When GI Joe: Retaliation’s release was delayed from last August to next March, the official reason was so that they could convert it to 3D. However many wondered if there were major problems with the movie, which seemed to be confirmed when reshoots were ordered. However it now seems that the main issue was that Paramount made a major miscalculation about Channing Tatum.

He was the main star of the first GI Joe film, but then they decided that while he’d be in the follow-up (his contract meant he had little choice in the matter), he’d be majorly sidelined. Then he became one of the biggest stars around thanks to the likes of Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street, and so the reshoots were apparently mainly about reinserting him as a main character. That’s noticeable is this new trailer, as in earlier marketing Tatum was pretty much invisible – he didn’t even make it into many of the posters or trailers at all. Now he’s very visible at the beginning and end of this new trailer, alongside newbies Bruce Willis and The Rock. The film hits UK cinemas March 27th, 2013.

You’ll also notice that London isn’t going to come out of GI Joe: Retaliation very well.

When GI Joe: Retaliation was delayed from last August to next March, the official reason was so they could convert it to 3D. However many wondered if there were major problems with the movie, which seemed to be confirmed when reshoots were ordered. However it now seems that the main issue was that Paramount made a major miscalculation about Channing Tatum. He was the main star of the first GI Joe film, but then they decided that while he’d be in the follow-up, he’d be majorly sidelined. Then he became one of the biggest stars around and so the reshoots were apparently mainly about reinserting him as a main character. That’s noticeable here. In earlier marketing Tatum was pretty much invisible – he didn’t even make it into many of the posters or trailers at all – he’s very visible at the beginning of this new trailer, alongside Bruce Willis and The Rock. The film hits UK cinemas March 27th, 2013.

Oh dear. It doesn’t appear London is going to survive G.I. Joe: Retaliation, as this trailer suggests the entire thing is getting destroyed. Hopefully though the Joes will get us some revenge! In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The President has disbanded the Joes, but they’re not giving up, as they’re not even sure the President really is the President. Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson join Channing Tatum in the film, which will be released August 3rd (it seems a bit mean releasing a movie that blows up London in the middle of the Olympics, but never mind).

Although I think the first G.I. Joe movie was unjustly maligned as it’s not a bad movie at all, Paramount knows that it’s got to make the follow-up look like something really special. They’re not doing a bad job so far, and now they’ve unleashed a new trailer which makes G.I. Joe: Retaliation look pretty cool. This trailer actually briefly acknowledges Channing Tatum’s in the film (he was absent from the first promo), as well as giving us a little more of the plot and suggesting that while there’d been talk of this film completely ignoring the first, it will follow-on from at least some of the plotline of that movie. G.I. Joe: Retaliation hits cinemas June 22nd.

With this Sunday’s Super Bowl likely to see a slew of cool ads for the summer’s big movies, G.I. Joe 2 has decided to try and steal a march on the rest by release their Super Bowl spot a few days early. It’s action-packed, but what’s most noticeable is that despite the fact Channing Tatum is supposedly returning as the main character, he doesn’t feature in the trailer at all, with the focus being more on new players Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. The film hits cinemas this June.