Arnold Schwarzenegger had the chance to feed a rescued tiger at a charity event. You can read more about it here.

In other Arnold news we have this Making Of video for The Last Stand. The embedding feature has been disabled for it but you can watch part one and two on youtube.

Jackie Chan has again mentioned that he would like to be in Expendables 3 if his schedule will allow it:

“I would love to work with Stallone. I’m going to meet him and see what happens. I am supposed to be in The Expendables 3 but at the time I am meant to be doing Chinese Zodiac.

“I cannot promise you anything but let’s see what happens. I would love to do it. I love Stallone.”

Here are some photos of Jason Statham taking the trash to the curb in Hummingbird. The movie is already out in some countries and will be released on June 28th in the UK and North America.

Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to release Jean-Claude Van Damme's comedy Welcome To The Jungle in the US and UK. No word on a release date yet but the movie is apparently selling well so far.

Scott Adkin's will be appearing in an upcoming Hercules movie which unfortunately stars some baby face as Hercules, the mighty son of Zeus.

"SCOTT ADKIN 's new film, will be "Hercules 3D" directed by Renny Harlin who did Cliffhanger & Die Hard 2, budget is 70 million. It will be one of the lead roles and Scott will play King Amphitryon. If you dont know the character, myths are that during Amphitryon’s absence, Alcmene (Hercule's mother) became pregnant by Zeus, who disguised as Amphitryon, when he visited her; she then became pregnant again by her real husband upon his return. Of these unions were born twin boys, of whom Iphicles was the son of Amphitryon, Hercules the son of Zeus.

Scott has been Bulking up for the role and is on set now."

Here's something interesting, a short teaser for a fan made animation based on The Expendables. We'll keep our eyes on this.

Lastly anyone who was a fan of Dredd will be interested to know that there is still some possibility of a sequel. Karl Urban had this to say in a recent interview with Collider:

"...It’s not off the agenda.  Clearly everyone has woken up to the fact that an audience has found this movie and loves it.  It’s entirely possible, and if people want to see another installment then they should be vocal about that, because, it can happen.  The power of fandom can resurrect projects."

Dredd is exactly the kind of straight forward, R rated scifi/action movie that I would love to see rise in popularity again. There really hasn't been anything else like it in years. The movie was a box office failure and had terrible marketing but it seems that those who actually saw it generally liked it a lot. There's a Facebook petition for Dredd 2, both Trevor and myself encourage you to hit the like button on it so that this instant classic gets the sequel it deserves and maybe a few people in Hollywood will see that there's still a strong market for R rated action movies.
https://www.facebook.com/MakeADreddSequel

- Dan

To those doubting if the Austrian Oak can still play Conan, look no further then to the left of this text. The picture is from a deleted scene from The Last Stand showing how buff Arnie was in the film, he honestly has not looked this good since 2003!

Speaking of The Last Stand, the following is a behind the scenes look at the corn field chase in the movie.

Here are five Last Stand deleted scenes, enjoy.

Below is a behind the scenes look at the weapons museum that was featured in the movie.

Thank you to all the people who have kept me updated with Sly's tweets. Recently Stallone mentioned wanting a young Sigorney Weaver for EX 3.

Here was his follow up tweet regarding his call to Steven Seagal,

"Just talked to STEVEN S. in Moscow ...Sounds great and says he wants to be in EX3, if the part fits...."

One person that will most likely not be in the third installment of the EX series, is Joe Taslim, here he says that he has not been contacted. However, he did state that Jet Li and Sylvester Stallone are his hero's and he would defiantly be up for it if invited.

Here are some updates on Expendables stars Bruce Willis and Jason Statham.

According to the globalpost.com 'Expiration' will see, "Bruce Willis playing a poisoned hit man desperately seeking an 11th-hour antidote to save his own life. Brian Tucker, author of the crime thriller "Broken City," will be penning the screenplay to this thriller. The producers of "Expiration" are hoping to start shooting in March 2014. In the meantime, Emmett/Furla Films say they're negotiating with a prospective director, but keeping his name under wraps until the deal has been clinched."

