‘Crazy Rich Asian’ star Henry Golding is in early talks with Paramount Studios to star in ‘G.I. Joe’ spinoff ‘Snake Eyes’.
‘Snake Eyes’ will tell the story of a silent ninja commando who dresses in all black, never reveals his face and doesn’t speak. He stands out among the military anti-terrorist group and quickly establishes himself as the group’s most popular member. He also has a special relationship with Scarlett, the team’s one-time only female member, and sometimes carries out solo missions with his pet wolf, Timber. His archenemy is Storm Shadow, a ninja who is also a blood brother.
The spinoff will mark the third ‘G.I. Joe’ film produced by Paramount in the last 10 years. Robert Schwentke of ‘The Captain’ film is directing. Brian Goldner is producing and Evan Spiliotopoulos, the writer behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘The Huntsman: Writer’s War’ is writing down the script.
If Henry seals the film deal, it will add up to his talked about lead role resume, which includes, ‘The Gentleman’ and the recent released trailer ‘Last Christmas’ opposite Emilia Clarke.
He is repped by Paradigm, Megan Silverman Management and Stone Genow.
