When it was announced that Sienna Miller had been cast as the Baroness in Stephen Sommer's
G.I. Joe, it provoked a good deal of interest from fans of the franchise. Today,
/Film has announced that Ray Park has been cast as Snake Eyes in the upcoming film adaptation of the cartoon from the 1980's.
Snake Eyes is one of the original members of the GI Joe team, and has proven to be one of the most popular characters from the line. Little is known about his real identity, as it has remained classified throughout the series (and re-interpreted with each new cartoon or comic series.) What has remained constant has been that he trained under two ninja masters - the Soft Master and the Hard Master, and that his history is linked to that of Cobra's ninja assassin - Storm Shadow. Snake Eyes has also had an ongoing romantic relationship with fellow G.I. Joe member Scarlett.
Hasbro has confirmed that the film will feature the rivalry between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow.
Ray Park is best known for his role as the Sith Lord Darth Maul in
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and also appeared in Bryan Singer's
X-Men as the Toad.
G.I. Joe is scheduled for an August 7. 2009 release.
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Hey as long as they don't cast John Cena as Duke... I'm cool!
People seem to forget in 1987 "G.I. Joe: The Movie" hasd already been out, but Animated & there was even a 1985 TV series!!
What is up with this retro throw back to the 80's???
Ray Park as also signed on to play Iron Fist (Daniel Rand)for the film "Iron Fist"! Which should be interesting!
p.s. Snake eyes has blonde hair blue eyes. Ray park looks better suited for storm shadow not snake eyes.