Lionsgate Touts More RAMBO And EXPENDABLES In New Deal With Millenium Media
The studio has acquired the rights to build on both IPs, as well as worldwide rights to the upcoming prequel.
The studio has acquired the rights to build on both IPs, as well as worldwide rights to the upcoming prequel.
A fourth Expendables run may quietly be in motion with Terry “Hulk” Hogan and Hong Kong legend Jackie Chan among the names being stirred in the hype pot. There’s no telling when that might happen, but now it appears that Lionsgate is taking the blockbuster action franchise into gaming territory for mobile users. The latest announcement in Hong Kong came this week on Wednesday and you may read it below: As part of its continued expansion into the game space, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, has partnered with producer Avi Lerner’s Millennium Films and Hong Kong-based mobile game developer and publisher Fifth Journey to create an Expendables mobile game, the companies announced today. The Expendables game, based on the star-studded action hero franchise whose first three installments grossed nearly $800 million at the global box office, will be released on mobile phones and tablets in […]
May 2015 be the age where all things action make way for the small screen! Ironically, the last franchise you would expect to be going straight to television would be The Expendables, considering its R-rated ensemble back in 2010 and 2012 promising a revitalized era of the glory days of old-school action from the 80’s and 90’s…before this happened. Well, times have changed and the franchise’s lead action star, Sylvester Stallone and partner Avi Lerner have since decided to take whatever prospects there may have been for a fourth to see if the formula will work on television, thanks to a new report from Deadline. Word has it that the two will now be executive producing a potential television series based on the franchise for Fox from Lionsgate TV. Shane Brennan, who worked on NCIS will be showrunning as well as scripting with Ride Along write Greg Coolidge and Kirk […]
Actor Wesley Snipes (Passenger 57, The Art Of War, Blade) won’t have much of an issue with finding work now that he is out of jail and a free man. Sylvester Stallone confirmed via Twitter on Sunday night that Snipes will be involved in the third installment of the epic ensemble action film franchise, in addition to further assurance that actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson will direct the film. “Mel is a MAGNIFICENT director! Pure passion on every level .” Stallone says. “…we’d be blessed to have him.. A REAL long shot, but LIFE is a long shot -right?” A long shot indeed, especially in the eyes of the public. The 57-year old actor, screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his roles in such films as Ransom, Payback, Braveheart, and successful film series titles such as Mad Max and Lethal Weapon, as well as his directorial hits like Apocalypto and […]