Snake Eyes
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is coming to Vancouver as ninja commando Snake Eyes.
Filming dates: October 15th to December 9th.
Related: Snake Eyes Gets Filming Dates in Vancouver.
Boss Logic
Ninja commando Snake Eyes is one of the most popular G.I. Joe characters. In the second movie of the G.I. Joe franchise there is an aerial battle between him and the ninjas of his arch enemy Storm Shadow, who happens to be Snake Eyes’ blood brother.
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Director: Robert Schwentke.
Writer: Evan Spiliotopoulos.
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner.
Related: G. I. Joe: Snake Eyes Expected to Film in Vancouver This Fall.
Vancouver crew knew it was coming.
The second movie in the G.I. Joe franchise — G.I. Joe: Retaliation — had Bruce Willis, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun and Ray Stevenson, with Channing Tatum in a brief role. The film brought in $375 million on a budget of $130 million.
The first G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra featured Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Sienna Miller. Produced for about $75 million it had a worldwide box office of $300 million.
Sources: BC Production List, Production Weekly.