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‘Boy Kills World’: Sam Raimi-Produced Dystopian Action Pic To Star Bill Skarsgard, Samara Weaving & Yayan Ruhian

Sam Raimi and Roy Lee are producing a new genre film based on a graphic novel, Boy Kills World, with German director Moritz Mohr making his feature film debut.

A one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. Boy is a deaf-mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.

Deadline is confirming that Swedish actor Bill Skarsgard (Atomic Blonde, John Wick 4, Deadpool 2, It, It: Chapter Two) will be playing the lead role, while also adding that action star Yayan Ruhian (John Wick 3, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Raid 1-2) and Australian actress Samara Weaving (Snake Eyes, Bill & Ted Face The Music) will co-star.

Murphy’s Multiverse first reported on Bill Skarsgard’s casting.

Skarsgard and Ruhian are interestingly enough both alumni of the John Wick franchise, all three actors working alongside Keanu Reeves in the last couple of years.

Production is said to begin next year in Capetown, South Africa.

Sam Raimi has dabbled in both horror and comics book projects over his career, most notably directing the Evil Dead and Spider-Man franchises. He’s also been mostly taking a producer role over recent years scaling-back the volume of his directorial efforts. However, he’ll be making his big return to the world of Marvel Comics with his Doctor Strange sequel Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness being released on March 25, 2022.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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‘Snake Eyes’: Paramount Releases First Trailer & Featurette For ‘G.I. Joe’ Reboot Starring Henry Golding

Last night, Paramount Pictures released the first big promo push for their G.I. Joe reboot summer flick Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins showcasing footage in a trailer and featurette. This is a huge deal as Paramount and Hasbro is looking to reboot the franchise with Snake Eyes being the first step in that pivot as the film will also explore characters such as Storm Shadow, The Baroness, and Scarlett.

A third G.I. Joe movie has been in the works but the studio hasn’t officially moved forward with it and likely might be waiting to see how audiences react to Snake Eyes before spending money on multiple new films.

Snake Eyes will release on July 23, 2021.

SNAKE EYES – Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for: a home. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes’ honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him. Based on the iconic G.I. Joe character, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Originsalso stars Andrew Koji as Storm Shadow, Úrsula Corberó as The Baroness, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Haruka Abe as Akiko, Tahehiro Hira as Kenta and Iko Uwais as Hard Master.

SOURCE: PARAMOUNT

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Paramount Moves Up ‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’ Starring Henry Golding From October To July

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

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‘Snake Eyes’ Moved To October 22nd, 2021 By Paramount

It was revealed yesterday by Paramount Pictures that they have delayed the release for their G.I. Joe spinoff origin film Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins an entire year, moving it from October 23rd to October 22nd, 2021. 

This is a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic and Paramount is likely looking closely at how poorly New Mutants is doing this weekend giving them cold feet to sticking to that original October release date. 

Snake Eyes is an origin film that will explore the connection between the silent G.I. Joe member played by Henry Golding and his villainous rival Storm Shadow played by Andrew Koji along with the Shadow’s push towards the terrorist organization Cobra. 

The prequel was shot in Vancouver and Japan by director Robert Schwentke from a script penned by Evan Spiliotopoulos.

Here is the rundown of the film’s cast. 

  • Henry Golding as Snake Eyes 
  • Andrew Koji as Storm Shadow 
  • Úrsula Corberó as The Baroness 
  • Iko Uwais as Hard Master
  • Peter Mensah as Blind Master
  • Samara Weaving as Scarlett
  • Steven Allerick
  • Takehiro Hira
  • Haruka Abe

A third G.I. Joe film is also said to be in the works that could see the character Chuckles take the lead role. However, this project has been in the works for ages and still hasn’t come together. 

SOURCE: PARAMOUNT