Note from Editor Peter Sciretta: I am excited to announce a new feature that will be appearing on /Film from Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars (a book which we've featured on the site), soon to be a motion picture produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Blake's…
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The summer of 2012 -- a summer that turned out to be rather a mixed bag, as so many hotly-anticipated movie seasons tend to -- ends with a bang, or at least an explosion. The Expendables 2 is the Simon West-directed sequel to the Sylvester Stallone film that crammed together a whole bunch of aging…
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We've seen two teaser trailers for Simon West's sequel to The Expendables -- well, one teaser, and one trailer for this trailer. But now we've got an actual trailer, with actual footage showing some of what happens when you put Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme,…
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So it looks like Jason Segel won't be a part of that Muppets sequel after all -- for real this time, straight from the star/producer/co-writer's mouth. Also after the jump: The Grim Reaper wants in on Bill & Ted 3 Star Trek 2's Alice Eve has been spending a suspicious amount of time in the…
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The fact that the first Expendables was an R-rated affair didn't stop it from underwhelming some, so Sly's confirmation that Expendables 2 will be R, not PG-13, after all still isn't a guarantee of quality -- but it probably helps. Also after the jump: Watch a trailer for the Starship Troopers: Invasion, the animated sequel Men in Black…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…
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Even if it didn't ultimately deliver, so much of the first Expendables' appeal lay in its promise of no-holds-barred action: big stars, bigger guns, and limitless violence, all topped off with heaping dose of salty language. It's tough to imagine a tamer, more family-friendly version of the movie having the same pull, and yet if…
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Here's a pretty rote teaser trailer for Affliction: The Motion Picture... er, The Expendables 2, which puts Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham back at the forefront of an action extravaganza that also stars Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Liam Hemsworth, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Check it…
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I don't have any belief that The Expendables 2 is likely to be the movie I hope it will be. After the first movie, I'm not even convinced that this sequel is fated to be a solid action movie. But magic can happen. While we wait to see any footage from the movie that Simon…
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While Simon West's The Expendables 2 has been adding big names left and right, one that won't be returning is Mickey Rourke. The Oscar-nominee had a small part in the first film but won't reprise it, instead choosing a film with a little more cache: Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths with Colin Farrel, Christopher Walken and…
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Briefly: The focus as we've covered The Expendables 2 has been the list of actors returning from the first movie, and the other '80s and '90s action stars that might join in the sequel. All told, the list is pretty huge already: Sylvester Stallone will be joined by Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph…
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The last time we had good word on The Expendables 2, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger had been confirmed for meaty roles alongside returning star Sylvester Stallone and presumably returning actors Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews and Jet Li. Donnie Yen, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and John Travolta have all been…
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It's an action/thriller casting break this evening, featuring the return of some classic actors to familiar old stomping grounds. So after the break you'll find: Peter Stormare is a bad guy in Arniold Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand, Anthony Hopkins will hunt a serial killer in Solace, and Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Travolta…
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Briefly: There has been a crazy amount of speculation about the cast of The Expendables 2, which will shoot soon. Given that the original film isn't exactly beloved, that speculation goes to prove that the concept of putting aging action stars together into a 'one last mission'-type picture is enough to ignite significant public interest.…
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Here's something that'll get me into the theater for The Expendables 2 right quick, if it pans out: Donnie Yen, one of the current champion fighters on film, has been offered a role in The Expendables 2. That's according to Twitch, which says that producer Avi Lerner offered Yen a "tailor-made" role in the film,…
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With director Simon West preparing to shoot The Expendables 2 soon aiming at an August 17, 2012 release, it's high-time we heard something about his cast. We expect that surviving members of the original - Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Crews, Jet Li and possibly Bruce Wills - could all return…
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Wesley Snipes may have high aspirations to do his own film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the way that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI attempted to control and/or discredit the civil rights movement. But don't think that Mr. Snipes isn't going to keep making regular old movies. He's got a tax bill…
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