Credit: Variety, IESB.net
Variety is reporting that both Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum have been cast as the leads in Paramount’s G.I. Joe.
Quaid will play General Hawk, the grizzled team leader and Tatum will play Duke Hauser, the lead soldier in the Stephen Sommers-directed film, which is scheduled to shoot next month in L.A. Pic is set for release on Aug. 7, 2009.
Tatum’s character works closely on missions with Ripcord, a team member that will be played by Marlon Wayans.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who is coming off “Transformers,” is producing with Brian Goldner. Latter is the point person for Hasbro’s venerable action figure line. Sommers and partner Bob Ducsay are also involved in producing capacities. Stuart Beattie wrote the most recent script draft.
Also reuniting with Sommers is his Mummy star Arnold Vosloo. Vosloo will play Zartan, a mercenary who works with Destro and Cobra.
Quaid, Tatum, and Vosloo join the previously-announced stars of Ray Park (Snake Eyes), Marlon Wayans (Ripcord), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Rex), Rachel Nichols (Scarlett), Sienna Miller (The Baroness), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty), Said Taghmaoui (Breaker) and Byung-hun Lee (Storm Shadow).
