{"id":3444,"date":"2011-03-13T08:46:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2011-03-13T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T13:12:49","slug":"stallone-not-directing-expendables-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/13\/stallone-not-directing-expendables-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Stallone &#8220;May Not&#8221; Makes Big News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2009\/june\/060509sly.jpg?resize=475%2C358\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On <strong>March 8, 2011<\/strong>, the <strong>Los Angeles Times<\/strong> posted a piece by <strong>Steven Zeitchik<\/strong> titled <strong><em>&#8220;The Expendables Aims to Come Back &#8212; But with Stallone in a Different Guise.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> Here are some tidbits&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The follow-up movie is a priority at producer Millennium Films, where it&#8217;s being developed by\u00a0 Stallone, the creative force behind the original. But Stallone, who both starred in and directed the 2010 summer hit, isn&#8217;t, at the moment, planning on helming the new movie. Instead, he&#8217;s been meeting with directors to tackle the sequel,,,<\/li>\n<li>The script for the new movie has been written by David Agosto and Ken Kaufman&#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Made essentially outside the studio system and distributed by Lionsgate, &#8220;The Expendables&#8221; became a $275-million global grosser on the strength of an action-hero ensemble cast that included Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Steve Austin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2011\/03\/expendables-sequel-sylvester-stallone-bruce-willis-jason-statham-movie.html\">read the full piece here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you can imagine this made headlines at other sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Collider.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/collider.com\/sylvester-stallone-the-expendables-sequel\/79649\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Will NOT Direct&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CinemaBlend: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/Sylvester-Stallone-May-Not-Direct-The-Expendables-2-23558.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone May Not Direct&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ScreenRant: <a href=\"http:\/\/screenrant.com\/sylvester-stallone-expendables-2-director-benk-105075\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Might Not&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EmpireOnLine: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/news\/story.asp?NID=30364\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone Not Directing&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Total Film: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalfilm.com\/news\/sylvester-stallone-won-t-direct-the-expendables-2\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Won&#8217;t Direct&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MovieWeb: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movieweb.com\/news\/sylvester-stallone-not-directing-the-expendables-2\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Not Directing&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DigitalSpy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/news\/a307889\/stallone-wont-direct-write-expendables-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone Won&#8217;t Direct&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\/Film: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/the-expendables-2-moves-sylvester-stallone-write-direct\/\" target=\"_blank\">Expendables 2 Moves Forward&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JoBlo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joblo.com\/movie-news\/stallone-to-return-for-expendables-2-but-not-as-director\" target=\"_blank\">Stallone to Return&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hollywood.com: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywood.com\/news\/Sylvester_Stallone_NOT_Directing_Expendables_2\/7771194\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Not&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MTV Movies: <a href=\"http:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2011\/03\/09\/sylvester-stallone-wont-direct-the-expendables-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvester Stallone Won&#8217;t&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Movieline: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movieline.com\/2011\/03\/5-directors-who-should-replace-sylvester-stallone-on-the-expendables-2.php\" target=\"_blank\">5 Directors Who Should Replace&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>And many other sites&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 8, 2011, the Los Angeles Times posted a piece by Steven Zeitchik titled &#8220;The Expendables Aims to Come Back &#8212; But with Stallone in a Different Guise.&#8221;\u00a0 Here are some tidbits&#8230; The follow-up movie is a priority at producer Millennium Films, where it&#8217;s being developed by\u00a0 Stallone, the creative force behind the original. 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