
And Blomkamp even made a trilogy of live-action Halo short films to help promote the release of the Halo 3 game. Weiss, was famously delivered to studios by couriers donned as Master Chief.

The script, written by Alex Garland and D.B. Peter Jackson was set to produce with inventive, gritty filmmaker Neil Blomkamp set to direct, but the wheels came off the project after Universal and Fox balked over financial details. Columbia Pictures' has already released this title treatment.Ī movie based on the massively successful Bungie/Microsoft videogame franchise almost made it off the ground back in 2006. The Green Hornet is expected to buzz on the big-screen on June 25, 2010. Rogen has said that he's expecting a PG-13 rating for the flick and that it's likely to have comical elements - duh.

He's the award-winning star and helmer of Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7 and Shaolin Soccer. Kato will be played by Stephen Chow, who will also direct. Caught between the police and the other crime bosses, The Green Hornet and Kato fight a lonely battle for justice. Reed & Kato's ultimate goal: the destruction of organized crime in the city by destroying it from within. It follows newspaper publisher/millionaire Britt Reed and his ass-whoopin' assistant Kato (famously played in the '60s TV series by Bruce Lee) as they assume the identities of The Green Hornet, a supposed crime boss out to destroy the other crime families. The source material will, of course, be the popular radio, TV, and comic series from decades past. Seth Rogen will play the title character in Columbia Pictures' upcoming movie version of The Green Hornet. Snake-Eyes will make his live-action debut. Here's the Cobra casting: Christopher Eccleston stars as Destro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Cobra Commander, Sienna Miller is The Baroness, Lee Byung-hun portrays Storm Shadown, and Arnold Vosloo is Zartan.

The Joe ensemble cast breaks down thusly: Channing Tatum is Duke, Dennis Quaid plays General Hawk, Rachel Nichols portrays Scarlett, Ray Park is behind Snake-Eyes' mask, Marlon Wayans is Ripcord, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje plays Heavy Duty, and Cover Girl is portrayed by Karolina Kurkova.

It's essentially an origin story about (you guessed it) the rise of Cobra, as well as the induction of Duke and Ripcord into the Joe team. They utilize the latest next-generation spy technology and military equipment in their fight to stop crooked arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious COBRA organization from plunging the world into chaos. Joe: Rise of Cobra tracks the elite Joe team on an action-packed journey from the Central Asian mountains to the Egyptian desert. Based on the popular Hasbro toy line and comic books, G.I.
