Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes — with Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding as the ninja commando — started filming in Vancouver today.
Working title: Grackle Bird.
Filming dates: October 15th to December 6th.
Snake Eyes (Henry Golding) seeks revenge for his father’s death by joining a ninja clan and finds acceptance there.
Now he’s the most popular member of the G.I. Joe team, has a special relationship with Scarlett (Samara Weaving), the female member of the team, and a constant companion in his wolf Timber. But he also has an arch enemy in his ninja blood brother Storm Shadow.
Related: Snake Eyes Gets Filming Dates in Vancouver.
Cast: Henry Golding as Snake Eyes; Samara Weaving as counter-intelligence officer Scarlett; Andrew Koji as Snake Eyes’ blood brother and arch enemy Storm Shadow; Iko Uwais as Snake Eyes’ sword master Hard Master; Ursula Corbero as evil Cobra agent the Baroness); and Takehiro Hira.
Samara Weaving
Andrew Koji.
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.
