Matthew Ackerly

"Sylvester Stallone is set to star in and helm "The Expendables" for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
Stallone, who also penned the script, will be joined onscreen by Jason Statham, while Jet Li is in final negotiations to join the actioner.

Pic follows a team of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator. Lensing starts in February in Costa Rica and Louisiana.

Producers are Avi Lerner, John Thompson and Kevin King Templeton. Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short and Danny Dimbort exec produce.

Stallone joined forces with Nu Image/Millennium on the latest "Rambo," which he also helmed and co-wrote."


http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1

Charlie Goose

Not many movies contain so much Awesome.

GoldenJCJ

Just waiting for news on the casting of Chuck Norris.

stingermck

Oh man thats pure man movie right there! Now if I could just get a movie with Van Damme, and Seagal!

inri222

Where is Fred Williamson?

Matthew Chmiel

Fuck it. Let's also get in the mix:

Jackie Chan
Wesley Snipes
Vin Diesel
Jim Brown
Steve McQueen's zombie corpse
Patrick Swayze
Tom Sizemore
Charles Bronson's zombie corpse
Burt Reynolds
Dom DeLuise

And this might possibly be the greatest movie ever made. They don't even need to call it The Expendables. Just Fuckin' Awesome: The Movie.

Matthew Ackerly

And get Schwarzenegger in and u got gold.

Feels like its 1987 again.

Zen Peckinpah

Stallone and Statham alone guarantee my interest. Also throw in:

David Carradine
Keith Carradine
Josh Brolin
Powers Boothe
Bill Paxton
Mickey Rourke
Jeff Fahey
Brian Bosworth
William Forsythe
Robert Forster
Roddy Piper
Clancy Brown
Lee Marvin's zombie corpse
Samuel L. Jackson
Rutger Hauer
Michael Biehn
Mr. T
Bruce Willis
Lance Henriksen
Gary Busey
Nick Nolte

...and this could be the manliest, biggest, most bad-fucking-ass testosterone overdrive this side of a Commando/Uncommon Valor/Extreme Prejudice triple feature.

Fuck it. Clint, this should be your last film. Call Schwarzenegger, get him in this fucker.

stingermck

Dont forget Dolph Lundgren!

mdc3000

I'm in.

inri222

and Henry Silva as the bad guy

XavierMike

Can't wait. If Bolo Yeung is in this I'm going to pee my pants.

Groucho

Is "The Extendables" the title of the flick or the status of these guys in Hollywood?

aJOHNymous

No Michael Dudikoff, no sale.

While we're at it, let's throw in some more ex-NFL action dudes too, like Howie Long and Brian Bosworth.

OldBoy

sounds good. i liked "Rambo" and can buy Stallone as an action hero again, despite his roid-raged physique.

RyoHazuki

Stallone and Statham is good news. Jet Li however doesn't seem to fit unless the government is using martial arts to combat evil dictators.

Dr Mabuse

This sounds like the worst movie ever to me.

chris_sc77

All I know is I am gonna need to play this with the English subtitles turned on when this hits DVD.

Geofferson

Reminds me of Let's Get Harry -- I'm all in.

Jon2

Good thing I had finished eating several minutes ago, otherwise I would have spit it all over my monitor. That title is the best laugh I've had in days.


BTW, while we're at it, why not just put all these guys in a WWF cage match and see who comes out alive.

wm lopez

I thought Jet Li had made his last movie years ago.
What happened that he still keeps acting?

iamiam

Jet Li acts

EdTheRipper

I'd see it.

Zen Peckinpah

The poster should have a warning: "Not recommended for pussies."

Premise

Let's not forget Jesse Ventura and Carl Weathers.