In regards to Statham Variety.com writes, "Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp is partnering with China’s Mark Gao’s Fundamental Films to produce three more installments of the “Transporter” franchise. Fox has a first-look on the three pics, while Lionsgate has a second-look,” said Lambert, who would not comment on whether Jason Statham will reprise his role as Frank Martin, a kick-ass Special Forces officer-turned-courier for hire."

The second match up saw Bruce Willis and Dolph Lundgren go head to head,



and the winner is...

Round 1, Bracket 3 which has Seagal and Van Damme squaring off is now up on the home page of the site.


Here is an updated picture of the Tournament!

- Trevor

Sylvester Stallone wrote on his twitter a few hours ago that he was,

"....Calling SEAGAL this morning."

Speaking of Sly tweets, I wanted to point out that I made a mistake in the last update when interpreting Sly's tweet about "Raiding the Raid." I thought he was giving us some sort of clue as to what the plot of the film might be, but he was actually talking about taking actors from the Raid and putting them into the third installment of the Ex franchise. Specifically, he mentioned Iko Uwais in the comments of the tweet.

Chan Talks EX 3

Jackie Chan gave EmpireOnline an interview today where he discussed a number of subjects, among them was Expendables 3. The following is what he had to say,

"[The Expendables team] did contact me, but right now I have not read the script yet," says Chan. "I’d love to work with Stallone, but until I get back next week and meet Stallone and his manager, see the script… that’s when he’ll tell me what happens."

"I’d most like to have a fight scene with Stallone. Though I’d like to team up with him against the bad guy. There are so many action stars involved, it must be so difficult being the director. How do you share out every scene? 'I want to do something special, I want to do something special!' At the end, it’s all small parts, small parts, small parts. I want a big part! I hope I have a big part with Stallone!"

But this fight scene with Stallone... who would win in that fight? "I would",  replies Chan with a smile. "I run faster than him."

Courtesy of aullidios.com, here is the full official story for 'The Escape Plan' and careful there are some mild spoilers contained within.

"The security expert Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) test their theories unconventional plotting daring prison design leaks some best guarded prison in the world. After eight years and a record of success without breaking, accepts one last job: escape from a top-secret prison that houses some of the world's most wanted men.

Posing as a terrorist on the run, Ray is kidnapped by dark forces and taken by helicopter to a high-tech prison is in an undisclosed location. When witnesses the brutal murder of a prisoner at the hands of a sadistic guard named Drake (Vinnie Jones), and the officer, Willard Hobbes (Jim Caviezel), refuses to take action, try to abort its mission using a preset code for emergency evacuation . But soon discover that the code means nothing to the sheriff and that for the first time in his life, is really stuck.
No alternative other than to continue with their assignment, Ray enlists the help of a prisoner named Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and focuses its mysterious powers of observation to develop an escape plan. But his infallible formula above fails. While patiently collects and analyzes information, you realize that it is not a prison either. "The Tomb", as it is called, is built on precisely Ray's own specifications.

However, the jail holds surprises beyond the imagination of Ray, getting the leak seems an impossible mission. With the ruthless Sheriff trying to kill it, and Rottmayer keeping their own secrets, Ray seems destined to spend the rest of his life in "The Tomb" - unless you are able to find a way to poke fun at himself and his cold blooded captors."



Below are three pictures, Expendables 3's first official poster, Schwarzenegger's first official poster for his film 'Captive'  and the Italian cover for Van Damme's Hard Target on blu-ray

Here are quick project updates on Willis and Lundgren. Lundgren will be starring in 'Invincible' where he will play a super soilder, and Willis is in talks to star in 'Expiration' where he would play a hitman.
http://moviehole.net/201364085exclusive-lundgrens-a-super-solider-in-invincible
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/cannes-bruce-willis-joins-expiration-1200482291/

The final thing I wanted to touch on in this update, is that the Premiere's review of the 1988 action classic starring Carl Weathers as 'Action Jackson' has now been put up onto the site, we encourage you to leave a comment on the review and tell us if you have seen the movie and how you would rate it. You can click here to view the page.

- Trevor

Mickey Rourke aka Tool is back in the Ex franchise!! (here's hoping his cool tattoo bike shop is also back) Here was Sylvester Stallone's exact tweet, "Mighty Mickey is back......."

