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Stallone To Write, Direct And Star In (With Jason Statham And Maybe Jet Li) THE EXPENDABLES!!
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Sylvester Stallone is making for Nu Image a non-“Rocky,” non-“Rambo,” non-“Rhinestone” movie titled “The Expendables.”
Jason Stratham is aboard, Jet Li is in talks. Variety has the plot:
Pic follows a team of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator.
Stallone's last non-"Rocky," non-"Rambo" movie was 2003's "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over."
Nu Image is the outfit behind "Mansquito," "Octopus 2: River of Fear," "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon," the recent "Wicker Man" remake, Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant" remake and 2008's "Rambo." It also hired Brett Ratner to direct its looming "Conan" movie.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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Will it be The One: 2 then????
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Awright! Hope Stallone does some good with this. I like the guy.
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I loved Rambo. But here's my two cents: Statham - yeah, fits the bill. But instead of Jet Li (who I like), get Jackie Chan. Jackie, do a bad ass movie where you're a mean son of a bitch mercenary.
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Sounds like this could be an awesome movie!
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It would be cool to see the Transporter singing the Drinkingstien song.Also, Strathham for the Over The Top remake.
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Nu Image should be fucking destroyed.Rambo was fun, but they are otherwise a shit studio. holy hell, what an awful record.Bret Ratner for Conan. Great idea assholes.
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Nov 05, 2008 11:46:44 PM CST
Please cast Shia as the old Colonel who assigns their mission
by frisco
I'm all for this flick, it sounds fun. And having Jason Statham and Jet Li announced as starring in a movie on the day after The One was elected? Pretty freaky, mang.
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STALLONE has just put his A-TEAM together and hopefully this movie is gonna KICK SOME ASS. Sly writing and directing is a plus. This should make up for the crapfest that was WAR!
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http://tinyurl.com/5vhen9
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See above.
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...and every other action movie that comes out next year. "Rambo" rocked.
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This is the only generation that refuses to make movies where they kick the shit out of the enemy they're at war at. And Al Qaida are certifiable assholes. There's no excuse.
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If only Ratner was the guy Rambo sliced his head off then we would have no CONAN film directed by the man. All we need now from this new Sly action film is Bruce WILLIS!
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You get me.
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This film can be what all you fan boys wanted from QT's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS -- A team of bad ass action stars on a mission. This will be the action version of QT's war fest.
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I'm still feeling chanty.
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Finally, an all-star team we can all relate to...
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Harry has spoken!
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Where each of the guys gets fucked a lot faster than the "untouchable" Untouchables?
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HELL YES. Fuck the negative Nancies out there who hate on everything and anything, Stallone making an old school Dudes on a Mission movie with Statham and Jet Lie is cool news.
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The Stallone Renaissance continues.
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Nov 06, 2008 12:19:26 AM CST
You have to let ABKing out of the cage occasionally...
by iamjack'suserid
These types of talkbacks are his recess time. What color helmet does he wear usually?
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... since I've read several projects Stallone is writing anf directing but so far, nothing. What happened to the biggie Smalls flick? Poe?
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is this the notorious stallone was going to do about tupac and biggie, because it didnt seem like he is attached to it in any way.
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Stallone directs and stars, than the Dirk supports Sly!
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and the mofo will become the next big action star since Dwayne and Diesel pussed out.
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could be greatit's a toss up but Rambo and Rocky Balboa give me confidence in his writing and directing, although I'd love to see him tackle Poe
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"you know, it's like you have a friend who you invite to a party and he doesn't show up and it doesn't really matter"
freaking awesome! ain't it cool news indeed -
Updated Dogs of War.
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Seems someone has taken way too many blows to the brain while filming those Rocky Movies.
