MANILA, Philippines - From explosive and visionary director Stephen Sommers, who helmed such global blockbusters as The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, comes his latest thrill ride: The high-octane, action-packed adventure G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, opening today in theaters nationwide. Bringing to life the world’s most patriotic action figure mythology and catapulting it into the near future, Sommers has created a unique and powerful action-adventure.
Assembling an international cast of both rising stars and industry veterans, along with a blue-ribbon team of film artists, the ever-inventive Sommers has fashioned a tale of heroism versus terrorism, the ultimate in good versus the worst of evil.
From the Central Asian mountains to the deserts of Egypt, through the crowded streets of Paris to beneath the ice cap of the North Pole, the elite team of operatives known as G.I. Joe journeys on a non-stop adventure as the group uses the latest in next-generation spy technology and military equipment to fight the duplicitous arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization from plunging the world into chaos.
Produced by Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present, in association with Hasbro, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Saod Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid.
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra is distributed by United International Pictures.