Sequel Bits: ‘The Expendables 2,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Possible ‘Dredd’ Sequels, And ‘The Bourne Legacy’
That’s a new banner forThe Expendables 2, above, and it does just about as good a job as it could possibly do informing audiences of who is in the film. Click for a larger version, and break out the measurement tools to check out the photoshop work that seems to have re-sized a few of the heads. I wonder if those with a proper head-to-body proportion got paid more? Probably. That could be a good new metric for evaluating movie posters.
In addition to that, after the break you’ll find:
At one point,Donnie Yenwas offered a role inThe Expendables 2, which was possibly the most promising moment in the casting process for the sequel. But he ended up not making it into the film, and now we know why.ComingSoontalked to the actor/martial artist, who said,
They wanted me to be in ‘Expendables 2’ but I just didn’t feel the role clicked. I was flattered that I was approached by the producers but I just didn’t see the role they asked me to do being that intriguing. I didn’t really want to do it but I’m open for anything. Doing a movie is a stressful thing. You spend months of you life focusing into that one project and I want to make sure I do something I really like or I’m really passionate about.
Instead, you’ll be able to see Yen in a film calledDragon(Wu xia), which will be released by the Weinstein Company’s Radius imprint within the next year.
The Expendables 2was directed bySimon WestwithSylvester Stallone,Jason Statham,Jet Li,Dolph Lundgren,Chuck Norris,Randy Couture,Terry Crews,Liam Hemsworth,Jean-Claude Van Damme,Bruce WillisandArnold Schwarzenegger. It opens on August 17.300: Battle of Artemisiaseems to have been in development for a very long time, and even the casting process has been protracted. But the film is finally getting ready to shoot under the direction ofNoam Murro, with an June 14, 2025 release date planned.
And formerSkinsactorJack O’Connellis the latest to join the movie, so he’ll appear alongsideSullivan Stapleton,Eva Green,Rodrigo SantoroandCallan Mulvey, wearing skimpy armor and a lot of body oil. He plays Calisto, “a 16 year old whose desire to become the heroic man/soldier his father was, leads him to become the leader of a small band of soldiers.” That’s fromScreenTerrier, viaThe Playlist.
Alex Garland, who wrote and producedDreddsays he has stories for two more Judge Dredd films ready to go. That’s not the most difficult task, given that the character is backed by decades of comics continuity. Still, here’s what Garland toldHitFixabout making more movies, beginning with the reason one famous Dredd character wasn’t included in the first movie:
Let’s see how the first film does, but ifKarl Urban’s Dredd makes people happy, the independently-produced adaptation could lead to more travels to Mega-City One.
Mad Max: Fury Roadis now shooting in Africa, and many photos are showing up of the vehicles that are being used in the film.Rosie Huntington-Whiteleyhas also posted a couple pics of some of her and some of the cast, via Twitter and Instagram (1,2).
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Finally, here are three new TV spots forThe Bourne Legacy. The film opens on August 10, withJeremy Renner,Rachel Weisz,Edward Norton,Albert Finney,Joan Allen,Scott Glenn,Stacy Keach, andOscar Isaacappearing.The MovieBoxpoints to this three-in-one embed.
