Category: Expendables II

Dolph Talks Expendables & More

Craig / / 2011, Celebs, Expendables, Expendables II, Rocky IV

On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Jason Rugaard at Movie Mavericks posted an interview with Dolph Lundgren who happened to mention Sly a few times.  Here are a couple of tidbits:

  • Physically ‘Rocky IV’ was very special. We didn’t use any doubles, there was no CGI, and you couldn’t augment anything. We just had to be in great shape, and both Sly [Stallone] and I were…  I enjoyed ‘The Expendables’ too, even though I didn’t take my shirt off, I had to bulk up a bit because I was surrounded by guys like ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and a few boys that aren’t exactly small. In cinema today there aren’t that many big guys around, but in that film we had a bunch.
  • J: Recently some footage surfaced of you and Stallone in Mexico. Internet speculation was that you were location scouting for ‘Expendables 2′. Can you comment on this? 

    DL: Ya, we were scouting a couple of locations, but I don’t think it will be shot there for whatever reasons. Though It will be filmed on multiple locations in France, China, and Ukraine. I’m not 100% sure when it will happen because Stallone is doing a couple of movies and I have a few other movies, but I’ll find out in the next couple of weeks.

  • I have always been grateful towards Stallone for giving me my shot in ‘Rocky IV’, and then again in ‘The Expendables’. Anytime he wanted to use footage of Ivan Drago, that was fine with me.
  • J: In early drafts of ‘The Expendables’ script your character was a clear-cut drug addict and psychopath. Was it a conscious decision to scale the character back? 

    DL: The original drafts were good, my character was a loose cannon a little more out there, but I think Stallone made the right decision by pulling him back a little. Some of it was cut out before it was shot, you kind of understood that he maybe had problems with drugs, but you weren’t sure. You never saw the guy use in the movie, I think that it made him easier to forgive. In the long term, I think it was a good choice.

You can read the full piece here.  Thanks to Jason Rugaard the great interview and heads-up! – Craig

 

 

 

Stallone “May Not” Makes Big News

Craig / / 2011, Expendables, Expendables II

On March 8, 2011, the Los Angeles Times posted a piece by Steven Zeitchik titled “The Expendables Aims to Come Back — But with Stallone in a Different Guise.”  Here are some tidbits…

  • The follow-up movie is a priority at producer Millennium Films, where it’s being developed by  Stallone, the creative force behind the original. But Stallone, who both starred in and directed the 2010 summer hit, isn’t, at the moment, planning on helming the new movie. Instead, he’s been meeting with directors to tackle the sequel,,,
  • The script for the new movie has been written by David Agosto and Ken Kaufman…
  • Made essentially outside the studio system and distributed by Lionsgate, “The Expendables” became a $275-million global grosser on the strength of an action-hero ensemble cast that included Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Steve Austin.

 

You can read the full piece here.

As you can imagine this made headlines at other sites:

 

 

Stallone Says Sheen May Be Expendable

Craig / / 2010, Celebs, Expendables II

Charlie Sheen has had his share of ups and downs.  This week wasn’t an up… until word got out that Sly had talked to Sheen about a potential role in The Expendables II.  It wasn’t long until the news was showing up at…

Speculation on Expendables II

Craig / / 2010, Expendables II

This week there has been a lot of speculation about Expendables II:

Mike Tyson for Expendables II?

Craig / / 2010, Expendables II

On September 15, 2010, Showbiz Spy posted that Sly is interested in getting Mike Tyson on board for Expendables II.  According to the report…

“Sly likes the idea of using guys with their own fan base who people will be intrigued to see on film,” says a movie insider.

“Mike has some experience with movies and audiences loved him in The Hangover. And Sly knows Rocky versus Iron Mike Tyson would be great box office.”

You can read the full piece here.