Will Manny Pacquiao's involvement in "Expendables 4" prevent Sylvester Stallone from dumping the movie?
While there are talks that Sly is having second thoughts on pushing through with the fourth installment of the action-packed franchise following unimpressive performance in the box office last year, Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is rumored to be included in the line up.
Sly and his co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly asked the 36-year-old boxer to star in "Expendables 4," during his fight with Chris Algieri in Macau last year.
But while Pacquiao has yet to comment on the reports as he is still busy preparing for his big fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2, the "Terminator" star is reportedly trying to convince his good friend Sylvester Stallone to pursue 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."
Jason Statham who appeared with the two veteran actors is also reportedly looking forward to working with Sly and Schwarzenegger 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."
Even director Patrick Hughes has openly said that he has already an idea on what the upcoming "Expendables 4" movie would be upon talking to 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!"
