EXPEND4BLES (Scott Waugh, 2023)

[JuV]

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

No tanks this time around

[Jox]

Nope! Even if they wanted to I don't think the main cast members would have been available this year...

[Jox]

Lionsgate Expects to Finalize Starz Spin-Off or Sale by End of Summer, CEO Says

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

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/lionsg ... 235278934/

[Jox]

I'm so out of the loop regarding games, VR and those related technologies that I don't understand anything about this!

‘Hellboy,’ Other Lionsgate Films to Set Up Shop in The Sandbox’s Metaverse Game
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/h ... 235295604/

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.

[Jox]

Randy Couture:

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

https://gaamagazine.com/randy-couture-o ... to-acting/

[Jox]

Sly on Stallone Zone:

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

https://craigzablo.proboards.com/post/841062

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

https://craigzablo.proboards.com/post/841074

[alex.sp89]

on what stage is this movie ? Strange, 9 months since is wrapped and no teaser (except at ComicCon behind closed doors). Are they polishing a masterpiece or re-shoots need to be done

[Moltisanti]

It’s more an issue where Lionsgate has sort of given up on releasing movies in 2022. Believe they’ll still put out a few low budget horror flicks but that’s about it. Their “franchise” stuff is all being held till 2023. Same goes for JOHN WICK 4 which filmed way before EX4 and isn’t coming until March of ‘23.

[Moltisanti]

Lionsgate will release it on 9-22-23.

[Jox]

Wow, two years after its filming and much later than expected.
https://deadline.com/2022/10/expendable ... 235137654/

(We might get WANTED MAN much sooner...)

[Nathan]

I know Lionsgate pushed a lot of releases back, but that's crazy.

[Jox]

Someone suggested it might be to let Statham's MEG 2 come out first...?

[Moltisanti]

What’s funny is EQUALIZER 3 is currently scheduled to open three weeks before EX4 and that hasn’t even started filming yet.

[Jox]

DL doing ADR
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3VL3ZvXXa/

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.

[Jox]

Millennium Films’ Jeffrey Greenstein on Updating Hollywood’s Most Macho Studio for the 21st Century
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235254574/