Latino Review is reporting that Jonathan Pryce (“Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy) has been cast as President of the United States in Stephen Sommer’s live-action G.I. Joe adaptation at Paramount Pictures.
The site says the President has a small but integral part in the film. Pryce is joining an ensemble cast that includes Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo and Christopher Eccleston.
The studio is targeting an August 7, 2009 release for the action-adventure.