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Promotional still of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Heavy Duty in G.I. JOE.
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First Look at JOE's Heavy Duty

By: Associate News Editor
Date: Wednesday, May 07, 2008

SuperHeroHype have posted a new image of the character Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) from the upcoming live action feature film G.I. JOE.

His real name is Lamont A. Morris of Chicago, Illinois. He serves as the G.I. Joe Team’s heavy ordnance specialist with a passion for classical guitars and Bach. He is described as being unafraid of any situation despite heavy enemy fire. The first appearance of Heavy Duty was in the 1991 edition of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline. Although he appeared in very minimal roles in other G.I. Joe media, Heavy Duty was still able to attain some level of popularity despite appearing late in the series.

The film stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.

THE MUMMY's Stephen Sommers directs.

Click here to see the larger image. The film will hit theaters on August 7, 2009.

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Comments/Responses

Flint521466 • May 07, 2008, 01:00pm •

I think these all black X-Men type suits SUCK. I understans why X-Men went did it. All that yellow spandex on the big screen would be hard to look at. But there was nothing obnoxious about any of the uniforms/outfits these specific characters wore either in the comic or in action-figure form. Have you seen the pic of Destro that's out there? CRAP.
As much as I love GI JOE, and believe me, I love GI JOE. I am not excited about this film at all.

irascible • May 07, 2008, 01:32pm •

Why are all the outfits black?

hanso • May 07, 2008, 01:35pm •

Mr. Eko is alive son! You thought the smoke monster got him but lives and fights for our country. Damn right Mr. Eko!
The suits do suck, just give them their uniforms.
Where is the Destro pic?

gauleyboy420 • May 07, 2008, 01:40pm •

SUCKS, I defended the making of this film UNTIL I saw these SHITTY, SUPER SHITTY costume designs. SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

filmman74 • May 07, 2008, 01:51pm •

They just couldn't keep the outfits somewhat close to the comics or the cartoon. I was disappointed when I saw Storm Shadows outfit. I wonder what the costume for Cobra Commander is going to end up being like.

Mike

rgtchtiger • May 07, 2008, 02:03pm •

I kinda like all the black uniforms. No, they're not by any means perfect, but they are grounded in some semblance of reality. The outfits the characters wore in the comic book and cartoon worked for those venues, but I don't think they would've translated any better to film than the X-Men's costumes. I just have to wonder why Adawale is Heavy Duty instead of Roadblock. Roadblock was one of the original Joes and (I would think) more well-known among the fans.

And where is the pic of Destro???? That for me is a make-or-break for the film.

mlaforcer • May 07, 2008, 02:08pm •

So the outfits are not what they are suppose to be...We can all agree that they should have went with something else but that does not mean this movie is going to suck based on that alone...I actually would not mind those suits if they were of the true colors, of course this is a modern telling of an 80's cartoon/look...Hmmm, something to think about there...

Flint521466 • May 07, 2008, 03:26pm •

Superherohype.com has a pic of "Heavy-DOODY" with links to pics of Destro, Breaker, and StormShadow.

darkheart00 • May 07, 2008, 03:30pm •

I haven't seen the Destro pic but I do have one of Storm Shadow and the Baroness that hurts me to look at. The costume designs suck all around. Here is a description of the Storm Shadow outfit as I have seen it: NO MASK, a white TRENCH COAT, white pants, white gloves and white TENNIS SHOES! *ULP* I just threw up a little in my mouth.

gauleyboy420 • May 07, 2008, 03:34pm •

They totally could've gone the X-2 route or X-3. Yeah I know the movie wasn't as good as the first 2, but the costume design was good. It incorporated the traditional colors but they were muted . Thats how these costumes could've been Muted more militarized versions of the ones we know and love.

Don't try to say the old The costumes wouldn't translate into a real life movie. Spiderman, Daredevil, X-3, are just a few that showed us if they take the time and find a costume designer with talent (not just talent for copying other movies costumes) these classic and iconic looks CAN be successfully translated to the big screen.

Whats the point of having G.I. Joe without the flare? It's just another Para-Military movie.

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