Although we were all quite certain Chan would be joining the team (or could he be a villain?) nevertheless Stallone himself has finally confirmed it, the following was Sly's tweet on Chan

"What's the plan? Ask Jackie Chan...."

Below is a new Arnold video interview. (It's in English)

Oh ya Sly also mentioned that parts of Eastern Europe and Asia are currently being looked at as potential filming locations for the Expendables 3. Also he gave an interesting clue about what the plot of the film may be, "Thinking about Raiding, THE RAID....think about it..." You can follow the (real) Sylvester Stallone on his twitter account, https://twitter.com/TheSlyStallone You can also see what Stallone is up to in the television world by clicking this link

As I mentioned before guys the last news update was literally posted just a few hours ago, so click here to check it out if you have not already! Just a quick note to those following the Action Star Tournament, Bruce Willis is currently in the lead over Dolph Lundgren by a mere 4 votes, it just goes to show that EVERY vote counts :) The poll will close Sunday around midnight so you have until then to cast your vote.

- Trevor

It's being reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger is in negotiations for a starring role in the upcoming Toxic Avenger remake.

"Loosely based on Lloyd Kaufman's classic Troma franchise, The Toxic Avenger is the tale of a high-school kid who gets dunked in a vat of toxic waste by a corrupt chemical company. He survives the ordeal with one major side effect: upon contact with toxic chemicals, he transforms into a monster with superhuman strength. Schwarzenegger would play "the Exterminator," a former black ops agent, who trains Toxie to use his powers for good. Together they take on the lurking menace created by the polluters, and the polluters themselves."

I was pretty surprised by this news but it's likely that the Toxic Avenger remake won't have the same over the top tone as any of the Troma movies, in which case it's not so hard to imagine that Arnold could be involved with it. Also with a character named "The Exterminator" I think it's safe to predict a lot of "I'll be back" jokes.



A number of photos have surfaced from the set of Sabotage and you can see some of the more interesting ones below. The one in the tunnel caught my attention, that would be a great place for a fight scene.

Here we have two photos from the set of Grudge Match and one of Stallone in The Escape Plan

Arnold also appeared in this video promoting Youtube Comedy Week

And finally here's a fan made teaser poster for The Escape Plan. Hopefully the trailer for this movie will come out soon, a lot of people are asking about it. In the meantime you can get all the entertainment you need by following our Action Star Tournament!

- Dan

Christopher Lambert recently gave Scifi-universe.com an interview, in it he was asked about potential involved with the Expendables franchise. The interview was done in French but here was his answer, translated to English.

"If tomorrow Stallone offers you to play in Expendables 3, what do you say?"
"It's funny you ask because I met Stallone a month and a half ago. We were in the same hotel, we spent two hours together and... we'll see, we'll see (smiles). Then again, that's something I'd really want to do. To tell you the truth, I liked the first Expendables better than the second. Which gives me hope for the third, not for me but for the movie, as there's always a little downfall with the second and then the third is good again (note: he might be thinking of the Highlanders). There were nice things in the second but I prefer the first, in the same way I found John Rambo amazing and wonderfully filmed, because Stallone is an excellent director. He's not subtle, I mean when he tears things in pieces... Wow! I loved it. So we'll see for Expendables 3. Anyway, Stallone is someone I get along with really well and a fantastic human being."

To those emailing me about when the trailer for 'The Escape Plan' will hit, I honestly have no idea. But with the film due for release on September 13th, and with the trailer already debuting at CinemaCon a month ago my best guess would be very very soon, so keep being patient guys!

Below are some new pictures from Van Damme's 'Welcome to the Jungle'

Sly dressed as The Terminator

And a fan made picture of "Claude Vilain,' a potential EX 3 character.

Okay, I have to apologize to some people as we made a mistake with the original results for bracket 1 of round 1. What happened was that on Saturday we discovered a loophole that one person could easily vote as many times as they liked. This has now been fixed and it is impossible to vote more than once per person. But we mistaked some votes in the poll as being repeat votes (when they weren't) because we thought it was suspicious that Arnold had received a massive increase in votes in a short period of time. Also, to Iron Arnold who thought I rigged the poll originally so that Stallone could win, why would I have even allowed your comment to be posted if that were true? Would I not want to keep it a secret, but anyway.



