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Mickey Rourke Joins Sly's Expendables

January 6, 2009

Mickey Rourke has joined The Expendables, the action adventure to be directed by, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone at Nu Image/Millennium Films.

Rourke will play an unscrupulous arms dealer who becomes the go-to guy for a group of mercenaries planning to topple a South American dictator.

Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture and Dolph Lungdren play the title characters. Forest Whitaker and Ben Kingsley are also circling the project.

The Expendables begins shooting in March in Brazil. Avi Lerner, John Tompson and Kevin King Templeton are producing, with Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short and Danny Dimbort executive producers.

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COMMENTS (55)

Posted by:

gneah3

January 7, 2009

thats so awesome i loved Rourke in The Wrestler.

Posted by:

JoJo

January 7, 2009

Holy crap!! This just keeps getting better and better!!!

Posted by:

Vealsucks

January 7, 2009

This is now my most anticipated film of 2009.

Forget Watchmen.

Forget Avatar.

It's a Sly Stallone directed/starring movie with Rourke, Jet Li, Lungdren, Whitaker, and Kingsley.

EPIC.

Posted by:

Spaz

January 7, 2009

What a cast that's coming together on this. Amazing.

Posted by:

Pro

January 7, 2009

All they need is another recent comeback actor... I recommend Jean Claude Van Damme... even if its a flop, what a marvelous flop it will be. I will go see it either way.

Posted by:

BigGrim79

January 7, 2009

This is going to be one kick ass movie buts its making me ask the question who is next to jopin the cast? JCVD?

Posted by:

ico

January 7, 2009

This is turning out to be the coolest cast ever.

Posted by:

Jason1978

January 7, 2009

All this movie needs is Chuck Norris and Steven Segal!