Category: Expendables

Venice Film Festival to Honor Sly

Craig / / 2009, Expendables, Honors

On September 12, 2009, Sylvester Stallone will be honored at the 66th Annual Venice International Film Festival when he will receive the  Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award.   The awards ceremony will include the world premiere of scenes from “The Expendables.” 

The Venice Film Festival opens September 2nd and will be headed by director Ang Lee who is joined by Sandrine Bonnaire [French actress], Liliana Cavani [Italian director], Joe Dante [American director], Anurag Kashyap [Indian director] and Luciano Ligabue [Italian film-maker]. 

You can read more about the Venice Film Festival and Sly’s award at:

 

More “Expendables” Coverage

Craig / / 2009, Expendables

Ethelmae’s Blog posted some cool shots from the set of “The Expendables” last week and they are being reposted at:

The Den of Geek who are following the movie in detail!

The Insider.com got in on the action.

So did Celebuzz.

The LatinoReview also wanted in on the coverage.

RopeofSilicon.com added the new photos to their continuing “Expendables’ coverage.

EmpireOnLine.com showed “The Expendables” some love.

AceShowBiz.com, Screencave.com, and FirstShowing.net all followed suit.

TheSun.co.uk provided some coverage.

Sly Talks Expendables

Craig / / 2009, Celebs, Expendables

On July 3, 2009, WAToday.com.au posted a nice article focusing on Sly’s process in bringing “The Expendables” to the big screen.  Here are a few highlights:

  • .. arguably is the toughest cast of brutes put together in a Hollywood film…
  • … Stallone handpicked a who’s who of tough guys…
  • “These guys don’t fit in this world,” Stallone says.
  • “I went to Brazil and got the baddest, toughest MMA fighters. They could snap us like spaghetti. That’s just the extras.”
  • “The biggest alpha dog of course is Sly so he keeps everybody in check…”
  • The Expendables is the most extravagant project of Stallone’s 50-plus film career.

Check out this excellent article by clicking here.