Film & TV Arnold's Return Confirmed w/ Stallone

[PaulyPac]

February 25, 2009 - After some back and forth reports in the media, it has been confirmed that California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will indeed make his return to the silver screen in director-star Sylvester Stallone's merc movie The Expendables.

Stallone's publicist confirmed for The Associated Press that the actor-politician will shoot a cameo for the action flick later this year. Schwarzenegger will shoot his scene in Los Angeles. His role? Why, governor of California, of course!

In addition to Stallone, The Expendables also stars Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker. Filming begins in late March in Brazil before moving on to New Orleans.


Cast

Mickey Rourke ... Emanuel

Jason Statham ... Lee Christmas

Sylvester Stallone ... Barney Ross

Arnold Schwarzenegger ...the gov

Sandra Bullock ... (rumored)

Jet Li ... Kong Kao

Ben Kingsley ... Monroe (rumored)

Eric Roberts

Dolph Lundgren ... Gunnar Jensen

Forest Whitaker ... Agent Will Sands

Robert Knepper ... Richard (rumored)

Scott Adkins ... Dan Paine (rumored)

David Zayas ... Garza
Randy Couture ... Hale Caesar
Aaron Aguilera ... Hector


IGN: Arnold's Return Confirmed

Holy shit Dolph Lundgren!!!

 

[2Pax]

Wow, some action hall of famers in there. Shame the average age is like 70 lol.

 

[yak pac fatal]

^LOL

i miss seeing arnold on the big screen

 

[Flipmo]

Hollywood isn't the same without Arnie, that's for sure.

Quite the cast of hall of fame 80s & 90s action stars.

 

[_carmi]

The question is will this movie be good?

 

[S. Fourteen]

The real question is - does it have Bruce Willis?

 

[TheCat]

^^^
good question


i dont give a fuck about Dulph. the man truly is the worse 80s action star next to Steven Seagal. speaking of the pony tail bastard. i hope he doesnt show up either.

i do like the idea of the 80s all star cast, so they should get rid of jet li and Jason. keep it real retro.

Hey what about Jean Claude Van Damme.
that would kick ass!

 

[PaulyPac]

Stallone's Expendables - Now With Stone Cold Charisma

Pro Wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin and former Buffy star Charisma Carpenter have joined the ranks of Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, a film about a group of mercenaries who are, as the title suggests, expendable, that are sent on a suicide mission to overthrow a South American dictator.

Austin and Carpenter join a cast list that already reads like a top ten of bargain-basement favourites, and there's something inherently cool about that. The Expendables will also star Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Sandra Bullock, Forest Whitaker...the list goes on, it's actually kind of insane. Oh, and Stallone himself.

What Stallone seems to be doing here is an incredibly, incredibly smart thing: rounding up all the old-style action heroes, a dying breed, and teaming them up with a few people who could perpetuate the Hollywood staple. Heck some of them are trying already (yes, you Mr Statham). I guess that means all he needs to complete this trend are appearances by Bruce Willis, The Rock and Vin Diesel; sadly The Muscles from Brussels already turned him down.

 

[TheCat]

fuck Vin Diesel..

let his career die.

 

[FroDawgg]

i heard that they replaced Whitaker with...are you ready?...50 Cent, according to mtv.com.

because 50 is as great of an actor as forest:notrust:

 

[Flipmo]

Why did Van Damme turn it down. He's the shit. Look at him, he's coked up half the time doing that flying kick through the air.

 

[PaulyPac]

Why did Van Damme turn it down. He's the shit. Look at him, he's coked up half the time doing that flying kick through the air.

Why Van Damme Turned Down Stallone’s ‘Expendables’ - Screen Rant

 

[PaulyPac]

SpoilerTv has the first photos from the Rio de Janeiro set of Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. On Twitter, Stallone explained that he “had to chase a seaplane along a pier and jump inside which was like running headlong into hurricane Katrina.” The actor/director met with select Brazilian press before production began, and offered this insight into what the film is about:

“It’s a 1980s movie with today’s technology,” Stallone told Collider. “But in those days, the female leading character was a helpless girl, waiting to be rescued by the hero. Now we have a very strong female character that evolved to this form while I was writing the script. But except for this, yes, it’s a 1980s movie.”