The Expendables 3 To Be Rated PG-13

While the first two Expendables movies were known for over-the-top action and violence, it appears that director Patrick Hughes will be toning things down a little for the third Expendables movie.

The Expendables 3 cast members Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer and Antonio Banderas thrilled crowds at Cannes by arriving for a press conference in tanks.

Not Quite Expendable: Stallone tries to make a star out of Statham

Still of Winona Ryder, Jason Stratham and James Franco in Homefront.

Once upon a time — the 1980s — you could walk into a movie theater any day of the year, plop down a few bucks, and watch one man kick another man's ass. Not every action flick was great, but most were good enough, the film equivalent of pizza. Back then, Jason Statham, the star of the new action drama Homefront — and another two dozen just like it — would have been a forgettable punching bag. Today, he's an action lover's last hope, though we support his career with the same dutiful gusto as tea partiers voting Romney.

Statham to follow up Craig role

Jason Statham has bought the rights to JJ Connolly's novel Viva La Madness, the sequel to Layer Cake.


The Expendables star will take on the role played by Daniel Craig in Matthew Vaughn's 2004 film after he and his manager and producing partner Steve Chasman acquired the rights, Deadline reported.

In Layer Cake, James Bond star Daniel played an unnamed successful drug dealer whose last job went badly wrong. Viva La Madness, which took Connolly 10 years to write, sees his anti-hero looking for a beach to land on now he has retired, only to get caught up in yet more crime, involving trans-Atlantic drug deals and Venezuelan cartels.

Connolly - who recently wrote heist feature H for Guy Ritchie - will adapt the book for the big screenplay himself.

Source: independent.ie

Streep, Diaz and Jovovitch for 'The ExpendaBelles'?

Actresses are reportedly in talks for the all-female actioner.

While rumours about The Expendables 3 isn't due to hit cinemas until next year, it seems Avi Lerner is already making plans for the fourth film in the franchise. 

According to Deadline, the producer is in talks with Meryl Streep, Cameron Diaz and Milla Jovovich to join Katee Sackhoff in The ExbendaBelles, an all-female action movie.

Internet speculation suggests Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver could also be involved - though there's no evidence to support claims they may have been approached about roles. 

But before casting can begin, Lerner is on the hunt for a female director for the film, penned by Legally Blonde scribes Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.

"The action movie will be spectacular — and in nothing inferior to the three male movies of the The Expendables," he said. 

"There will be battles, special and visual effects and stunts — the spectacle will be equivalent to what Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Jean-Claude Van Damme have done. 

"Two excellent screenwriters are already working on the picture. Now we are in search of a female director."

Shooting for the film, thought to be set in Dubai, is expected to start next year ready for release in 2015.

Source: uk.movies.yahoo.com