At a press conference in London promoting The Expendables 3, producer Avi Lerner confirmed that the script for the all-female spin-off The ExpendaBelles is getting signed off and they will start shooting next year.
“Look, about The ExpendaBelles,” Lerner said. “We are right in the final stages of the script. We have lots of ideas about who is going to be the action movie stars and we plan to start shooting next year. That’s all I can say”.
Sylvester Stallone, who also was in attendance, hinted that Sigourney Weaver could be one The ExpendaBelles and joked that maybe she got one half of The Expendables team in a nasty divorce.
“You mean she got the house, the kids *and* my mercenaries?” he joked.
The press conference will be available on the Flickering Myth Podcast this Wednesday. Subscribe via iTunes here and RSS here.
The Expendables 3 opens on August 15th with Patrick Hughes (Red Hill) directing a cast that sees returning Expendables Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews and Jet Li and franchise newcomers Harrison Ford (Star Wars), Wesley Snipes (Blade), Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Kellan Lutz (The Legend of Hercules), Kelsey Grammer (X-Men: The Last Stand), Glen Powell (The Dark Knight Rises), Ronda Rousey (Fast & Furious 7), and Victor Ortiz. Watch the final trailer here.
