G.I. Joe (film series)

G.I. Joe
Directed by	Stephen Sommers (1) Jon M. Chu (2) D.J. Caruso (3)
Produced by	Lorenzo di Bonaventura Brian Goldner Bob Ducsay (1)
Screenplay by	Stuart Beattie (1) David Elliot(1) Paul Lovett(1) Michael B. Gordon(1) Stephen Sommers(1) Rhett Reese(2) Paul Wernick(2) Jonathan Lemkin(3) Aaron Berg(3)
Based on	G.I. Joe by Hasbro
Starring	Ray Park Channing Tatum Byung-hun Lee Arnold Vosloo Jonathan Pryce Marlon Wayans(1) Dennis Quaid (1) Rachel Nichols (1) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1) Saïd Taghmaoui (1) Christopher Eccleston (1) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1) Sienna Miller (1) Dwayne Johnson (2) Bruce Willis (2) Adrianne Palicki (2) D.J. Cotrona (2) Ray Stevenson (2)
Music by	Alan Silvestri (1) Henry Jackman (2)
Cinematography	Mitchell Amundsen (1) Stephen Windon (2)
Edited by	Bob Ducsay (1) Kelly Matsumoto (1) Jim May (1-2) Roger Barton (2)
Production company	Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures Spyglass Entertainment (1) Skydance Productions (2-3)
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (2-3)
Release date	2009 – present
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$305 million
Box office	$678,209,722

G.I. Joe is a military science fiction action film series, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy, comic and media franchises. Development for the first film began in 2003, but when the United States launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Hasbro suggested adapting the Transformers instead. In 2009, the first film was released under the title, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. A second film, G.I. Joe: Retaliation was released in 2013. A third film in the series has been confirmed to be in early development, while a possible crossover with the Transformers franchise is being considered.

American soldiers Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are ambushed by the Baroness (Sienna Miller), whom Duke recognizes to be his ex-fiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park), Breaker (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Using a tracking device, James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston) locates the G.I. Joe base and sends Storm Shadow (Byung-Hun Lee) and the Baroness to retrieve the warheads, with assistance from Zartan (Arnold Vosloo). After the attack, Storm Shadow and Zartan retrieve the warheads, while the Joes locate the secret base. After the Joes find out the missiles are aimed for Beijing, Moscow, and Washington, D.C., they stop the missiles from destroying the cities. Duke learns that Rex Lewis, Ana's brother, believed to have been killed by a mistimed airstrike during a mission led by Duke, has become Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The Commander and McCullen are captured by G.I. Joe soon after. On the supercarrier USS Flagg, the Baroness is placed in protective custody until they can remove the nanomites from her body. Meanwhile, Zartan, having had his physical appearance altered by nanomites, infiltrates the White House during the missile crisis, and assumes the identity of the President of the United States of America (Jonathan Pryce), thus completing a part of McCullen's plan to rule the world.