles here, especially not with China increasingly being dominated by their own local blockbusters. It was indeed a rare case of a big Hollywood flick truly being saved by China.Ĭaruso is also attached to the fourth xXx if it ever gets made. It earned $45 million domestic and stumbled in most of the world, but grossed $164 million in China for a good-enough $385 million cume on an $85 million budget. JOE as an elite special-ops unit and shrinks the figures down to an action-packed 3.75-inch scale. Joe: The Movie, a feature-length animated film that explores the origins of Cobra Commander and the mysterious land of Cobra La. Joe movie ever made, namely Vin Diesel’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage. Sunbow and Marvel Productions release G.I. Caruso already helmed perhaps the greatest G.I. Caruso attached to direct what was/could be G.I. Joe 3 has been in development ever since, with D.J. Joe: Retaliation grossed $122.5 million domestic from a $51 million Thurs-Mon Easter debut but $375 million worldwide on a $130 million budget.Ī theoretical G.I. Paramount delayed the summer 2012 release to Easter of 2013, added in a couple of non-action scenes for Tatum along with a 3-D conversion. Chu added Dwayne Johnson and killed off Channing Tatum just in time to see Tatum (who had tried and failed to become a star for years after the first Step Up) break out in The Vow, 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike in the first half of 2012.
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