Variety has reported that Mickey Rourke has signed on to co-star in Sly Stallone’s action flick, “The Expendables.” Rourke will join Sly, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Forrest Whitaker in what many are calling the can’t miss movie of the coming year. The National Post even published an article today with the title: “Early Prediction: Stallone’s The Expendables will be the greatest action movie of all time.”
The Defamer.com also has an interesting [and positive] article on “The Expendables.” Here are a few quotes:
The Second Coming of Mickey Rourke owes itself in part to Stallone’s faith in him a decade ago, when he recommended Rourke for a minor role in the remake of Get Carter. Their brooding, mangle-faced chemistry was about the only thing that clicked while the film imploded around them. We wanted more, and we’ll get it.
…Sir Ben Kingsley rumored to have an eye on the project…
Unless you count Denzel Washington (we don’t) and his Where the Wild Things Are voice work for Spike Jonze, Forest Whitaker hasn’t worked with a real director since Kevin Macdonald shepherded him to an Oscar in 2006.
You gotta love it. Rourke and Stallone together again on the big screen. Yeah, we did want more. And, yeah, we’re getting it. It’s also interesting to note that the author of the piece must consider Sly a “real director.”
Now if we can just get Kurt Russell and Bruce Willis on board and a cameo for Arnold, I say let the filming begin!
