THE EXPENDABLES (Sylvester Stallone, 2010)

[Jox]

Today's poll on Imdb : Which upcoming action film do you most want to see ? (between the exp, predators, scott pilgrim, tron legacy and many others). The Expendables comes first with 21,8%, the second being Scott Pilgrim with 9,7%.

SCOTT PILGRIM, TWILIGHT and THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE are considered action films?!

[Dragonrage]

UK poster update...

[Mosquito]

Not impressed to be honest, I might be nit-picking here but does it look to you guys like they are standing in a coal fire? Where are the guns, (apart from Li's) and why do the characters have such bad colouring? Pretty gay poster to be honest. Masses of space at the sides which they could have fitted Dolph and/or Austin into, (whose name doesn't even appear on the poster), they are playing this Arnie cameo for all it's worth. Shoddy effort yet again.

I agree, the least impressive poster so far. Thought the same about that coal fire.

[Jox]

UK press release

"Expendable: capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.

Return to your action roots this summer as legend of cinema Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo) takes you on an explosive adventure of a lifetime. On August 20th this is your chance to experience the much celebrated action movie institution in its most glorious form.

Modern day action heroes Jason Statham (CRANK 2, DEATH RACE, THE TRANSPORTER Trilogy) and Jet Li (THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, UNLEASHED) join forces with Rocky Nemesis Dolph Lundgren (ROCKY IV, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE) and Bafta Winner Mickey Rourke (THE WRESTLER, IRON MAN 2) alongside timeless heroes Bruce Willis (DIE HARD) and Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the cinema a dangerous place to be this August. Rounding out the cast is wrestling superstar 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Eric Roberts (THE SPECIALIST, THE DARK KNIGHT), Terry Crews, Randy Couture, David Zyas and Giselle Itie.

Barney Ross (Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit band of men who live on the fringe. The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Statham), former SAS and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.

When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job no one else would take, Barney and his team embark on what appears to be a routine mission: overthrow General Gaza (David Zayas), the murderous dictator of the small island country of Vilena and end the years of death and destruction inflicted on its people. On a reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark secret. They also come to learn who their true enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe (Roberts) and his henchman Paine (Austin). When things go terribly wrong, Barney and Christmas are forced to leave Sandra behind, essentially giving her a death sentence. Haunted by this failure, Barney convinces the team to return to Vilena to rescue the hostage and finish the job he started. Perhaps, also, to save a soul: his own.

THE EXPENDABLES - the action film to end all action films!"

and vertical version of the poster

(click for high-res)

[Jox]

THE EXPENDABLES will be at San Diego's Comic Con in July!
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Co ... 19271.html

[Jox]

"The Return of the Action Flick All-Stars"
NEW YORK TIMES article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/movie ... ables.html

[MFS]

THE EXPENDABLES will be at San Diego's Comic Con in July!
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Co ... 19271.html

Imagine if they get most of the cast to attend They'll have to use the largest room in the building, just to contain the awesomeness ... and since I can't be there to see it, I really hope someone films the whole thing.

[Jox]

Comic book issue #3 preview
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... disp=table


Warped Tour?

[Tom]

It's hotting up now. Hopefully the buzz from comic con will be good and the film will open up a can of whoop ass on the box office.

[Dawn]

THE EXPENDABLES will be at San Diego's Comic Con in July!
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Co ... 19271.html

I know San Diego is the big one, but I still have some hope they will have something for the Chicago Con as well. I will actually be in Chicago that week.

[Dragonrage]

Hi guys...here is again something that I made. I hope you like them...

[Jox]

That's awesome dude!

[Nathan]

Hmm shit!! It's so surreal seeing Dolph up next to Stallone etc etc in like...mainstream view!! Before you had to look in the deepest, darkest corners of the video store in the back alley to find his movies, now he's towering above the cars in the city centre. Those posters are so sweeeeeeeet Dragonrage....

[MFS]

New TV spot! I think ... no wait, I'm pretty sure. And Dolph has a line in it, hurray!
http://www.ugo.com/movies/expendables-tv-clip-exclusive

[Jox]

Much better than the previous ones but I'm getting tired of the Arnold/Bruce scene. They're ruining it, by the time you see the complete scene in the theater the magic will be gone because they've been capitalizing on it in every trailer and TV spot