The Expendables trailer is fun, I like it. Although this promotional reel is not really a trailer. It’s more of a promotional piece for distribution. But, it’s fun to watch. The one-liners are hilarious and very real by writer and director Sylvester Stallone. It looks like he has hit pay dirt, a real winner here folks. The live action movie is set to be released August 20, 2010, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas and Amin Joseph. The movie centers on a team of mercenaries on a tough mission to overthrow a South American dictator.
It might surprise you to know that both Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwartzenegger will be back to take on the action movie world in 2010’s The Expendables. It might be especially surprising since, at last report, California was one bus token away from complete fiscal Armageddon, so what is the governor doing running around in movies?
But anyway! A trailer was successfully bootlegged out of Venice for The Expendables, and we’ve got it directly below thanks to the magic of YouTube.
If you think it looks a lot like every other movie Stallone was ever in, then you’re probably not too far off. Except, of course, this one has Jason Statham. And Jason Statham is pretty much always awesome.
The teaser trailer, meanwhile, is of relatively poor quality but such is the way that all bootlegs pretty much go. You will, however, get to see how very cookie-cutter this action flick will be in advance, so you’ll know in advance if you want to see it. Frankly, I’m probably in because I enjoy this kind of mindless eye-candy. And somewhere, an entire studio hopes against hope that you will be too.
Some time has passed since the Internet has carried anything to do with The Expendables. Some say that shooting is either done or very close to wrapping it up with the movie. But this picture did surface at Empire’s website of Mickey Rourke tattooing the back of Sylvester Stallone. I must admit, Rourke is one busy dude. He’s showing up on movie sets here and there and everywhere. Anyway, I like this shot. There is something nostalgic about it, seeing Rourke and Stallone together in such a dynamically light scene.
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Lionsgate has recently revealed some extremely cool outdoor art for the highly anticipated Sylvester Stallone film, The Expendables, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The posters are posted up all over Cannes. Jean who’s working on the publicity for Sly’s movie sent these to Screenhead. The outdoor art creates quite an effect.
AICN posted this exclusive shot of the man himself, Sly, pulling himself up on a seaplane. Yikes. Click on the picture to get all the details at AICN. Sly is the man!
More casting news: Brittany Murphy and David Zayas have joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming steroid-fueled action film The Expendables.
The film will follow a group of mercenaries who are sent to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator (played by Zayas). Murphy will play Mickey Rourke’s character’s girlfriend, a singer, and will perform a musical number.
Other cast members include Stallone himself, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts and Charisma Carpenter.
Production began this week in Brazil; it will later move to Louisiana.
The Expendables cast grows bigger as the trades are reporting that the Brazilian duo The Nogueria Brothers and Lyoto Machida have been offered roles in Stallone’s upcoming action film.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and his twin brother Antonio Rogerio Nogueira are two of the biggest named in MMA. Rodrigo is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master while Rogerio was the 2006 and 2007 Brazilian super heavyweight boxing champion.
Meanwhile, Lyoto Carvalho Machida holds an undefeated MMA record having never lost a single round in the UFC.
If the trio join the film, they will be playing alongside a whos-who list of action stars, including Jet Li, Jason Statham, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, Randy Couture and many others.
Variety reports that WWE veteran “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy, Angel) have joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables.
The film, written and directed by Stallone himself, will follow a team of mercenaries who go on a mission to overthrow a South American dictator.
Other members of the superstar cast include Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Forest Whitaker, Randy Couture, Stallone and many others.
Following word that Sandra Bullock is no longer in The Expendables, Variety reports that Mickey Rourke has joined the cast for Sylvester Stallone’s project.
Rourke will play an arms dealer who becomes to go-to guy for a group of mercenaries who hope to topple a South American dictator. Stallone himself, along with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture and Dolph Lundgren star in the film, which will also star Forest Whitaker and Ben Kingsley.
The film begins shooting in Brazil this March. Avi Lerner, John Thompson and Kevin King Templeton are producing.
Following up on our last report, it appears Sandra Bullock won’t be in Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. However, Stallone himself has confirmed that Oscar winner Forest Whitaker will be a part of the cast after all.
Whitaker is now set to play the CIA liaison who sends the group of mercenaries to South America to overthrow an evil dictator. The cast also includes Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and many others.
Stallone also revealed that he is trying to get Sir Ben Kingsley onboard the project. Shooting begins next month.