Sylvester Stallone to Direct Jason Statham and Jet Li
By Mali Elfman
That’s right. You’ve got three genres of action all coming together in The Expendables. The film will star all three action heroes Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li in a film written and soon to be directed by Stallone.
Stallone said about the film: “Making films with Nu Image/Millennium gives me as the director the opportunity to make the films I envision,” Stallone said. “I am happy to be partnering with them again and am looking forward to working with Jason and Jet.”
The film is about a team that is sent on jobs that no one else will do. In the film they are “sent to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator to liberate the population.” Sounds pretty bad-ass to me.
The film is part of a two-picture deal Stallone has with Nu Image/Millennium Films. Principal photography is set to begin in Costa Rica and Louisiana in February 2009.
Source: THR
