A not very action orientated photo from Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. No explosions, no guns, no fights, just two dudes tattooing and sitting on motor bikes. I wonder if they like snails or oysters?
We are all looking forward to the feature length version of Robert Rodriguez's Machete.
We all knew Machete was one of the few trailers from the Tarantino / Rodriguez Grindhouse projects that was going to eventually see the light of day as a full length feature.- Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced their release plans for the long awaited 3-D motion capture feature film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Kathleen Kennedy. The highly anticipated film will be released by Paramount in the U.S. on December 23, 2011. The film will launch internationally in late October and early November, 2011 with Sony Pictures Releasing International handling Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and India, and Paramount distributing the film in Asia, Australia, UK and all other English speaking territories.
- James Clyne, one of the concept artists on the recent film release of Star Trek, has put up some sketches of his work for the film on his official site.
- Hung, HBO's new series starring Thomas Jane as a divorced dad with a huge penis who decides to get into porn, kicks off its ten-episode first season run on June 28th at 10pm ET/PT.
- The Sex and the City sequel is scheduled to begin a two-month shoot in New York City on August 19th, with two weeks filming in London - full details
- Ana de la Reguera ("Nacho Libre") has joined the cast of Kevin Smith’s A Couple of Dicks as the third major lead. Reguera plays a Mexican beauty named Gabriela, who is rescued by two veteran LAPD detectives (Bruce Willis & Tracy Morgan) and might hold the key to millions in laundered drug money - full details
- "The IT Crowd" star Chris O'Dowd talks to Suicide Girls a little about his Gulliver's Travels role.
- "We're about halfway through. Most of my stuff is still left. I've done a couple of scenes" says Dolph Lundgren this week about his work on The Expendables - full details
- Breck Eisner has dropped out of directing Universal's 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' remake. As of right now the re-imagining is being penned and produced by Gary Ross, whose father wrote the original - full details
Here are a few photos from the set of Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. As you can see Rocky and Ivan Drago are about to have a rematch on the streets of New Orleans.
Dolph Lundgren is looking really well and I forgot how big he was. The photo of him below reminds me of a comic book character but I can't think who.
Above Dolph is doing his best impression of a Terminator hunting down Stallone!
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Finally we have some posters for the action stars action film.
AICN had this pretty cool photo from Sylvester Stallone's film, The Expendables.
Recently the news came to pass that Forest Whitaker would not be starring in The Expendables. He was replaced by 50 Cent who was replaced by Terry Crews. I still think Carl "Action Jackson" Weathers should have been the guy.I know that many people on the site have asked for Kurt Russell. I asked for him too. Actually, I was taken aback when asked to put the request in a letter and send it to his agent. Subsequently, I was called back by the agent several days later after refusing to send a letter and he said Kurt Russell is not interested in ‘ensemble acting’ at this time.
So, People, I came, I saw, I failed.
Best,
Sly
First is was Forest Whitaker, then it was 50 Cent who was down to play Hale Caeser in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Now it has changed again. Stallone got in touch with Harry Knowles over at AICN with the update.So... who is Hale Caesar?I think this is a much better choice than 50 Cent. Crews has been in Idiocracy, Get Smart, Everybody Hates Chris, Terminator Salvation and loads more. He's also due to star in Game with Gerard Butler - the first person shooter film where gamers control real people.
First off - he's 6'2 & a half" and BIG. He's a former San Diego Charger. He made his screen debut with Arnold Schwarzeneggar in THE 6TH DAY. And his most recent film will be this summer's Arnie-less TERMINATOR SALVATION. He is TERRY CREWS. Not necessarily a big name, but a big man to take his place among other big men. As I said, Sly seems very enthusiastic about this fella and I look forward to seeing what Terry Crews has in store for us.
Filming for The Expendables had to be pushed back a month which meant Forest Whitaker had to bow out to due to scheduling conflicts. Sylvester Stallone sent these letters over to AICN. The first one mentions the various character names and points out that Curtis Jackson (50 Cent) has replaced Forest Whitaker in the film.Dear Harry,Oh well, he does stand by his decision. Pity Whitaker can't be in it. I've never seen 50 Cent in one of his acting roles so I'm not really in a position to comment. Do you think he is a good choice for the film or has Stallone dropped the ball on this one?
Below is a letter that I sent to the Stallone Zone that I had also wanted to
send to you because I have the same loyalty to your site as well. Anyway, it
might temper preconceived opinions.
