THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Simon West, 2012)

[Ivan Drago]

They're calling out the guy on IMDB and calling him nothing more than an elaborate hoaxer. Someone said he did the exact same thing with the first movie and a lot of it was wrong.

How about we make up rumors about Expendables 3? Since Sly loves putting together all-star casts....

In the third movie Barney, Lee, Gunnar and Yin Yang are brutally murdered by by a husband-wife serial killer team played by Carl Weathers and Brigitte Nielsen. They find themselves trapped in hell as Pinhead forces them to torture souls or else face the wrath of Michael Myers and Jason Vorhees. But they find an unlikely ally in Candyman, who secretly has Leatherface under his control. When they escape hell, Freddy Krueger called in to hunt them down, but must join them when the apocalypse falls on them. Can The Expendables stop the end of days... with bullets?

[Jox]

They're calling out the guy on IMDB and calling him nothing more than an elaborate hoaxer. Someone said he did the exact same thing with the first movie and a lot of it was wrong.

I had heard the opposite?

[Dida]

According to Giangrosso from the VD forum, Scott Adkins confirmed that it's all fake...

[Jox]

Here's an interview with Simon West but we can't hear must since it's dubbed over in Bulgarian

[RIGGINS]

[Mosquito]

I don't even read those speculations, hoax or not. Why risk to know everything before you see the movie? I prefer not to know the story etc.
The better the moment will be when I finally sit in the theater and the movie begins to unfold...

[Jox]

Here's an interview with Simon West but we can't hear must since it's dubbed over in Bulgarian

From a bulgarian pal ***SPOILERS***

What he basically said is that he loved the 1st one filled with action guys who define the action genre.He read the script and loved it and said the scale this time is much bigger and he was inspired to helm the director's chair.

He said it will be difficult to make a film with so much stars in it and every one must have a proper character.He hopes EXPII will be the most successful action film of all time given the stars in it.

West praises our BG sets which are Hollywood standard. He said there will be lots of fighting, car chases and explosions. There will be emotions too as not all of the good guys will live at the end.

He says he feels good in BG and some more crap nothing significant

Apparently the footage leaked on Bulgarian TV was taken illegally and David Varod will take legal action against NovaTV.
http://www.novini.bg/news/24391-%D0%B4% ... D0%BD.html

http://sofiaecho.com/2011/10/04/1168706 ... -set-video

Bulgarian TV station faces lawsuit after airing The Expendables 2 set video

Bulgarian TV channel Nova Televizia could face a lawsuit after the station aired a video taken on the set of Nu Boyana film studio during the shooting of The Expendables 2.

Studio chief executive David Varod said in an open letter that he was "shocked" by Nova Televizia's "exclusive", which the station claimed was filmed by one of its viewers. The poor quality video appeared to have been made using a mobile phone.

Varod said that Nu Boyana had not made any exclusive material available to the station and described the video as illegal. He said that his lawyers were looking into the case and police had been notified.

Such actions damaged the studio's image and Bulgaria's reputation as a potential shooting destination, he said.

The open letter gave Bulgarian tabloids and gossip websites a field day, some reports going as far as to say that Sylvester Stallone, who shot the first Expendables action flick in Louisiana for Nu Image, was incensed and threatened to stop work on the film.

[Jox]

about dolf my pal said

"he says that he used to like playing bad guys cause it was easier and more fun.Nowadays he is "tempted" to play the good guy .His role models are sport figures like his karate teacher who has a 7th degree black belt.He said he had to work really hard getting in shape and add some mass for EXP II cause he's surrounded by tough guys and he wants to look good next to them.He also pays attention to speed and emotion for this role.He always works hard and gives a 100% so that his part of the job is done. "

[whiteandblank]

I like it when he does pl;ay bad guys. I have not met the guy for real, but from what I have read/seen, he does come across as very charming, with a bit of a personality, with a bad guy he probably feels a bit more, 'liberated' and he can express himself more, I think he should do more bad guy roles.

I would have liked him to take the role of Liderman in the dragon tattoo films

can't wait to see Arnie back, and JCVD

[Jox]

Terry Crews:

In Bulgaria filming #Expendables2. With as many rounds as we've been letting off, I hope the city's still standing!

[Jox]

JCVD's character name would be "Jean Vilain" (would be as hilarious as "John Baddie" or "John Mean") according to IMDB.

Sofia Echo journalist Gabriel Herschman, whom I met on the set of DC, writes a piece on Sly, Chuck, Statham and Dolph
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/10/07/117 ... y-in-sofia

from ExpendablesPremiere.com

My source in Bulgaria has checked in with some more information for us. He's reporting that an actress named Nan Yu has joined the cast but her role is not specified. Yu is of Chinese descent so its possible her scenes will take place during the China phase of the production.

My source is also reporting that Arnold Schwarzenegger will shoot his part in 4 days, Bruce Willis in 5 days and Chuck Norris in 3 days. This I'm sure is subject to change but it does give us a better idea and update on how long they will be around. He still hasn't seen Mickey Rourke on set but actors are still arriving so we can't read too much into that just yet.

Yu Nan is the actress who was in DIAMOND DOGS, you may think this is a bad thing but aside from DD she's a an award winning actress mostly renown in art house and festival circuits.

[Jox]

Terry Crews says hi from his trailer
http://www.whosay.com/terrycrews/videos/77014

[Krom]

http://globalarnold.com/wps/?p=771
Arnold starts news week:
I fly in a few days to Bulgaria and stand for four days for Sly Stallone's 'Expendables 2' in front of the camera. The rotation for the first real comeback film begins on the October 17th in New Mexico for 'Last Stand', an action Film, in which deals with drug smugglers, I play the sheriff.

[Jox]

Scott Adkins October newsletter

We are very happy to announce that our man Scott has been cast as "Hector" in the eagerly anticipated Expendables sequel which also stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzennegger, JCVD, Dolph Lundgren and Bruce Willis just to name a few. Adkins will be 2nd in command to Jean Claude Van Damme's Jean Vilain, leader of an opposing team of mercenaries. Here's what Scott can tell us.

"It's an honour and a privilege to join the ranks of what can only be described as the biggest grouping of action stars in any film, ever! So many of these guys have been such an inspiration to me and so many others throughout their career. I'm excited to be reunited with my good friend Jean Claude Van Damme and I can't wait to take on Stallone and his Expendables. I may need some help though, so I'm bringing the spirit of Boyka along for the ride."
The Expendables 2 will be released August 12th 2012. We cannot wait!

[Jox]

Update from Dolph!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

‎Hello from Sofia, Bulgaria!
I just finished the first week of shooting on EXPENDABLES 2. Great to be together with the old gang again.
Gunner Jensen has cleaned up his act a bit, now he's just an unpredictable drunk!
I shot some cool action scenes at the studio with Sly, Terry and Randy , but next week things get really interesting when The Governator, Bruce Willis, Van Damme and Chuck Norris show up for some major ass-kicking.

Later,
Dolph