Back in January it was reported that Sylvester Stallone had sorted out his creative differences with Millennium Films’ Avi Lerner, and was now back on board for a fourth instalment in the Expendables franchise. Well, it seems that is indeed the case, as Stallone’s co-star Randy Couture has confirmed to The Arnold Fans that filming […]
Good Concept, Bad Delivery
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at when good concepts are badly executed… Occasionally you’ll see a film or a TV show and you wonder why they bothered at all. Everything goes wrong. Sometimes it starts from the very concept. In the case of remakes for example, you know right off the bat that some films […]
Sylvester Stallone teases The Expendables 4 return
Last April, it was announced that Sylvester Stallone had opted against a return as Barney Ross for The Expendables 4, exiting the all-star action franchise over creative differences with Millennium Films boss Avi Lerner. Well, it seems that Sly may now have had a change of heart, with the star taking to Instagram to share […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: How To Do An Ensemble Film
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at how to pull off an ensemble film… The art in pulling off the ensemble film. It’s a tricking balance. In the vast majority of cinema you may be limited to one or two clearly defined protagonists with a cast of supporting artists. […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t appear in The Expendables 4 without Sylvester Stallone
Over the weekend it was reported that Sylvester Stallone has exited the Expendables franchise due to creative differences with Image / Millennium Films boss Avi Lerner, and now Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he won’t be back for The Expendables 4 unless Sly is on board. “There is no Expendables without Sly,” said Arnie in […]
Sylvester Stallone exits The Expendables franchise due to creative differences
Any Sylvester Stallone fans looking forward to seeing him reprise the role of Barney Ross for the fourth Expendables movie will be disappointed to hear that the action icon has exited the franchise due to creative differences with Image / Millennium Films boss Avi Lerner. According to Deadline, Stallone was set to pocket the biggest […]
East Loves West: The ever growing Chinese interest in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the ever-growing Chinese interest in Hollywood… It used to be that the success or failure of a Hollywood film rested on its domestic box office results. In fact success or failure was often established by the time the opening weekend results had come in, and even further you could say by the […]
Dolph Lundgren confirms Arrow and The Expendables 4 return
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote his new film Don’t Kill It [read our review here], action star Dolph Lundgren has revealed that he’ll be reprising the role of the villain Konstantin Kovar in The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, as well as reuniting with Sylvester Stallone for the fourth and final outing […]
Sylvester Stallone confirms The Expendables 4, promises “something different”
Just before Christmas it was reported that The Expendables 4 had been given the green light, and will bring the curtain down on the action ensemble series when it opens around the globe in 2018. Well, Sylvester Stallone has now confirmed his return as Barney Ross for the fourth and final instalment, providing a brief update […]
The Expendables 4 coming in 2018
The Avengers of the action genre will live another day, as THR has confirmed that The Expendables 4 is coming in 2018 and will serve as the final installment in the series. The report doesn’t place much emphasis on the actual announcement of a fourth entry, rather that Splendid Film has nabbed the rights to the […]