Category: Expendables

SZoner, Chris sent in the following cover to a French magazine with an Expendables cover.  Thanks to Chris for sharing.

On July 1, 2010, The Den of Geek posted a piece titled, “The Five Films that can Save the Summer.” It starts by saying…

It’s been Hollywood’s worst blockbuster season in years. But hope may be around the corner, as the back end of the summer schedule boasts a collection of films that may just save the season…

Of course The Expendables is one of the five films positioned to save the season.  Here’s a taste of why:

There’s nothing at this stage you can tell us now to dissuade us from seeing The Expendables…

What we’re looking for from The Expendables, though, is an action picture that’s unashamedly schooled in the 80s.

The Expendables we’re hoping, will be that too, albeit with a fair bit more in its tank. And with Stallone and co eagerly eyeing a potential sequel – and we’re happy to suggest a cast list – the hope is that this is just the start of something that will be in our lives for years to come.

To see the other four films that made the cut and to read the full Expendables write-up, simply click here.

FirstShowing.net posted a new trailer for The Expendables which you can see here.

On June 28, 2010, The New York Times posted an article by Michael Cieply called The Return of the Action Flick All Stars.  In the piece, Cieply looks at The Expendables.  Here are a few of the highlights…

… “The Expendables,” a relatively high-budget production from the usually low-budget operators Nu Image and Millennium Films, is beginning to look like a potential late-summer winner for Lionsgate, which is to release it on Aug. 13, after a big promotional push at the Comic-Con International fan convention in late July.

An early press screening at Lionsgate’s Santa Monica headquarters last week drew a full house and whoops in all the right places as Mr. Stallone led his hired guns on a mission to a drug-infested island.

Stuff explodes. Men die. Cigars are smoked in (short) contemplative moments in a movie whose script is credited to David Callaham and Mr. Stallone, but that owes much to precedents like “The Professionals,” “The Wild Bunch” and “The Dirty Dozen.”

“The Expendables” was wrangled from Warner Brothers, where the film, then called “Barrow,” was born about six years ago in a pitch by Mr. Callaham, who was working with the producers Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road Pictures and Guymon Casady of Management 360.

Asked what had killed classic action films like his “Rambo” and “Rocky” series —which each eked out a respectable performance with retro-style sequels in the past few years — Mr. Stallone answered in a word: “technology.”

When stars could “Velcro their muscles on, it was over,” he said.

Mr. Stallone said he would like next to play the mobster John Gotti in a father-and-son story, and has been spending time with John Gotti Jr., trying to get a film started.

Go here to read the full article.

Here’s The Expendables cover to Impact magazine.  Thanks to SZoner, Jox for the original link.

News of the World.co.uk posted a first look at the UK poster for The Expendables.

Here’s a reminder that on June 23rd, the LA Film Festival is hosting an event with Sly live!  You can read more about it here the LA Times’ LA Film Festival Cheat Sheet.