The Expendables Reviews, Interviews & More
Sylvester Stallone, who has excitedly taken to Twitter like your annoying aunt who thinks it’s “cute” to Tweet every last random filament of thought flitting through her head, has been using the social media platform to discuss his search for the perfect director for The Expendables 3. Stallone directed the first film, and Simon West directed the second, and...
If there’s one thing Sylvester Stallone knows how to do, it’s return to back to the well over and over and over and over and over again (see: Rocky II-VI, Rambo II-IV). As such, following the surprise success of The Expendables, he quickly gave the world The Expendables II. And with The Expendables II...
Despite the fact that The Expendables 2 did middling business compared to its surprise success of the 2010 original, producer Adi Shankar is still moving forward with his “OK, we’re pretty much ripping off The Expendables, but with women!” film project, which will gather together a host of cinema’s most badass leading ladies for an action film project...
It seems the Expendables phenomenon is a force not to be reckoned with; the successful action extravaganza has given new life to Arnie and Sly's flagging careers, there’s already a second sequel potentially in the works, and now we’ve heard news of an all-female incarnation. Excited? Then read on for more.
Next weekend brings us The Apparition - a ghost story movie - and Premium Rush, which was supposed to come out in January. That's a roundabout way of saying that this is the last week of summer for big movies, and if it's going to go out, it's going out with a bang.
With The Expendables 2 opening this weekend, it unites Sylvester Stallone (age 66) with Chuck Norris (72), Arnold Schwarzenegger (65) and Bruce Willis (57). In this case it's the years and the mileage. But having a bunch of geriatrics deliver death blows in nothing new in cinema, and many of our favorite masters of putting foot-to-ass could collect Social Security....
Though The Expendables 2 doesn't hit theaters until Friday, one of the film's producers is already talking about who they want for the third film. Producer Avi Lerner threw out four names, Clint Eastwood, Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford, and Nicolas Cage. And he says they've already got Cage lined up.
If you’ll recall, back in January, Chuck Norris demanded that The Expendables 2 be downgraded from a hard R like its predecessor to a lighter PG-13 because, quote, “so kids can see it.” Because, as you know, if there’s one thing children need to be watching, it’s Chuck Norris and a cache of 1980s action stars pretending to murder a lot of people.
How do you screw up the excitement for the cheesy goodness that is The Expendables 2? I mean, you’ve got an action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and Jason Statham—it’s going to be big, stupid fun, right? So how do you knock the goodwill for the film down a peg? You release a...
Looking as if Sylvester Stallone took one look at the horrible theatrical poster for The Dark Knight Rises and said, “hey could we do that, but even crappier?,” the final theatrical poster for The Expendables 2 is a sight to behold. Featuring cartoonish flames, photoshopped heads floating on top of bodies, and actors with about 25 years sandblasted off of their faces,...
It looks like Lionsgate may be turning some of their properties into television shows. What could be on that list, considering they now own Summit Entertainment's titles as well? It sounds like The Expendables, Step Up and Red are being thrown around for possible series consideration. Interesting...
Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing “I’m back!,” Jason Statham stabbing a groom at a wedding and declaring “I now pronounce you man and knife,” and Sylvester Stallone crashing an airplane into a train tunnel in the side of a mountain, the trailer for The Expendables 2 features some of the most ludicrous action clichés committed to celluloid since...
They’re baaaaaack—no, not The Expendables, that group of Canon Films fodder from the 1980s and 1990s, here to resuscitate the adenoidal action films of the 80s—rather, the trailer for the trailer has returned. After seeing annoying trailers for trailer for films like the Total Recall reboot as well as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, we...
Oh, boy. Walking internet meme/fictional Texas Ranger Chuck Norris, in case you didn’t know, is a cast member of the upcoming Expendables 2 action film (along with pretty much every other action star ever). What you might not know (and what has yet to be officially confirmed) is that Norris refused to sign on to The Expendables 2 unless the violence and language...
Brace yourselves, folks—you are about to witness the most testosterone-heavy 60 second clip you have ever, or likely will ever, witness. Seriously, this thing is the visual equivalent of eating a pound of raw meat, going to the gym for an hour, and then challenging a stranger to a bloody streetfight. Also, like those things, it’s kind of really dumb (but in a fun way). What am I...
Sad news to report today. During a second unit filming of an explosion effect for the upcoming and wholly necessary Expendables sequel, one stuntman was critically wounded while another, unfortunately, died instantly in the accident in the pyrotechnics accident.
Twitter, now a place for movie news! Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently shooting The Expendables 2 in Bulgaria and is reuniting with his costars Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone for his scenes. How do we know? Schwarzenegger tweeted this picture to confirm it. The film is scheduled to open in August 2012.
Oh, sweet lord. It looks like The Expendables 2 is set to launch the highest combination of Viagra and steroids on movies screens, well, ever—Deadline reports that Sylvester Stallone-starring sequel to the 2010 surprise hit is finally going to give in to every action fanboy wishlist that was crafted anytime between 1984 and 1989: the film will...
Oh boy oh boy oh boy—as a fan of good bad movies, this news warms my bitter, cheesy movie-loving heart—The Expendables 2: Help Stallone Cash In All The Chips He Possibly Can During This Brief And Inexplicable Resurgence Of His Popularity has been given an official release date for next year, meaning that 2012 is going to be the best year of my moving-going...
Could you image The Expendables without Sylvester Stallone being involved in every little part of the development and production process? The man owned the 80's action genre of which the movie payed homage to so it only seems right that he would pen and direct the sequel. Unfortunately, 24 Frames claims that Stallone might be handing off those reigns to...
