Joe Origins, which cast Henry Golding as the titular ninja. Joe team, Duke (Channing Tatum), second-in-command Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), and the rest of the Joes (D.J. The studio hit the reboot switch fully for 2021s Snake Eyes: G.I. However, it was only a mild improvement on the original critically and commercially. It'll also help that the sequel will neither be shot in or converted to 3D - which should allow Chu to make the film look all the more visually stylish and gritty. It only brought back a few characters, killed off Tatums Duke and made Dwayne Johnsons Roadblock the lead. Duke begins the sequel as practically a second banana to newcomer Roadblock ( Dwayne Johnson. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Tatum’s square-jawed 1st Sgt. With a largely new cast, new director (Chu) and Zombieland duo Rhett Reese and Paul Wernicke now tackling scripting duties, Cobra Strikes should be an improvement over its predecessor. After leading the first film, 2009’s G.I. The only downside is that if Johnson plays Roadblock, he can't play Sgt. Joe squad that features a Johnson version of Roadblock immediately stands out as a much more intimidating and capable force. Plus (with all due respect to Tatum) a G.I. Joe sequel in a "down and dirty" style, so that the end result is a gritty and "kick-ass movie action that's fun, big, crazy." Johnson is definitely up for that the former professional wrestler-turned-actor knows a thing or two about pulling off hard-hitting fight scenes, as displayed most recently during his brawl with Vin Diesel in Fast Five. Chu has mentioned in the past that he wants to make the G.I. Roadblocks entire arc is about getting justice for his fallen comrades following the devastating missile strike in the films beginning, but it seems like his mission has only just begun with. Given that The Expendables 3 stalled the franchise - earning a series low 214.
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