GI Joe Armor Photos

Over at our friends IESB you can checkout the first photos of the GI JOE Battle Armor. It looks pretty darn coo. A little while back we caught up with Joseph Gordon Levitt and talked to him about his upcoming project GI Joe. We asked him what got him involved with the project and he told us;

Well what attracted me to being in G.I. Joe was when they showed me the drawings of the character that I was going to get to play. I love the idea of just getting to play something way, way larger and huger than life. It’s kind of the opposite of Stop Loss, in fact. Stop Loss is a realistic portrayal of what it’s like to be a solider today. I think movies can be two things – or many things. Movies can be any number of things, they can be - despite the fact that some people don’t believe this – but I think movies can be a meaningful and profound work of art about humanity.

They can also be just a spectacle for pure entertainment and that’s another tradition. And that’s the tradition that G.I. Joe fits into, as opposed to Stop Loss, which is, I think, a layered and profound human story. G.I. Joe is not layered or profound at all; it’s just a big thrill ride…it’s like have some fun. And it’s a lot of fun. And when I saw those drawings of the character I was going to get to play, I got that feeling of like just being a kid and wow, that’s so cool, and I get to be that and yeah…that’s why I wanted to do it. And Akira, I love that movie and I know that they are writing in blogs that I’m doing it. It’s funny because the script isn’t even done. I haven’t read a script yet.

GI Joe is a massive franchise and it will be interesting to see what comes of it. Look for our detailed inteview with Joseph later this week.