The Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner sat down with MTV officials to talk about the upcoming G.I.Joe movie which is set to premiere in theaters on August 7th, 2009.

The only real new update in the talk was that Goldner claimed that the movie will focus mainly on the original 155 issue Marvel Comic book run of G.I.Joe! So start buying those before the prices go up!

This move would sidestep the 1980's television series all-together.

Goldner went on to add that writer Larry Hama, consultant for the film could also have a cameo in the movie which could please some fanboys of his writing on the Marvel series!

For those fans of the G.I.Joe toys line, there was also info by Goldner that Hasbro would of course be making movie based toys!

However these toys would be of the same scale with the traditional 1980's toy line, that of 3 3/4".

So far the cast for G.I.Joe Film includes Ray Parks (as Snake-Eyes), Sienna Miller (Baroness) and Rachel Nichols (Scarlett).

Also Said Taghmaoui (as Breaker), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Heavy Duty), Arnold Vosloo (Zartan) and Karolína Isela Kurková (Cover Girl)... whew!! That is a large cast!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post!

Michael