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Sylvester Stallone Helming The Expendables

November 5, 2008

Sylvester Stallone is set to star in and direct The Expendables for Nu Image/Millennium Films, reports Variety.

Stallone, who also wrote the script, will be joined onscreen by Jason Statham, while Jet Li is in final negotiations to join the action film.

The movie follows a team of mercenaries on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator.

Filming starts in February in Costa Rica and Louisiana.

The producers are Avi Lerner, John Thompson and Kevin King Templeton. Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short and Danny Dimbort executive produce.

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COMMENTS (74)

Posted by:

Serge

November 6, 2008

wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt

Posted by:

WTF?

November 6, 2008

What The F**K?

Posted by:

Hiroo

November 6, 2008

yeah... i like all these guys fine, but seriously.... WTF????!?!

Posted by:

ico

November 6, 2008

I bet you this is the next Rambo movie. Stallone has said that it would take place in South America. They're probably getting Statham and Li to attract a younger audience and they could possibly be calling it The Expendables so that there wont be too much commotion during shooting.

But you never know.

Posted by:

Chepe16

November 6, 2008

WTF? They should had just called it MERCENARIES. You know the video game that came out a few weeks ago from EA. "Oh No You Didn't!"

Posted by:

Swinger

November 6, 2008

WOW!
Stallone, Statham and Jet Li in one movie?
Yeah@!!!!!

Posted by:

Keith

November 6, 2008

I love the last Rambo and Rocky and I am all for it with Stallone writing and directing this. He's shown to us how good of a writer he can be. But I'd hope he would recast Jet Li and Statham to say...Bruce Willis and Robert De Niro!

Posted by:

Justin

November 6, 2008

This is AWESOME!!!!!

Posted by:

Edward Lee

November 6, 2008

Stallone, Statham AND Jet Li?!?!

Just say when, and I'll be in the front row!

Posted by:

Sting McQueef

November 6, 2008

That's some impressive cast for what looks like a promising action movie. If Our Man Sly manages to make it half as good as ROCKY BALBOA and RAMBO IV then we're in for a treat. And if he manages to really hit the next level of his craft and make it more than just all-out action (something RAMBO IV was trying to achieve and almost got right IMHO) then it could be a f***ing kick in the nuts for all those pansy-a$$ action-comedies flooding our screens, where CGI makes up for their lack of heart like Iron Man or Hancock.