I attended the "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" press junket in New York City over the weekend. One of the compelling bits of trivia to emerge from the actors I interviewed -- Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols -- is that Snake Eyes actor Ray Park ("Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace") was the biggest "Joe" nerd on the set. Not that he shared much knowledge since, being a character actor, he never broke his fictional ninja's vow of silence.

Still, the knowledge that Park is an über-fan ought to make today's eBay Prop-Watch pick all the more cool. It's not an actual prop, but it's a pretty badass item on its own. Park's participation only improves it. Worth the $500 asking price? Not for my cash-starved wallet. But the right "G.I. Joe" super-fan will flip out over this item, especially after seeing Park's performance in "The Rise of Cobra." Read more...

By Nisha Gopalan

What do you do when you're the fearsome, face-painted henchman to a Sith master, and despite displaying a staggering acumen in the kick-assery arts, you get fatally bisected by a freakin' light saber? If you're Ray Park (aka "Star Wars: Episode I" baddie Darth Maul) you continue to get your testosterone on with a small chain of modest roles.

Among them: the tongue-tastic Toad in "X-Men," a no-good Fed in "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," and more prominently, Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and possibly the kung-fu dynamo Iron Fist if/whenever Marvel gets around to making that one.

And now you can add another role to that budding roster, one that will take him into the sword-and-sandles fantasy land of legendary special-effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. This courtesy of cult writer/director Kevin Van Hook, who previously helmed Park in the TV movie "Slayer." Read more...