Lionsgate and Millennium Films have announced that shooting on the next installment of The Expendables franchise has begun in Bulgaria at the Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia.
The Expendables
3 focuses on “Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team
comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded
The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms
trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought.”
Until
this point the cast seemed rock solid, except the trading of Bruce Willis for
Harrison Ford, but apparently Mickey Rourke, Milla Jovovich, Jackie Chan and
Nicolas Cage are out of the movie, because they are not mentioned in the press release.
The
Expendables 3 opens on August 15, 2014.
LIONSGATE
AND MILLENNIUM FILMS COMMENCE
PRINCIPAL
PHOTOGRAPHY ON ‘THE EXPENDABLES 3
Lionsgate
Will Distribute Action Thriller on August 15, 2014 in North America and the UK
SANTA
MONICA, CA (August 19, 2013) – Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Millennium Films will
begin principal photography today on THE EXPENDABLES 3, the third installment
of THE EXPENDABLES action-thriller franchise, with production shooting on
location in Bulgaria and at Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia.
THE
EXPENDABLES 3 will feature Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph
Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews and Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to
their roles in the first two films with Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel
Gibson and Harrison Ford joining the all-star cast along with Kellan Lutz, MMA
star Ronda Rousey, welterweight boxing champion Victor Ortiz and Glen Powell.
Patrick
Hughes (RED HILL) will direct the film, with veteran Dan Bradley (The BOURNE
franchise; MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL, QUANTUM OF SOLACE) directing the
second unit. THE EXPENDABLES 3 is
written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt, who previously teamed
on OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, and Sylvester Stallone. Avi Lerner, Kevin
King-Templeton, Danny Lerner and Les Weldon are producing THE EXPENDABLES
3. Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John
Thompson are executive producing. Lionsgate will release THE EXPENDABLES 3 in
North America and the UK on August 15, 2014.
In
THE EXPENDABLES 3, Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the
team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago
co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a
ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he
thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission
to end The Expendables — but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has
to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team
members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy.
The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech
expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.
The
production will be overseen by Lionsgate’s Jason Constantine and Eda Kowan.
The
first two installments of THE EXPENDABLES have grossed nearly $600 million in combined
global box office.
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