Since The Expendables, the 2010 film that brought together a smorgasbord of action heroes – including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Bruce Willis – brought home $200m (£125m) at the box office, it was only a matter of time before the ludicrous mix of testosterone and brawn was recreated elsewhere (incidentally, The Expendables 2 is already in post-production). So news arrives of The Tomb, an upcoming flick with – if it's possible – an even more ridiculous cast.
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Melbourne Diary: Novak – The Movie
Saturday 21 January 2012
There were times in the past when Novak Djokovic's appetite for a battle was called into question, but the fighting qualities the Serb showed in winning three Grand Slam titles last year and becoming world No 1 have been recognised in Hollywood. Djokovic is making his screen debut in The Expendables 2, which is due to be released later this year.
Bunce on Boxing: Finally, 'the real Rocky' will get a film of his own life
Tuesday 27 December 2011
It all started 35 years ago and since then Sly Stallone has been at the heart of the six Rocky movies and there is a chance of another.
Diary: Is Sarkozy fit for renewal of historic hostilities?
Tuesday 25 October 2011
The regrettable spat that has erupted between our Prime Minister and the French President prompts some in the Tory ranks to excitably predict that their man would come out on top in the event of historic hostilities ever having to get physical again.
John Travolta on for Expendables 2
Monday 01 August 2011
John Travolta has been added to the cast of 'Expendables 2'.
David Lister: Don't encourage politicians who want to be film buffs
Saturday 23 July 2011
The Week in Arts
Slater to star in Stallone's new film
Monday 11 July 2011
The 'Guns, Girls, and Gambling' actor is the latest addition to the cast of the currently untitled movie, which is based on the French comic series 'Bullet to the Head', in which Variety reports he will play a "local handler who acts as a middle man".
David Flatman: Season over but fitness guru tells me: don't get fat
Sunday 08 May 2011
From the Front Row: For the stag trip of Lord Mike Tindall, there will be some well-sculpted bodies on show by the pool
Screen Talk: Hawaii makes waves
Friday 06 May 2011
It's a serious business, show business. And lawmakers play a vital role, especially when it comes to creating tax breaks to allow movie production budgets to feel the love.
Caught & social: Sly Stallone paints St Moritz red
Friday 18 February 2011
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Andrei Konchalovsky - The roots and rarities of a man of two worlds
Friday 21 January 2011
Andrei Konchalovsky is famed for his US genre films but his Russian work best represents him, argues Geoffrey Macnab
No more heroes any more: Are Eighties Hollywood beefcakes capable of anything else?
Thursday 16 December 2010
There's nothing quite as unedifying as watching Eighties Hollywood beefcakes still trying to muscle in on action films
DVD: The Expendables (15)
Friday 03 December 2010
Handled right, Sly Stallone's testosterone-fuelled hokum could have been fun. But it's not. Stallone mostly plays the action straight, and it's aimed at 12-year-old boys.
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