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Now having seen the preview screening to the original version of G.I Joe 2, this was of course prior to the film's release date which was originally set for 2012, which it was delayed and pushed back until March 2013, for a 3D conversion...But that's just one part of the story for the nine month delay. The real reason is this guy...CHANNING TATUM



Beware because here come some spoilers from the original version of G.I Joe 2. Intially Tatum's character is killed of within the first action sequence which takes place within the first 20 minutes of the film. Thus this resorted into the film being headlined by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson & Bruce Willis. But due to 2012 sky-rocketing Channing Tatum due to super-stardom and impressing auidences with his versatile acting skills. In which 2012 saw him show his softer side with The Vow, then kick some ass in 21 Jump Street before stripping down in Magic Mike... Now hailed a superstar, the tester viewers, despised that Tatum was whacked off within the first 20 minutes.

But is this a good thing for Hasbro, despite their Transformer franchise is still a massive success and bringing in bank. As well 2012 didn't start off on course for the company as the sensational Box-Office failure of Battleship, in which the release date of G.I Joe 2 would have been left in the midst against its superhero contenders The Amazing Spiderman and The Dark Knight Rises (which that sentence wasn't meant to be Spidey punned). As well lets not forget to mention that Peter Berg blamed the failure of Battleship due to the success of The Avengers... Hmmm, not sure if I agree with that, but ok.

But is this ideally a good thing for Paramount & Hasbro, As for they now have to go through substantial reshoots which will apparently cost a fair few million, plus a decent 3D conversion costs between 10 - 15 million as well as a new marketing campaign... I guess were have to wait and see come March 2013.

Yup. I read this a while back. They think he's a huge star now. Which is arguable, since he's been mostly the success of great timing and his sex-symbolness. Girls aren't going to GI Joe no matter how much he's in it :P

Hmm...am I the only one at some point during the near release of G.I Joe before being pulled for 2013, that it stopped being a Joe film and started looking more like a Bruce Willis and The Rock action movie?

Yeah figures- lucky sonofabitch how was the film?

he's a bad actor that got lucky.

He's a main character from the first one that deserved to come back. What a cheap way to recast a sequel. "Oh yeah, that's them down there you can't see their faces." And...spray of bullets. "Now it's a new team now." What dumb writing, seriously. Is Quaid even coming back? Quaid and Tatum deserved to return, whereas Wayans and whoever else from the first film, it's fine that they were killed in action or whatever. Just don't write the script badly. I would like to see a return of Baroness, too, yes they messed up her story but they might redeem her story if written well. She just can't be killed off yet. She's a major GI Joe character. I would also like to see Destro.

I just looked it up. Dennis Quaid, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller and Christopher Eccleston are all not returning. What the hell is going on with this movie? Especially for Levitt to not return as Cobra Commander. Or Baroness, Destro, or Hawk. WTF.