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I gotta say that, even with pretty high expectations, I found Rambo to be absolutely sensational. Stallone grew leaps and bounds as a director and the final shootout (well, massacre really) was as spectacular and epic as the shootout in Heat. Some of the gore CGI was a bit dodgy, but the level of intensity, the sheer brutality of it, and the way Stallone put it together made it into an epic action sequence, on par with The Wild Bunch, The Killer and Scarface. Like those films, the Rambo shootout does not feel like a Hollywood action sequence and has a very palpable feeling of despair, as if you were watching real people fight for their lives. So, this movie sounds like a perfect follow-up vehicle for Sly. I tell you, the more I watch this guy, the more I love and respect him. Every time people had written him off, he turned around and came back faster and stronger. Rocky Balboa felt even more honest and real and gritty than the first movie. And, if anything, more compelling, especially Sly's monologue before the boxing commission.
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is still not one of the best and most entertaining pure action films of the 80s. Just watched it again recently, and it's just so refreshing to see a cop be so brutal with murderers. Too many movies since try to paint shooting degenerate scumbag killers as an immoral thing to do. Considering that the laws now favor the guilty even more than the innocent, there is something so satisfying in watching Sly hang that bastard up on a hook at the end. And every time I see someone in the media nowadays wring their hands over some criminal thug that just got wasted because he " had a bad childhood", I just wish one of the cops said what Sly says in the beginning of Cobra, when a reporter bitches to him about not treating the killer right. Stallone grabs the smarmy cocksucker by the lapels throws open a sheet that's covering a body of an innocent shopper that was shot in the back by the killer, and says "You tell that to his family!!!" Awesome!
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to all Americans for yesterday, and congratulations to AB King for this one.
Actually this sounds like a great premise for Stallone, and an awesome title. I hope it really happens. -
This is almost the exact same plot as Rambo 4, and for me that is great because I loved Rambo 4, and love movies about mercenaries kicking ass.
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congratulations for agreeing with vern
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bit I think Stallone will throw in a good story as well. He is very into what is happening around the world, so I expect a tough as nails movie with some brains and heart as well. I friggin love what Stallone has done the last few years.
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was really amazing. I had high hopes but it was even better than I expected. I have watched it three times, and I really like the brutal feel to it and the mercenary team kicked ass.
Rambo 4 makes Die Hard 4 and to a certain degree Indy 4 look pretty weak. -
I just watched this agin for the 3rd time. This time was on Blu-Reay and I must say it is fucking nuts. Fuck Inglorious Bastards/Besterds, I am looking forward to this even more.
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Hopefully Stallone will do this and shoot another Rambo next fall or something. That would make me very happy.
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What's not to like, Sly should get some mother 80's actioneers onboard ((JCVD?) on board, this could be a top notch Dogs of War slice of japery
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I walked out of the theater feeling like my brain had been raped. No story. Mucho blood and guts. Absolute drivel. That being said, if he tones down the gore, and actually makes this FUN, it could be good.
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I enjoyed Rambo 4 because it was good at what it was meant to be...leave yr brain in the lobby and hang on for a wild ass kicking ride.Any person who didnt like it must have thought they were going to see a different movie, sfter 2 and 3 what were you expecting other than what was served ?? I hope he gets an all star cast of 80s and 90s action hereos, guys who previously topped billed but are now prepared to be killed off at any time...definately looking forward to this one
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Come on! It was a Rambo movie. Rambo was on a mission saving the world from evil. What more do you need? It also had kick ass action and a great mercenary team.
It also said something about if you really wanna "win" in a war situation, you gotta be ready to put youre on life on the line, unlike many soldiers that go to war to have a great adventure. This is real stuff, real bullets and some dangerous shit. So if you really wanna win you have got to sacrafice, something most people are just not willing to do. -
Keep up with the Kick Ass cast.
How about Jesse Ventura as some badass commander.
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No one cuts action like Stallone.
It's a shame is this world where frame a cut by the second that old school action isn't around anymore because it kicks more a$$. -
I thought he was making the next Rambo...and that Edgar Poe flick...I won't believe it 'till I see some pics. But it SOUNDS amazing!
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I wasn't expecting 90 minutes of Saving Private Ryan style blood and guts, shoe-horned into a 'plight of the burmese people' storyline, presented with ham-handed sincerity.
