After the success of 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, a star-studded sequel is set to release this June 29, 2012.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is an upcoming 2012 action film directed by Jon M. Chu, based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe toy, comic and media franchises. The film was written by Zombieland writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. and features an ensemble cast starring Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis, with Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce and Lee Byung-hun reprising their roles from the first film.
The film will feature the G.I. Joe Team coming into a conflict with Zartan, Storm Shadow and Firefly all serving under the newly released Cobra Commander. Zartan (who is last seen in disguise as the President of the United States) manipulates the U.S. Government and frames all G.I. Joe operatives as traitors, and wipes most of them out in a sneak attack. Zartan and the Commander now have all the world leaders under Cobra’s control, with warheads headed towards innocent populaces. Badly beaten, outnumbered and outgunned, the Joes make a desperate plan to expose the truth, and take back the world from Cobra where they make their secret black operation war called the “Second American Revolution”