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Post by Hey Man on Sept 7, 2011 13:15:48 GMT -5
After The Expendables turned in a surprisingly strong $275 million worldwide gross, many have wondered what they would do for an encore. How’s this? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis have just closed deals to take “substantial” roles in The Expendables 2, alongside Sylvester Stallone. This has been rumored as possible, and it basically answers the hopes of a lot of fans who weren’t satisfied when action icons Schwarzenegger and Willis turned in cameos in the original, and poked fun at the days when they were the world’s top action stars.
Stallone directed the first one but stepped out and the job went to Simon West. Filming will begin in October, and Lionsgate will once again release the Millennium Films-produced actioner. Schwarzenegger and Willis are repped by CAA. Schwarzenegger is already working for Lionsgate in the Jee-Won Kim-directed action film Last Stand.
Willis will squeeze in the role before going off to Russia to reprise his John McLane role in Die Hard 5, which just landed John Moore as director at Fox, and then he will make a sequel to Red. Aside from Stallone, original cast members Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews and Jet Li are expected to return, and there is buzz about Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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Post by Hey Man on Sept 7, 2011 13:54:39 GMT -5
I so badly wanted to love Expendables but was bored to death watching it. For one thing Stallone really is a terrible director. He's a much better writer than given credit for (Rocky is simple on the surface but theat's a great bit of writing), I'm terrified at the idea of him directing a bio of Edgar Allen Poe. Hopefully with another director and the addition of Arnie and Willis we'll get the movie everyone really wanted. Can't believe there's gonna be a 5th Die Hard movie, what the fuck? The last one's big chase was filmed right by my parent's house, that epic chase goes on for miles and miles and was all filmed on like a one block stretch of Imperial Hwy, LOL I LOVED Stallone's direction on Rocky II. But he hasn't lived up to it since. Although Rocky Balboa was damn good, especiallly when you consider that the original director of Rocky - did Rocky V, which was a total piece of shit.
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Post by Hey Man on Sept 7, 2011 14:29:10 GMT -5
Good point. Rocky II was really good. Still, thinking back it could have been shot better in places. He's definitely underrated. Why'd you have to go and remind me of Rocky V?
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Post by Hey Man on Sept 13, 2011 20:21:22 GMT -5
Stallone Says He Might Get Nic Cage & John Travolta For ‘The Expendables 2’ If Schedules Permit
Expendables” having proven successful enough in its collection of elderly ass-kickers to get a sequel green-lit, it was clear that creator/writer/star Sylvester Stallone would have to raise his game for the second go-round. First of all, with not all the stars returning (it looks like Jet Li won’t be back, for one), it would help to draft in a few more action icons to help make up the numbers. And secondly, with the first film being somewhat subpar, and the less than amazing Simon West (”Con Air,” “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) replacing Stallone in the director’s chair, it’d need something special to get all but the least discerning action fans excited about a sequel.
But it seems like the erstwhile Mr. Balboa has taken up the challenge, with the film increasingly looking near-definitive in its list of movie stars who’ve kicked ass and taken names in the 1980s, or since. Only last week it emerged that Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who cameoed in the original, would have “substantial” roles in the follow-up, while Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Donnie Yen, have all been rumored to be involved too.
Well, EW spoke to Stallone to sort out the fact from the fiction, and there’s some pretty good news for 80s action fans, as well as some news regarding two other big stars that Stallone is hoping to lock into the film. While there’s no mention of Yen, the polymath confirms that both Norris and Van Damme will be in the film, with the latter likely to take on some kind of villainous role, Stallone saying that “We’ll have a big showdown between me and Van Damme, which has been anticipated for a long time, so it should be a good one.”
John Travolta has also said to have been circling the film, and Stallone confirms that he’s in the mix, although he sounds less than confident of actually landing him, thanks to scheduling issues: “It’s possible. The one thing I’ve learned is what is a fact on Monday is a complete fallacy on Tuesday. A lot of it is scheduling. It’s not financial. It’s just that Bulgaria is definitely a jaunt. It’s a commitment, you know what I mean? Especially in the dead of winter.”
More possible, presumably thanks to the actor owing the taxman millions of dollars and essentially taking any job that pays quickly and in cash, is Travolta’s “Face/Off” co-star Nicolas Cage, who Stallone says he “thinks” is locked in, possibly thanks to the intervention of West, who obviously directed Cage in “Con Air.”
But the man-who-was-Rambo isn’t just limiting the new additions to A-listers like Cage: “I like using people that had a moment and then maybe have fallen on some hard times and give them another shot. So we’re always looking for actors like Michael Biehn and Michael Pare. I like those kinds of guys. Someone did it for me and I like to see if I can do it for them.” Patronizing much? It’s unclear whether Biehn or Pare are actually signed on to the film, or if Stallone’s just insultingly using them as a ‘type,’ but we’re sure it’ll become clear in the next few weeks.
Stallone also suggested that we may be seeing some fresher, more youthful faces: “We also need some new blood in there, a Navy Seal-type, because with the Expendables none of them have 20-20 vision anymore. They need some help, man.” The current generation of leading men being as wussy as they are, we can’t think of any big names who might be on his list, so we could see a genuinely fresh face in the part too. Filming gets underway in Bulgaria at the end of the month, and it’ll wheel its zimmer frame into theaters on August 17, 2012.
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Post by Hey Man on Oct 11, 2011 13:08:25 GMT -5
Arnold tweets "Back in action for The Expendables 2! I’m having a fantastic time on set with Bruce and Sly in Bulgaria" with a photo.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 18:11:43 GMT -5
I enjoyed The Expendables and am looking forward to the next one. Also looking forward to the Red sequal.
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Post by dute on Oct 11, 2011 18:43:36 GMT -5
Still haven't seen the first film but if they can get Chuck and JCVD on board that would be awesome.
Was surprised JCVD wasn't in on the first one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2011 18:56:58 GMT -5
Arnold tweets "Back in action for The Expendables 2! I’m having a fantastic time on set with Bruce and Sly in Bulgaria" with a photo. Wheres Hulk Hogan?
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