Thank you and best,
Sly
P.S. Also, for clarification:
Hale Caesar is Curtis Jackson
Toll Road (new character) is Randy Couture
Monroe is Eric Roberts
Tool (an ex-Expendable) is Mickey Rourke
Bao is Jet Li
Lee Christmas is Jason Statham
Lacy is Charisma Carpenter
Sandra is Giselle Itie (famous Brazilian actress)
And
Barney 'the schizo' Ross is Yours Truly.
P.S.S. By the way, there's enough testosterone and ego in this film to float
a large continent covered in elephants, but I'm enjoying it.
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Dear Craig,
I appreciate the incredible amount of work you've done on my behalf. Please
tell the loyal followers to be positive not negative in their feedback. I am
not self-destructive. The anger of the casting of 50 Cent is understandable,
but not fair. A player is only as good as his coach. If a man can
communicate in one medium, he can communicate in another if his strengths
are brought out and he has the support of well-wishers. So, trust me, the
change of Forest Whitaker to 50 Cent AKA Curtis Jackson is a good one. No
one thought Dolph Lundgren was a good choice for ROCKY or Mr. T. Carl
Weathers was an afterthought when Ken Naughton fell out. The same with Talia
Shire and Richard Crenna, who was known as a comedic actor, not a serious
one.
Nobody wanted Eric Roberts over Ben Kingsley, but I believe it's a vastly
improved casting. The point is, you either believe in me and the project,
setting your personal feelings aside, or you take a darker approach, which
really serves no purpose since your insight and suggestions and overall
enthusiasm are a great thrill for me to behold everyday I sign on.
Signing off -
Your friend,
Sly
Some more casting news for Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables has hit.
In a recent story from The Arnold Fans the site caught up with California Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger at the "2009 Arnold Classic." Here is what Arnold had to say about Terminator Salvation and The Expendables.I have seen the movie, but I have not seen it as a finished product yet. I have not seen it yet with the Terminator special effects and some of the sound and the music is not in there yet and so on. So I really cannot comment on it, what the movie will be like as a finished product. There's a rule that you never talk about a movie unless you have seen the finished product. But you know as I said to the director when they began that I wish them the best of luck, that I'm happy that they move forward with the franchise, I am very happy with where I am with my profession as the governor and they should try to find a way of doing a story that does not include me at all, not even one single shot in it. I don't believe in that. To kind of have them go out and promote the movie and say you know Arnold is in the movie and everyone thinks that I'm the Terminator and in fact you only see one second of me in there and so I don't think thats the right thing to do. And you know that's the danger of that, and that's why I feel reluctant to be part of the movie in the first place. So it doesn't get promoted that way.Regarding The Expendables:
But to talk about Sly's movie you know Sly and I we became very good friends over the last 10, 15 years, especially since the Planet Hollywood days. And we've traveled all around the world. and we've had a terrific time and so he was very helpful to me when I ran for governor. Or with any of the initiatives that were on ballot, he came to fundraising in different places and he was always there to pump up the people and all that. So I... naturally when he asked me if I would do a cameo, which will just be something quick, like I walk out of a hotel or out of a office building and he will walk up and we will bump into each other and there will be some mumbling and then we will walk off (crowd laughs). So it will be something very simple, that will be again, just a cameo, so that's what we're going to do. I promised him I'd do that and I'm looking forward to that. Ok? Good.Source: MovieWeb
Former action star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will cameo as himself in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables reports AICN. Arnie will shoot a one day cameo appearance in the action-team up film in which a team of mercenaries is sent to infiltrate a South American country to overthrow the ruthless dictator and liberate the country. Eric Roberts will replace Ben Kingsley in the role of a corrupt CIA agent. Latino Review adds that Danny Trejo has landed a role in the film as well.
Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain," "The Ice Storm") is in talks to direct the film version of Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi for Fox 2000 reports Variety. The coming-of-age story revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger.
Aaron Rapke and Stewart Kaye ("The Money Shot") are set to pen the action comedy School for Scumbags reports Variety. Based on Danny King's novel, the story centers on a teen who, after being expelled from a long list of schools, lands at a campus for "misdirected" teens where the teachers are actually professional thieves who teach them to execute the heist of the century.Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd are in talks to star opposite Reese Witherspoon in James L. Brooks' romantic comedy currently titled How Do You Know? for Sony Pictures says Variety. Rudd would play a white-collar executive vying for Witherspoon's affections, while Wilson would portray a professional baseball pitcher who is also a love interest.
Evan Jones ("Jarhead," "October Road") is set to star in Warner Bros.' futuristic western The Book of Eli says The Hollywood Reporter. In "Eli," Jones will play the leader of a quartet of bikers who tussle with Eli (Denzel Washington).Could be the last chance to see Dolph in a low budget direct to DVD film before he hits the big time again in The Expendables.