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we haven't had a shoot 'em up action flick like this in a while. They just need to start throwing everyone else in: Van Damme, Arnold, Bruce, Dolph, Segal, etc. etc.
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Rambo IV was awesome, this should be too.
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I love it.
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I guess the answer is it could go wrong the same way previous Jet Li - Transporter team ups such as 'The One' and 'War' did, but Stallone will break that curse.
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'Nuff said.
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If I could buy a ticket for this already, I would.
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Hell yeah it will be great. Stallone: I'm writing and directing a new movie. It's the one that says I'm still a bad mo fo.
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I am SO there.
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add dolph, and bill duke...
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Wasn't there some made for tv movie with Tempest Bledsoe and other chicks called "The Expendables." I need to check IMDB.
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Nov 06, 2008 8:55:37 AM CST
Oh, for a sec. it sounded like a film about office supplies...
by chishu_ryu
You know, like paper, pencils, ink jet cartridges, things like that. If it were, though, which it clearly is not, I see that now, I think Sylvester Stallone would make an excellent paper clip...
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StraightToHell, that last action scene in RAMBO is one of the most epic and amazing action set pieces put on film. It threw everything at you but the kitchen sink...I LOVED every bloody minute of it. BUT so was the scene when RAMBO yells "FIRE OFF A SHOT" and then what happens next with that amazingly shot set up action set piece involving that bomb that could be nuke-like! WOW. And VERN, yes, great title and if Sly plays his cards right this could be one action movie that stars aligned for...pure bad ass, pure testostorone...pure action...pure STALLONE!
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Hey,
Just wanted to ask, why are your posts are so formal and impersonal?? could you please just add one sentence about your thoughts on the news you are posting?? It would make a difference, no matter how small, you know... -
Stallone, Statham, and Li is awesome.
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Cant wait for this to come out, hopefully now Stallone's credibility has been somewhat restored this will be a big hit for him.
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What the hell. Make this happen.
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...I'm betting on STALLONE's kicking more ass:)
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Ratner directing Conan.
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Stallone is the man, his sequels to the action glory days of the 70s and 80s shit all over the likes of Terminator 3, Indy 4, and dont get me started on Live Free Die Hard or whatever that shit was. Rambo 4 ace, Rocky Balboa ace, Stallone directing and starring in this...ace!
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Seeing as Stallone is the only guy who can resurrect and old series and make a movie that actually feels like a reasonable sequel and not some sort of homage/parody I think we need a movie where Stallone has to travel back in time stop this thing where it started.Yes, that's right, I want a movie where Stallone travels back to the early 1990s and takes down the production of Godfather 3. Francis will call in his squad of helicopters from Apocalypse Now, but Stallone will take them down, Sofia Copola will bust out ninja skills and ultimately get blown to dust, Andy Garcia will get wasted, and so will that little dog that runs around Pacino's dead feet at the end.The film will end with an alternate history showing a brighter world in which there was never an Indy 4, Alien 4, Terminator 3 or 4, and all the children of the world dance in joy.
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Eat that Golan and Globus
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He's in grave danger of actually becoming a movie star. He knows the moves, he's authentically agile enough to pull of most of his own stunts, plus (and crucially) he plays this stuff straight. And that's what fucked up the likes of Diesel, Dwayne and the others who wanted to be Arnie more than they wanted to be action stars. Statham is more like an Eastwood - someone who's prepared to put 25 years in the trenches, and not fuck with the badass muse. He learned one thing early - don't attempt an American accent - and he's getting better and better in each movie. DEATH RACE may not be classic cinema, but just watch Statham in it. He knows what he's doing; he knows enough not to play ridiculous things for easy comedy.
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But fuck Nu Image for hiring Brett Ratner for Conan. FUCK THEM!
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Just kidding, bitch.
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First he remakes Sly's DEATH RACE 2000, and now he's acting alongside the legend. Good for you old chap.