So the winner is....

Round 1, Bracket 2 which sees Dolph Lundgren up against Bruce Willis has now been placed onto the home page of the site. Just a reminder guys that only one vote per user is accepted, so those of you who tried to vote multiple times in the last poll only had one of your votes counted.

Here is an updated picture of the entire Tournament Bracket

- Trevor

Filmstarts.de has the first trailer for Dolph Lundgren's next film, 'Blood of Redemption' anyone else sick of the word Redemption in film titles? Unfortunately, I am unable to put the video directly in this post, but you can click here to view it if interested.

The film stars Dolph Lundgren as 'the Swede,' here is the plot summary,

"Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the patriarch of the criminal empire is killed and his brother suspects that Quinn is behind it all. When he's released from jail he tries to escape the demons from his past, but that becomes an impossible task. Campbell, the ruthless new leader of "The Company" won't let him leave in peace. So instead of escaping them, Quinn fights back. He joins forces with his former henchman and friend, The Swede, and takes on his enemies head on."

Franchise co star Michelle Rodriguez appeared to confirm Statham's casting while promoting the upcoming Fast & Furious 6, she told DesdeHollywood.com: "Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson - when you see these guys in a room you know they belong together. You can see in their eyes that they have gone through a lot. I applaud Universal for getting him on board."

I am hesitant to report on this news considering what happened last time, but ezydvd.com has listed the 1993 Van Damme film 'Hard Target' as coming to Blu-Ray. This would make sense as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the action classic.

The following are two images, one being from JCVD's new film, 'Enemies Closer.' The other being of Dolph Lundgren sporting a new look which in my opinion would suit 'Gunnar Jensen' perfectly should he decide to keep it for the Expendables 3. (it starts filming in only 3 months!)

Lastly, here is a fan made trailer of Terminator 5 that is done so well it almost makes me want a Terminator 5. (but i don't)

- Trevor

Thank you to: Rico, Dean, Mike, "Expendables 3"

Dolph Lundgren wrote the following on his facebook in regards to the teaser for 'Legendary' that went online a few days ago.

"An unofficial trailer for ‘Legendary’ has been leaked online today featuring early work in progress footage with only partially completed Visual Effects. The leaked video is not representative of the final film. The official trailer will be unveiled shortly."

Jason Statham's new flick, 'Hummingbird' will be titled 'Redemption'  in the US and it is set to hit theaters June 28th. For those interested the following is the plot,

"Reeling from a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan, Joey (Jason Statham), an ex-Special Forces soldier, returns to London to face another kind of war: life on the streets as a damaged, homeless veteran. In an attempt to rehabilitate himself, Joey assumes another man’s identity and seeks the aid of Sister Cristina (Agata Buzek), a young nun who works at an inner-city parish. But Joey’s expert training as a soldier marks him as a valuable asset, and he soon finds himself caught in the dark web of London’s criminal underworld. Struggling to keep hold of his integrity, Joey offers his profits to those who need it most. But when he learns his missing girlfriend was brutally murdered by a ruthless kingpin, he risks everything for bloody revenge, hurtling down a deadly path that promises to destroy him completely…or be his last and only hope at redemption."

Joe Taslim talks Expendables 3
Click on the words above this sentence to see what the 'Raid: Redemption' star had to say about the Expendables sequel. You will need a translator to read it, but basically what he said was that to his knowledge he has not been offered a role in the film.

MMA fighter turned actor, Randy Couture has seemingly confirmed his involvement in the third Expendables movie. After a fan on twitter asked if he could give Scotland a shout out, Couture replied, "Scotland rocks ! Hope to go on a scotch tour after ex3 !!!"

Below is the cover art for Scott Adkins next movie.

The film is set to be released in 2013. Here is the plot, (from Scott Adkins official facebook page)

"Danny Harvey (Scott Adkins), has spent all of his life fighting – in the playground, on the football pitch and then for the Green Street Elite. Danny turned his back on football violence and moved away from London. When Joey (Danny’s younger brother) is killed in an organised fight, Danny is forced to return for Joey’s funeral. Here, Danny meets up with his childhood best mate, Victor Davis, who’s the detective assigned to investigate Joey’s murder.

