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Sly & Arnold Marks the Return?

Craig / April 25, 2010April 25, 2010 / 2010, Celebs, Expendables

On April 18, 2010, The Los Angeles Times took a look at Arnold’s cameo in The Expendables and asks the question: Does this mark the return of the Governator to movies?

You can read the full article right here.

Scoring The Expendables

Craig / April 25, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

On April 19, 2010, The New York Times posted an article titled: Summer Blockbusters Present Musical Challenges. Although the article focused on the challenges of creating a new musical score for Iron Man 2, there was this interesting tidbit about scoring The Expendables:

“At one of our test screenings, we put a rock song over a big action sequence as an exercise and on the cards it got completely trashed,” notes Brian Tyler, composer of Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming “The Expendables.” “People really hated it and asked why were we trying to make this into a rock video. We replaced it with orchestral music and the numbers for the film shot up and the notes on the music were great.”

You can read the whole article here.

Sly & Barney II

Craig / April 25, 2010April 25, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

While filming Killing Kharma in New Orleans, Michael Rappaport decided to adopt a dog used in one of the scenes. The dog was on loan from the local animal welfare society. This marks the second time this an actor has adopted a rescue dog used in filming in the Big Easy. The first involved Sly Stallone adopting a dog he named “Barney” while filming The Expendables. We reported on it here and this is what the Rappaport article had to say about Sly:

Last summer, Sylvester Stallone adopted a Catahoula leopard dog while shooting the action film “The Expendables,” which lands in theaters Aug. 13. The name of Stallone’s pup: Barney — a name he shares with Stallone’s character in the film.

You can read the full piece here.

EW Previews “The Expendables”

Craig / April 17, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

The Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview issue takes a full page look at The Expendables. Here’s some of what they have to say…

“It [the scene with Sly, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger] took probably eight months to pull off because of everyone’s schedules,” says Stallone who also directed and co-wrote the $55 million throwback to he-man classics like The Dirty Dozen and The Dogs of War. “With Arnold especially, we’d plan a date and then there’d be a fire or a budget crisis and he’d have to go back to Sacramento.”

Jason Statham is quoted: “What I like about this story is that Sly doesn’t want characters who are superhuman heroes.”

As for the rating, Stallone promises a hard R. After all, just look at the cast, he says. “These guys are born a hard R!”

For Stallone fans, the article on The Expendables will be worth the price of the issue without even taking into account the other 95 summer movies that Entertainment Weekly profiles. The issue is due to hit newstands next week.

“Expendables” Trailer: “Closer to Genius”

Craig / April 17, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

Richard Pierce, repeatedly watched the trailer for The Expendables and came to the conclusion that…

… beneath its awesomeness lied something deeper – closer to genius… After studying the trailer as closely as I have, I’m convinced there’s no way “The Expendables” could be anything less than the greatest movie ever.

You can read the whole Rebel Yell article right here.

The Expendables vs The A-Team

Craig / April 4, 2010April 4, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

On April 2, 2010, Movieline.com posted a piece that we knew someone would have to write:

A-Team vs. Expendables: Which Mercenary Movie Will Reign Supreme?

In order to determine the winner, each movie was rated on a scale of 1 to 10 in nine areas. The winner was [do you really have to ask?] The Expendables 54 and The A-Team 43.

You can get all the details by going here.

“The Expendables” Trailer Coverage

Craig / April 4, 2010April 4, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

Here’s how folks around the world are covering the premiere “The Expendables” trailer…

The trailer also appears on dozens of other websites… too many to list ’em all. This is good news for Sly fans — since the trailer is generating so much positive buzz, the theaters should be packed when the movie arrives.

More on “The Expendables” Comic

Craig / April 4, 2010April 4, 2010 / 2010, Expendables

On March 30, 2010, Digital Spy posted a piece about The Expendables comic series coming from Dynamite Entertainment. Chuck Dixon, who is adapting Sly’s Expendables screenplay had this to say:

I think (I hope) I captured Stallone’s vibe. His dialogue here is very distinctive and there’s a kind of shorthand between these characters who know each other so well. Trying to capture that has been the toughest part. But it’s also liberating in a way because I’m free to use his language as a guide for improvisation.”

You can read the whole piece by clicking here.

On the Box also posted a piece about “The Expendables” comic prequel. Here’s a quote from Chuck Dixon about what we can expect to see in the series:

“Lots of violence committed by guys who, while not morally ambivalent, they are certainly morally expedient. The restraints are off a bit more here. The action more bloody. The settings more realistic.”

You can read the rest right here.