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Simon West's SALTY Peppers Its Cast With Antonio Banderas To Lead

As lackluster as most of The Expendables 3 felt back in 2014, the film had some delightful moments worth basking in, namely the parts with actor Antonio Banderas playing an aging mercenary going through a midlife crisis. He continues to leave a presence for me long after my first viewing of him in the 90’s sequelizing the title role of El Mariachi in Desperado and I’m glad to see him sticking around. Nowadays, the star of the 2014 sci-fi thriller, Automata and co-star the 2015 rescue biopic, 33 días can be expected to appear in a few noteworthy titles in the next few years. More relevantly, you can add the new independent action comedy effort, Salty, which attached filmmaker Simon West (Con-Air, The Mechanic, The Expendables 2) successfully broke records upon meeting its crowdfunding target of £1.8 million pound sterlings via the Syndicate Room last year. via THR: Billed as […]

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Sex, Pirates And Rock & Roll Headline Simon West’s New High-Seas Action Comedy, SALTY

Likely following the production of the new British SAS thriller, Stratton, ConAir and The Expendables 2 helmer Simon West will be tackling a dose of comedy for another new action flick he’ll be directing later this year. Salty is the title with billing that references it as a cross between The Hangover and Get Him To The Greek, which already lends an idea of the kind of action comedy we’ll be in for coupled with a plot that goes a little something like this: The film follows an ageing rock star, and reformed sex addict, who is persuaded to take a holiday by his wife, a former supermodel. Things take a turn for the worse when she’s kidnapped by Thai pirates raising money to buy a new boat. Variety reports that Carnaby has boarded the film as its international sales agent following the film’s venture into crowdfinancing via SyndicateRoom since […]

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