Ultimate Dolph

Jox wrote:The EXPEND4BLES banner is now shown off on a building of the Croisette in Cannes... (info courtesy of Nathan)

“Expendables 4” has wrapped production for release next year.

Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” and other movies are getting virtual real estate in The Sandbox — a decentralized gaming virtual world similar to Roblox — in a new bid by the studio to extend its intellectual property into more digital realms.

Lionsgate is the first Hollywood studio to team with The Sandbox on a virtual land. The companies plan to develop Action City, an area in the game that will feature 2019’s “Hellboy” and other Lionsgate and Millennium Media action films, including Sylvester Stallone vehicles “Rambo,” “Rambo: Last Blood” and the three movies in the “The Expendables” franchise.

The content in Action City will let Sandbox players create their own experiences using both original and established characters and worlds. Players will be able to equip their 3D avatars with items based on the Lionsgate properties or deploy them in original user-created experiences.

In the future, Lionsgate and The Sandbox also expect to launch a virtual land studded with the studio’s catalog of horror titles.

“We can’t wait to open our Lionsgate land in The Sandbox metaverse so fans around the globe can create, play and explore our film IP in ways that go beyond what’s possible in the physical world,” said Jenefer Brown, Lionsgate’s EVP and head of global live, interactive and location-based entertainment.

The Sandbox, which first launched in 2012, is a subsidiary of Animoca Brands. Other companies and brands that have partnered with the Sandbox include Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, the Rabbids, Shibuya 109, Gucci Vault, the Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Richie Hawtin, The Smurfs and Care Bears.

So you’ve got The Expendables 4 on the way. How has it been just getting back together with like, a who’s who of action movies?

It’s awesome. It feels like old home when we get back on set, we’re all gearing up getting ready to go out and shoot a scene, and it’s just great to see those guys, we never skip a beat. It’s just a great group of guys, a fun group of guys to work with. It keeps morphing and changing all the time. Expendables 4 was certainly… there are only four of us originals left in Expendables 4. So it was a little bit of a new experience. But it was fun, it was refreshing, and it was great to see Jason [Statham] always great to see Sylvester Stallone, Dolph [Lundgren] is always fun. I’ve probably spent more time with Dolph than anybody else in the cast. He’s just a great guy. It’s fun to be around. So it’s always good to see those guys

YEP ALSO SADLY THERE WILL NO MORE REAL RAMBOS OR EXPENDABLES AGAIN BECAUSE THE SAME THING THE HAPPENED ON ROCKY AND WINKER ALSO HAPPENED BEHIND MY BACK...MY FAULT FOR TRUSTING MY AGENTS AND LAWYERS... TRUST ME IT HAS HAPPENS TO HUNDREDS IN THIS BIZ

I HAVE ZERO OWNERSHIP PARTICIPATION IN BOTH RAMBO AND EXPENDABLES WHICH IS FINE... LET THEM CARRY ON WE HAVE NEW THINGS TO EXPLORE , FOLKS

Doing sound work on EX 4. I’m glad I could bring Gunner back, even though I was struggling last fall in London shooting both EX4 and Aquaman at the same time. Hopefully the hard work will pay off. EX4 is out in theaters next September.