The Expendabelles Updates: Is The Spin-Off Canceled?
The Expendabelles was a proposed, all-female spin-off of the hit action franchise, but is it still happening? Sylvester Stallone's career hit a dry spell during the late '90s, and it wasn't until the success of 2006's Rocky Balboa that he got out of that slump. He scored another success with 2008 sequelRambo, but instead of making another outing in his major franchises, he decided to create a new one. Stallone starred in, wrote and directed The Expendables, where he played the leader of a mercenary crew taking down the dictator of a small island. The movie sold itself on its cast of action icons, including Jet Li, Jason Statham and Bruce Willis.
The Expendables was a success upon release in 2010 and spawned two sequels. The Expendables 3 — which nearly added Jack Nicholson — saw the series hit a rough patch, with the sequel aiming for a PG-13 rating and watering down the intensity. This attempt to reach new viewers instead alienated the target audience, and it became the lowest-grossing of the saga. After nearly a decade away, the upcoming The Expendables 4 will see the return of Stallone and his crew, including new additions like Megan Fox and Iko Uwais.
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While Expendables 4 is finally set to arrive in late 2022, another proposed entry has seemingly disappeared. The Expendabelles was set to feature a team of mercenaries assembled with female action legends, but is the movie still happening?
The first three Expendables — where Van Damme turned down the original — were noticeably light on female team members outside of Yu Nan's Maggie or Ronda Rousey's Luna from the second and third movies respectively. Around 2012, it was confirmed by series producers
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