Category: Expendables

Sly Sued

Craig / / 2011, Expendables

A Connecticut screenwriter has sued Sly claiming “The Expendables” closely resembles a screenplay he wrote called “The Cordoba Caper.” The suit doesn’t say how Sly or his co-writer might have ever seen Webb’s script.

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Mike Torrance Takes a Shot at Barney Ross

Craig / / 2011, Craig's Sly Art, Expendables

Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd created the art above earlier this week.  It’s his take on Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables.   

Mike Torrance can do it all – pencils, inks and colors. You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd and his Deviant Art site.  Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.   You’re also going to be happy to know that once a month Mike has a contest for someone to win a free sketchcard!

 

Barney Ross “Expendables” Statue!

Craig / / 2011, Expendables

Sylvester Stallone fans are going to love this Barney Ross statue sculpted by SZoner, Edinho Maga!  From the HCG website:

  • From the new Sylvester Stallone action franchise The Expendables, we present this 1:6 scale statue of Sylvester Stallone as “Barney Ross”. Depicting his first encounter with General Garza’s soldiers, Sly is still in civilian attire, but still all action with pistol blazing! 
     
    This highly detailed 1:6 scale statue stands approx 14″ tall, and features an authentic likeness of Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross. Constructed from heavyweight polystone and then hand painted to the finest detail, it comes complete with a movie themed display base.There is no HCG Exclusive version of this piece. However if you like low serial #’s, we are reserving # 1 to # 100 for retail customers only. So the first 100 retail orders will receive the desirable low edition numbers!

Strictly Limited to 500 Pieces Worldwide.  $149.95 and HCG 4 Pay is available

As an added bonus for SZoners, if you use the coupon code “Barney” at checkout you will receive a 10% discount thanks to Mark and the fine folks at HCG! My guess is that this statue will sell out fast, so get your order in early if you want one! – Craig

 

The Expendables Game w/ SZoner Input!

Craig / / 2011, Expendables

I was recently contacted by Rod J. Walters who is the lead developer on The Expendables game.  As you can see from the image above and many more on the site, Rod and his team are well on their way to creating one of the most realistic games possible.  Rod has asked me to come on as a detail advisor.  Rod also said that they have more positions available to fill within his team.  He’ll let us know about that. 

I’ve created a locked thread for Rod to communicate directly with SZoners on our StalloneZone Message Board.  This is a wonderful opportunity.  Let the fun begin!

 

 

 

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: