THE EXPENDABELLES Gets A New Plot

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On Thursday, news broke that Killers and 21 director Robert Luketic boarded Millenium Films’ production of The ExpendaBelles for Millenium Films. The news led to a synopsis announcement detailing a covert rescue mission to infiltrate the enemy lair as high-end call girls to rescue a nuclear scientist and stop a mad dictator.

While casting details are still pending, it appears that within a day of the initial report, some changes have been made to the logline for the film which now reads the following:

The Expendables 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 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.

The ExpendaBelles is being penned as an action comedy by writers Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah, who wrote Luketic’s 2001 lawyer comedy, Legally Blonde. Stallone and Kevin King are producing and Heidi Jo Markel, Julie Kroll, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson and Mark Gill serving as executive producers. Filming is expected to commence this summer.
In the meantime, fans can catch Stallone and the gang back once again in director Patrick Hughes’s new film, The Expendables 3, releasing nationwide on August 15, 2014.
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QUESTION: What do you think of the changes to the plot now compared to its predecessor? Sound off below!
Lee B. Golden III
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Native New Yorker. Lover of all things pizza, chocolate, pets, and good friends. Karaoke hero. Left of center. Survivor. Fond supporter of cult, obscure and independent cinema - especially fond of Asian movies and global action cinema. Author of the bi-weekly Hit List. Founder and editor of Film Combat Syndicate. Still, very much, only human.

Lee Golden

Native New Yorker. Lover of all things pizza, chocolate, pets, and good friends. Karaoke hero. Left of center. Survivor. Fond supporter of cult, obscure and independent cinema - especially fond of Asian movies and global action cinema. Author of the bi-weekly Hit List. Founder and editor of Film Combat Syndicate. Still, very much, only human.

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1 Comment

  1. CSFarmer
    February 8, 2014 @ 7:28 am

    A bit high concept, albeit more comedic ala Austin Powers perhaps. I would have gone straight action drama with it.

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