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Sylvester Stallone Will Return In RAMBO V…Yes, Really!

Lionsgate/TWC …And just like that, it’s 2014 all over again. Only this time it appears to, at least, finally be official at a corporate level, and in lieu of Cannes, no less. Jeremy Kay is at Screen International reporting that action star, actor Sylvester Stallone is set to commense principal photography this Fall on the long-teased and anticipated installment of a fifth Rambo film. The news comes four years after progress was made for a 2014 start which followed up with more stagnation, and eventually word of an impasse in 2017 between Stallone and producer Avi Lener regarding the actor’s wish to produce a fourth Expendables film. Stallone appeared to have stepped away from the Rambo franchise entirely back in 2016, in a report at Variety in which he is quoted saying: “The heart’s willing, but the body says, ‘Stay home!,’… “It’s like fighters that go back for one last round […]

Millenium, Cinelou Revive Efforts To Reboot RED SONJA

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MGM/UA More than thirty years since the actress Bridgette Nielsen’s iconic portrayal of fantasy Marvel character Red Sonja, reports at Deadline have it on good terms that Millenium Media are back on top of efforts to reboot the classic IP for the big screen. The character was originally recreated by Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor with partial inspiration from Robert E. Howard’s own shortstory work from the 1930s, and centers on a young girl from the Western Hyrkanian steppes who trains and sets out to seek revenge for her own rape and the murder of her family. “We have been waiting for the right time for this remake, and with the success of Wonder Woman, the audience has spoken. They want female heroes,” said [Avi] Lerner. Richard Fleischer’s adaptation initially bombed critically and commerically but sustained a cult following over the years through its merchandising and a television adaptation in the 1990s. The […]

Film Producer Avi Lerner Talks Stallone, EXPENDABLES 4, EXPENDABELLES, HELLBOY And More

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The past three years saw plenty of fluctuating news and updates surrounding The Expendables, The ExpendaBelles and as recently as this month, a forthcoming reboot of Hellboy. All three are housed at Millenium Films for which its founder recently sold 51% of his stake in the company for $100 million dollars, and this week, Avi Lerner sat down with THR to discuss the nature of his sale with respect to his career and the current film climate and landscape in which a company like Netflix has dominated in snatching up independent titles at the film markets, among other things. Going forward in the interview, Lerner also revived talk of the aforementioned titles; A fourth film in the Expendables franchise had been long in the works following the intial trilogy which gave moviegoers The Expendables 3 in 2014. In March, Stallone left the franchise altogether as he did with Rambo last […]

'Expendables 3' Producer Teases Part Four

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Buzzing around the web as of recent is talk of a fourth installation into The Expendables franchise, courtesy of the latest blurbs from producer Avi Lerner. With the monopoly shared by the Bulgarian press over all things Lerner and ‘Expendable’-related, exclusive fan site Expendables Premiere managed to forward the following excerpt (via rough translation): Mr. Lerner , is it true that ” Expendables 3 ” will be the largest action in the current history of the genre ? LERNER: “Absolutely There is so much action , dynamics, fire and killed than in any other in the world. I am extremely pleased by everything that happened here because of the ” Expendables 3 .” It was the best – studio teams locations . And the second part made in Bulgaria . And the fourth will probably shoot here .” The update comes in light of other news that began circulating the […]