Sienna Miller will star in the new GI Joe movie.
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The British actress has signed up to play a “sexy raven-haired femme fatale baroness skilled in espionage” in the movie based on the original comic book series from the 40s about a military action hero.
The film focuses on a Brussels-based task force of operatives known as GIJOE – the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity – who battle the evil Cobra organisation, headed by a Scottish arms dealer.
Sienna, 25, is the first star to put her name to Paramount Pictures’ big-budget project and casting is still ongoing for the other lead roles.
Stephen Sommers, who directed The Mummy, will helm the film which is set to start shooting in mid-February next year.
The movie is scheduled for release in August 2009.
The name GI Joe was created by David Breger in 1942 when he was asked to produce a comic strip for US military magazines during World War II.
The first series of GI Joe figures were produced by Hasbro toy company in 1964.