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Dirty Dozen is a favorite of mine and it'll be great to see Sly take up Lee Marvin's mantle - "You're not gonna hurt me, I'm gonna hurt you."(Lee Marvin as Major John Reisman in DIRTY DOZEN)
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James Cameron use to be the "god" of making sequels. The man directed ALIENS and T2...that alone makes Cameron the all time king. Add TRUE LIES 2 as a sequel the man was going to direct at one point and we all can only imagine what that would have looked like...maybe QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Anyways, since Cameron
s last possible sequel was going to be TL2 (and his last action film was True Lies), the man has lost the throne to SYLVESTER STALLONE. Sly directed ROCKY BALBOA to amazing effect and then he finally directed an action film. What he did with RAMBO is what Cameron or Spielberg would have done...high octane, in your face, awesome fucking wild action. Now Sly announces a new action film called THE EXPENDABLES and most are giving the man high praise...and for great reason. If Sly directs this new film and it blows everyone away, then follows up and directs RAMBO 5 and destroys everyones expectations, James Cameron will have to bow down to the man like the shogun of harlem. It would take TRUE LIES 2 as a modern day action film (AVATAR & BATTLE ANGEL don't count) for him to come back to his T2 and TRUE LIES action days of god-dom. Thank you SLY for still making real hard ass action films! -
And I'll stick him with the meds! Seriously, listen to yourself occasionally, dude. You're fucking crazy. I can see you now in your chair in front of your computer, squirming and writhing about with tremendous retard excitement as you gush endlessly about your washed-up screen heroes. "God of making sequels"??? That's hilarious and extremely sad at the same time. Hopefully one day you'll come to realize what a joke you are to people here; what a laughing stock you truly are. You wouldn't be so bad if you weren't so incapable of objectivity, nor were you so prone to jumping on people who actually live in the now and understand that those 80's action stars have gone the way of the dodo.
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The one major failure in Stallone's career was that he chose to be in too many movies that were vehicles to mainly feature himself. Two of my favorite Sly movies are "Assassins" and "Demolition Man" because he had a formidable opponent who was an actual somebody in Hollywood. So, news of sharing the screen with Statham and possibly Li is good news. Stallone definitely needs to co-star in more movies at this point if he wants to be successful.
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He hasn't kicked A$$ for a while now.
Take on Q.T. and wipe the floor with his movie. That's the attitude I want you to have. Your merc squad in Rambo 4 was great.
Don't make it too cliche' yet don't try to be too clever either.
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No "R" in the fucking name! None of it!
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Can Kurt Russell be in it too? Pretty please?
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You said this "You wouldn't be so bad if you weren't so incapable of objectivity, nor were you so prone to jumping on people who actually live in the now and understand that those 80's action stars have gone the way of the dodo." LITTLE BOY...you do know Stallone just signed onto THE EXPENDABLES right???? Gone the way of the dodo! What a fucking retard you really are. Crawl back to your laptop now!
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But what the fucking deal with Stallone directing a Notorious BIG movie? And why is he not in the trailer, and will he hype that movie up on this site? How do you go from Rambo to Ghetto?
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Neill Cumpston wrote that he had a 1980's team and a 1990's team already planned out. Sly, contact that madman immediately and sign him up! If this movie could get JCVD and his sensitive nipples then people would see it for sure. Let's see, who else? What the hell, let's get the Rock, and make Tony Jaa be his Short Round. Then hire Uwe Boll to play QT, and have the team put him down in the pre-credits action sequence. I'm tellin' ya!
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...regarding Tony Jaa.However, it should be noted that Tony is NOBODY'S Short Round. :-)
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I don't want a lot of famous actors in the merc squad. I loved it in Rambo 4 that they were quite unknown. I found them to be surprisingly realistic.
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If only Hollywood was run by geeks. If only...
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Nov 07, 2008 4:51:35 AM CST
"NO, Your the one thats Expendable" (punch out the window) SMASH
by fisheater
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The finest fucking action film of the last decade...FACT! Nothing else comes close!
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http://www.stallonezone.com/main/
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Wasn't this what was discussed last year during the emails to Stallone? Only it was him, Arnold, Jean-Claude.
Anyone remember what I'm talking about?
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