The Expendables will be hitting cinemas this week. Yet, there is already talk about a possible sequel. If the box office draw is good enough, we might just get that. The Expendables features a collection of past and present action stars as Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. It hits big screens on August 13, 2010.
Speaking to Filmbeat (via movie blog HeyUGuys), producer Avi Lerner claimed “We all want to do it, we are already working on it and I’m ready to go. Everyone had such a great time making this. I have done over 350 movies in my life and this is definitely the biggest.”
“We will wait until Monday and see what the numbers are like” explained Lerner. “But I am pretty confident right now that we will be back and work is already underway [on the sequel]. Why not? I know everyone in this would like to do another and I know I would.”
“We want to line up even more big names next time round and we are already thinking about who to ask.”
I’ll watch the film this week and review it. Knowing that they are willing to do another one if the draw is good enough, gets me more excited to watch this. I mean, if they do make a sequel, there’s two positive things to go with this decision: 1) make it better than the first one (learn from what the fans don’t like etc) 2) Get more names that should’ve been in this one. Like who?
I know they all can’t take part, but here’s my wish list:
* Arnold S. – But make him part of the film – in action
* Bruce Willis – But make him part of the film – in action
* Jean-Claude Van Damme
* Chuck Norris
* Steven Seagal
* Mel Gibson
* Kurt Russell
* Wesley Snipes
* Jack Bauer – I mean, Kiefer Sutherland
* Hulk Hogan
* Harrison Ford
* The Rock
* Vin Diesel
* Mr. T
Do you want a sequel? What do you think of my wish list? Who also should be a part?
UPDATE – Check out this video – It’s hilarious, thought you guys might like…
