THE EXPENDABLES 3’s release date is fast-aproaching and whilst this may be the third installement for the male-centric team we are all still waiting for the female counterpart. Cleverly titles THE EXPENDABELLES (get it), the film has been rumored for several months and we at THN want them to hurry things along.
Whilst doing the publicity rounds for the latest of Barney and co’s adventures producer Avi Lerner had the following to say on the developing project:
“We are working on the script. We’ve got lots of ideas about who’s going to be the action movie star. We plan to start shooting at the beginning of next year. And that’s all I can say about this movie right now.”
When asked who would be starring Lerner was quick to say that they aren’t that far down the line yet though Sylvester Stallone expressed a desire for Sigourney Weaver to be team leader. Regular THN readers will know that Weaver topped our Badass Babes of Films and Television feature earlier this year, but I imagine the chances of her being up for the sort of film THE EXPENDABELLES will be are quite slim.
Whoever ends up being cast, we are hopeful that this will indeed be a female version of the films that already exist, with the studio focusing on the action prowess of its leading ladies rather than their looks. An early treatment had the ladies disguising themselves as high-class call girls to infiltrate a dictators liar – that doesn’t sound very girl-power to us. Thankfully though the company behind the film, Millennium Films, has recently updated their working synopsis of the film (see below):
“THE EXPENDABLE universe has a new team. An elite group of highly trained female mercenaries are brought together for a covert hostage rescue mission. Once they are behind enemy lines, the women discover that they will also need to topple an evil dictator bent on world domination. It becomes clear there is no such thing as the right man for the job. THE EXPENDABELLES is the ultimate story of female empowerment and kick-ass teamwork.”
With a proposed shoot date of early next year let’s keep our fingers crossed that it won’t be long until the film reveals its leading ladies. Our THN wish-list includes the likes of Katee Sackhoff, Zoe Bell, Linda Hamilton and Milla Jovovich but we are very interested in hearing who you want as your ‘belles’.
Source: Collider
