{"id":2664,"date":"2010-07-04T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2010-07-04T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T16:40:49","slug":"the-return-of-the-action-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/04\/the-return-of-the-action-flick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Action Flick…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On June 28, 2010<\/strong>, The New York Times<\/strong><\/a> posted an article by Michael Cieply<\/strong> called The Return of the Action Flick All Stars<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 In the piece, Cieply <\/strong>looks at The Expendables<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Here are a few of the highlights…<\/p>\n

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

An early press screening at Lionsgate\u2019s Santa Monica<\/strong> headquarters last week drew a full house and whoops in all the right places as Mr. Stallone<\/strong> led his hired guns on a mission to a drug-infested island.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stuff explodes. Men die. Cigars are smoked in (short) contemplative moments in a movie whose script is credited to David Callaham<\/strong> and Mr. Stallone<\/strong>, but that owes much to precedents like \u201cThe Professionals,\u201d \u201cThe Wild Bunch\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and \u201cThe Dirty Dozen.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Expendables\u201d <\/strong><\/em>was wrangled from Warner Brothers<\/strong>, where the film, then called \u201cBarrow,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> was born about six years ago in a pitch by Mr. Callaham<\/strong>, who was working with the producers Basil Iwanyk<\/strong> of Thunder Road Pictures<\/strong> and Guymon Casady<\/strong> of Management 360<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Asked what had killed classic action films like his “Rambo\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and “Rocky” <\/strong><\/em>series \u2014which each eked out a respectable performance with retro-style sequels in the past few years \u2014 Mr. Stallone<\/strong> answered in a word: \u201ctechnology.\u201d<\/p>\n

When stars could \u201cVelcro their muscles on, it was over,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Go here<\/strong><\/a> to read the full article.<\/p>\n

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