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"Dwayne &amp;#039;The Rock&amp;#039; Johnson is reportedly close to joining Jon Chu&amp;#039;s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra sequel. According to Deadline, the Fast Five star has begun negotiations with Paramount Pictures to join the action sequel as a character called Roadblock. In the G.I. Joe canon, Roadblock is the codename of a character called Marvin F. Hinton, an African-American who serves as both the team&amp;#039;s heavy machine gunner and their chef. Original film stars Channing Tatum, Ray Park and Lee Byung-hun are all expected to reprise their roles as Duke, Snakes Eyes and Storm Shadow for the new film. Paramount has yet to comment on Johnson&amp;#039;s potential involvement with the project. The tentatively titled G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes is expected in cinemas on August 10, 2012. Watch Dwayne Johnson in the trailer for his last film, Fast Five, below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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