Victor knows the only way of finding out who killed Joey is to send someone in undercover and he knows Danny is the only man for the job. Danny has to return to his old manor and get back into the firm... One things guaranteed: Violence with a capital ‘V.’ Hooliganism has moved on. The fighting is much more organised and sophisticated. His MMA skills are going to come in more handy than ever thought possible. This operation is 100% deniable – if Danny gets caught they are both royally screwed. Danny is back and won’t rest until he gets revenge and finally faces up to the demons that have haunted him for the last fourteen years."

Lastly, the following images are two new pictures from Van Damme's 'Swelter,' a 'Legend of Conan' fan made picture, and another fan picture made by Mike that shows what our favorite action stars would look like as superheros, enjoy.

- Trevor

Dolph Lundgren, via his twitter (which you can view at this link) informed his followers today that, "Legendary Tomb Of the Dragon" has been retitled to "Legendary."

To the left is an official poster. For those unfamiliar with this film the following is the plot,

" Travis, our heroic cryptozoologist, wants to prove that a prehistoric beast killing construction workers is more than just a myth. But at the same time his ruthless competitor, Harker, wants to prove he is the best in the business and outdo Travis in any way he can.\ Travis finds himself in a race against time to preserve the rare but deadly creature because Harker thrives on trophy killings and shoots to kill…including humans if they come between him and his prey.

Travis is funded by a mysterious wealthy benefactor and finds himself escorted by their slightly overwhelmed lawyer. The rest of his team consists of two friends, seasoned field workers Katie and Brandon, and Jianyu, a boy who first gave him video proof of the dragon. Jianyu has his own mission: to prove that the oil company is covering up the truth about the beast killing his father on their site, which is invading the creature’s time honored home. Construction has woken the dragon from his tomb, a danger which they cannot fully understand.

As the death toll mounts, can Travis’ team outwit the company, battle against Harker and escape the jaws of death whilst saving the species from brutal extinction?"

The film was shot in China last year and stars Scott Adkins as "Travis Preston," and Dolph Lundgren as "Harker." It has
completed post-production and will be screened in native 3D at the Cannes Film Market (for industry professionals) on May 17th & 19th. It has a planned release for China in August, no word yet on when the rest of the world will get to see it.

Sylvester Stallone gave us small updates on The Escape Plan and Expendables 3 on his twitter today. He tweeted the, "ESCAPE PLAN is a very good movie which is a rare thing," He also noted that Ex 3 is now in high gear and promised big surprises in store. When a twitter user asked if one of those promises could be Antonio Banderas, Stallone wrote in response, "Antonio B?...  Could be."

I had a special request the other day made by an Expendables fan who goes by the name, "John Rambo" on Youtube to post two trailers he recently created. One is for The Rock, and the other is for Wesley Snipes, both are well made and worth a watch guys! If you like John Rambo's work and would like to see more videos he's produced and subscribe to him you can check out his channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrTheExpendables3?feature=watch or you can click here and it will take you to it directly.

The following are his two videos, the first being for The Rock and the second being for Snipes.

I also wanted to give you guys a heads up that, the 1988 film "Action Jackson," starring Carl Weathers will be the Expendable Premiere's next action classic review. If you have not already checked out the sites last review, which was "Universal Soldier" you can do so by clicking here.

The final thing I wanted to discuss was that the Expendables Premiere will now hold an annual Action Star tournament!! This will determine the most popular bad ass in film amongst the sites fans. Here's how it will work, every week we will have a new poll that pits one star against another, after a seven day period whoever has the least amount of votes between the two is eliminated with the winner advancing to the next round. The site has thousands of visitors on a daily basis but only a small few of you actually vote in the polls, so we encourage you to vote in these ones if you want your favorite action star to advance!

There will be 16 participants in total, with each being new and old stars that could range from the 1960's all the way until now. What we need your help in is deciding which action stars will be selected to be in the tournament, in the comment section below you can make a list of 16 or you can simply throw out a couple of names for us to examine! Thanks and a have a good weekend everyone!

- Trevor