G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
2009 film by Stephen Sommers
- Released
- 6 August 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Ninja film
- Director
- Stephen Sommers
- Screenplay
- Stuart Beattie
- Producer
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Bob Ducsay, Brian Goldner
- Music
- Alan Silvestri
- Cinematography
- Mitchell Amundsen
- Editing
- Bob Ducsay
- Starring
- Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Byung-hun, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Jonathan Pryce
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Production company
- Hasbro, Spyglass Media Group, di Bonaventura Pictures
- Distributor
- UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix, Paramount Pictures
- Box office
- $302.5 million
- Budget
- $175 million
- Based on
- G.I. Joe
- Set in
- Washington, D.C., Moscow, Tokyo, Paris
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 American military science fiction film based on characters from Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy line. It is the first installment in the G.I. Joe film series. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the toy line. The story follows two American soldiers, Duke and Ripcord, who join the G.I. Joe Team after being attacked by Military Armaments Research Syndicate (M.A.R.S.) troops.
Development for the first film began in 2003, but when the United States launched the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Hasbro suggested adapting the Transformers instead. After leaked drafts of the script were criticized by fans, Larry Hama, writer of the comic book series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, was hired as creative consultant, and rewrites were made. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios, while six companies handled the visual effects with Digital Domain as the main visual effects company.
Cast
- Channing Tatum
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Christopher Eccleston
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Lee Byung-hun
- Sienna Miller
- Rachel Nichols
- Jonathan Pryce
- Saïd Taghmaoui
- Marlon Wayans
- Dennis Quaid
- Ray Park
- Arnold Vosloo
- Leo Howard
- Karolína Kurková
- Brandon Soo Hoo
- Brendan Fraser
- David Murray
- Gerald Okamura
- Grégory Fitoussi
- Jacques Frantz
- Kevin J. O'Connor
- Jim Byrnes
- Frederic Doss
- Peter Breitmayer
Series
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q288645 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.