Paramount has debuted the first trailer for G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation, the quasi-sequel to 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. I say “quasi-sequel” because many of the people you came to know in the first film are not returning for this second feature, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt who played the Cobra Commander or Christopher Eccleston who played Destro. Then again, the plot suggests maybe everyone from the first film dies as a result of actions taken in Retaliation so who knows how well it will play with the first one.
Channing Tatum is back playing Captain Duke Hauser as the G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. New Joes include Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock, Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jay, Elodie Yung as Jinx, D.J. Cotrona as Flint, Bruce Willis as General Joseph Colton and Ray Park returns as Snake Eyes as they face-off against Zartan (The Mummy‘s Arnold Vosloo), Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) and Firefly (Ray Stevenson).
The film is directed by Jon Chu (Step Up 3D) and will hit theaters on June 29, 2012.
Check out the trailer directly below courtesy of Machinima and I’ve added 28 screen captures from the trailer to the gallery right here.
