Is Sylvester Stallone considering to dump "Expendables 4" movie?
While news and rumors about new cast members to be included in the fourth sequel of the action-packed franchise have been rampant, it seems like creator and star Sylvester Stallone is having a cold heart about the project.
And while Sly is allegedly having troubles working on a new story for "Expendables 4" following the lackluster three, his co-star and good friend Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly convincing him to pursue with the project.
"I just think it's a terrific franchise," he said in an interview with USA Today. "I told Sly to write another one or have someone else write another one. A really terrific story. Because I think it's a great idea to have an ensemble piece with that many action heroes in a movie. Especially if the comedy is really done well. It could be a great story. There's definitely room for another one."
Together with "The Governor," Jason Statham is also looking forward to working with the team again during an interview with IGN.
"Working with Sylvester Stallone is beyond a pinch yourself moment," he said of his co-star.
"I remember growing up watching his films. And to be directed by him and to be in a movie that he's produced and to be shoulder to shoulder with Sly is a privilege any man who loves action movies would never turn their nose up at. I mean, it's terrific. I'll do as many as he wants."
Director Patrick Hughes who is also willing to work on an "Expendables 4" movie with Sylvester Stallone again has in fact an idea on what the plot could be when he was interviewed by Crave Online.
"Seriously, if you're going to do a number four, break outside the box," he said of his conversation with Stallone. "Let's do something really different."
Adding, "I was like, 'You need to add a level of sci-fi.' So it's an action sci-fi. The slant of the sci-fi is something to do with a time machine, where they go through some void, right? And The Expendables land on the beach on D-Day, and it's them sweeping the Nazis out of France!"
However, it seems like Sly did not like the idead Hughes pitched in, but he wanted something as exciting as the "time-travel" twist.
"I have actually entertained the idea of putting the group into such an unnatural environment that it, in an of itself, creates extra suspense and tension: the 'fish out of water scenario," the 68-year-old veteran actor explained. "That environment might not be time travel, but nearly just as jarring."
