As Paramount Pictures has been delaying a bulk of their event films such as Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible 7, Mission: Impossible 8, and Dungeons & Dragons. Deadline has learned about another release date change with the G.I. Joe prequel film Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins heading to a summer release this year, moving up.
Snake Eyes moves from October 22, 2021 to July 23, 2021.
The cast includes Henry Golding (The Gentlemen, Crazy Rich Asians) as the titular Snake Eyes, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Úrsula Corberó is the Baroness, Andrew Koji (Bullet Train) as Storm Shadow, Iko Uwais as Hard Master, Peter Mensah as Blind Master, Takehiro Hira as Kenta, and Haruka Abe as Akiko.
Last month, the film’s star Henry Golding announced on his Instagram account that Snake Eyes was undergoing reshoots. Filming previously took place in Vancouver and Japan.
Snake Eyes is part of Paramount’s plans to reboot the G.I. Joe franchise a third movie is in development alongside a new television series at Amazon Prime Video from Erik Oleson (Daredevil) that will focus on Lady Jaye.
SOURCE: DEADLINE