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Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Produced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Bob Ducsay
Brian Goldner
Written by Screenplay:
Stuart Beattie
David Elliot
Paul Lovett
Story:
Michael B. Gordon
Stuart Beattie
Stephen Sommers
Comic book:
Larry Hama
Starring: Channing Tatum
Sienna MillerSienna Miller
Christopher Eccleston
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Rachel Nichols
Marlon Wayans
Ray Park
Lee Byung-hun
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Dennis Quaid
Said Taghmaouiand Jonathan Pryce
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen
Editing by: Bob Ducsay
Jim May
Studio: Hasbro
Spyglass Entertainment
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date(s): August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05)
(limited)
United States:
August 7, 2009
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $175 million
Gross revenue: $302,139,942

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 American live-action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe toy franchise, with particular inspiration on the comic book G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and co-written by Stuart Beattie, based on a 1998 screenplay by John Paul Kay. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise.
The story follows two American soldiers, Duke and Ripcord, who join the G.I. Joe Team after being attacked by MARS troops.In the near future, weapons expert James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston) has created a nanotechnology-based weapon capable of destroying an entire city. His company M.A.R.S. sells four warheads to NATO, and NATO troops are tasked with delivering the warheads. Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are delivering the warheads when they are ambushed by The Baroness (Sienna Miller), whom Duke recognizes to be his ex-fiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park), Breaker (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). They take the warheads to The Pit, G.I. Joe's command center in Egypt, and upon arriving rendezvous with the head of The G.I. Joe Team, General Hawk (Dennis Quaid). Channing Tatum as "Duke" (Conrad Hauser): The lead soldier. Lorenzo di Bonaventura was originally interested in casting Mark Wahlberg, and when the script was rewritten into a G.I. Joe origin story, the studio offered the role to Sam Worthington. Tatum had played a soldier in Stop-Loss, an anti-war film, and originally wanted no part in G.I. Joe, which he felt glorified war. Once he read the script though, he realized the franchise was a fantasy akin to X-Men, Mission: Impossible and Star Wars rather than a war film. Christopher Eccleston as Destro (James McCullen): A weapons designer and founder of The Military Armament Research Syndicate (MARS) and the main villain in the early part of the film. Irish actor David Murray was cast as Destro, but was forced to drop out when he had problems with his visa. Murray was later cast as an ancestor of James McCullen in a flashback scene.