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Paramount has found its ninja warrior.

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00:00Crazy Rich Asians' leading man Henry Golding is in negotiations to star in the G.I. Joe

00:04spinoff Snake Eyes, where he'll play the title role. Now the character of Snake Eyes, who first

00:09appeared in the 1980s as a ninja commando who dressed in all black, never revealed his face,

00:14and never spoke. Snake Eyes stood out among the military anti-terrorist group and quickly

00:18established himself as the most popular. Just a little more info on him, he sometimes carried

00:23out solo missions with his pet wolf Timber and his arch enemy Storm Shadow, a ninja who was also

00:28his blood brother. Paramount has made two G.I. Joe movies that saw acrobatic actor Ray

00:32Park portray Snake Eyes, 2009's G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra, and 2013's G.I. Joe Retaliation.

00:48The new solo installment is said to center on Snake Eyes seeking revenge for his father's death by

00:53joining a ninja clan and in the process finding acceptance. As for Golding, the actor made his

00:57feature film debut as Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians.

01:00They're just the biggest developers in all of Singapore.

01:03Damn, Rachel. It's like the Asian Bachelor.

01:06That film opened just one year ago, and since then his career has exploded with several leading roles,

01:11including one in the rom-com Last Christmas. The trailer just dropped this week.

01:15Where'd you come from?

01:17Well, what are you looking at?

01:18Probably a falcon.

01:20Oh, damn it!

01:22I think it just pooed in your eye.

01:23Alright, for more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:28I'm Tiffany Taylor.