a war-themed story set 10 years in the future

a new development/update with the G.I.Joe live-action feature film adaptation [tagged]:

Variety reports: "The war-themed story is set 10 years in the future. Stuart Beattie wrote the screenplay, while Paul Lovett & David Elliot and Skip Woods contributed earlier drafts."
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"The Stephen Sommers-directed film is set to start shooting next month in Los Angeles. Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Said Taghmaoui have already joined the cast. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who produced the Hasbro-based hit Transformers, is producing G.I. Joe. alongside the toy giant's Brian Goldner. Paramount will release the film on Aug. 7, 2009" ... MEANWHILE

Marlon Wayans has been signed on to play Wallace A. Weems - aka Rip Cord,
"leader of the military unit in Paramount's big screen G.I. Joe. adaptation" [via SHH]

In G.I.Joe RAH-lore, Rip Cord is a HALO Jumper (High Altitude Low Opening)
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