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If you’re excited about The Expendables, then you may want to check out this interview with writer, Chuck Dixon, who is writing the prequel Expendables comic.

On January 6, 2010, TheDailyMail.co.uk posted an item with the following headline: “Sylvester Stallone Breaks His Neck Shotting Fight Scene in Veteran Action Heroes’ Movie”.  The report comes from an interview that Sly gave to FHM magazine.  In the interview Sly talked about how tough the shoot on “The Expendables” was, partly because of all the testosterone on the set.  Of course with Sly, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li and Randy Couture what else would you expect?  The DailyMail goes on to quote what Sly told FHM:

“Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other’s ass, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy.

‘Actually, my fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I’m not joking.

‘I haven’t told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck.’

You can read the full DailyMail report here.

As you can imagine the Stallone injury story was picked up and ran all over the net.  Here are just a few of the places:

• ProWrestling.net: Former WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin Breaks Sylvester Stallone’s Neck
• PWTorch.com: Sylvester Stallone Reveals Steve Austin Broke His Neck During Filming
• TheSun: Sly Neck Busted in Film Fight
• HeraldSun: Sylvester Stallone Reveals He Broke Neck, Needed Metal Plate
• Stuff.co.nz: Stallone Breaks Neck
• The Press Association: Sly Broke Neck
• The Wrestling Daily: Austin Breaks Sylvester Stallone’s Neck
• IAfrica.com: Stallone Breaks His Neck
• EntertainmentWise: Sylvester Stallone Recalls Horror
• Times Live: Sylvester Stallone Breaks Neck
• BBC News: Sylvester Stallone Injures Neck
  
• Bild.com: Star Hurt Filming “The Expendables”
• PeaceFMOnline: Sylvester Stallone Broke Neck
• EnjoyFrance.com: Sylvester Stallone Tells FHM of Injury
• MyFoxDetroit: Sly Stallone Broke Neck
• Times of India: Stallone Undergoes Neck Surgery
• TheStar.com: Stallone Broke Neck
• Film Shaft.com: Stallone Broke His Neck
• The First Post: Tough-Guy Movie Leaves Sylvester Stallone With a Broken Neck
• UPI.com: Stallone Injured Neck
• NY Daily News: Ouch! Sylvester Stallone Reveals
• Zap To It: Sly Stallone Broke His Neck
• USA Today: Sylvester Stallone - “I Now Have a Metal…”

On December 25, 2009, Digital Sports Daily.com posted up several photos from the Cavaliers/Lakers game.  One of the photos was of Sly and is posted above.  You can see the rest by going here.

This week we have Jack Carter as realized by Tom Hodges.  I discovered Tom’s art through his DA site and then last August, Tom had a 24 Hour Draw-A-Thon live on UStream.  I got on board and commissioned the Jack Carter above and a Rambo which will be posted in a few weeks.  Tom still draws regularly on UStream and it’s always fun watching him go at it.

On December 26, 2009, The Daily Mail posted the photo above of Sly and “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere at the Lakers’ game from the day before.  You can read the whole article by clicking here.

Actor Sylvester Stallone appears during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Actor Sylvester Stallone attends the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Los Angeles December 25, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

This week we have Dave Wachter’s take on Sly as Cosmo Carboni from “Paradise Alley”.  I’d never seen Dave’s art until this year at HeroesCon.  I immediately got on board for the sketch above.  Since then I’ve picked up two more small pieces from Dave.  He’s talented and very reasonably priced.  You can see more of Dave’s art at his site.  Plan to spend a while!

I received an e-mail from SZoner, Herve Attia, who has impressed fans with his talent and dedication to re-visiting all of the locations used in filming “First Blood”.  Here’s what Herve had to say:

Dear Craig,

“On The Set of First Blood Part 4 - VC Commander” has been released today.  It can be watched at this link.  This is probably the final installment. I guess we have covered all the relevant First Blood filming locations. It has been fun to make.

Thanks again Herve for sharing your talent with us.  Also a special thanks for making the StalloneZone a small part of the video!  Thanks also to Raven! - Craig

I received an e-mail from Bill Pruitt saying that fellow artist and friend, Michael Joseph, passed away on December 8th at the age of 43.  Michael’s art had appeared on the StalloneZone before and received a lot of praise.  Bill thought that SZoners would want to know.  Here’s a link to Michael Joseph’s site.  He was a talented man and will be missed.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans. - Craig