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Apr 11 2013 04:45 PM ET

Sylvester Stallone asks: What about Mel Gibson directing 'Expendables 3'?

by Darren Franich

Tags: Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables, You Know You're Getting Old When...

Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Getty Images

Late-blooming fan-fiction auteur Sylvester Stallone, on the verge of finishing his latest mash-up crossovers Tango & Terminator and Rocky vs. Raging Bull, is finally getting back to his crossover mega-franchise The Expendables (which is itself sort of the Crisis on Infinite Earths of old things). Stallone has spent the last month free-associating about The Expendables 3 on his Twitter account, promising mountains of surprises and more humor, saying in no uncertain terms that Steven Seagal will not be involved but that Jackie Chan has a spot saved on the roster, and also putting out a casual casting call for a “tech wizard,” a “super brains,” and “a young woman who is not a sex symbol but funny, tough, REAL.” READ FULL STORY »

Feb 2 2013 12:46 PM ET

The movie action hero after Sandy Hook: Is it time for a 'Bullet To The Head'?

by Jeff Jensen

Tags: A Good Day To Die Hard, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Bullet To The Head, Die Hard, Inglorious Basterds, Red, Sylvester Stallone, The Dark Knight, The Expendables, The Last Stand, Yippee Ki-Yay, Zero Dark Thirty, Movies

Image Credit: Frank Masi

Remember the good old days when people could enjoy watching an action hero who shoots a lot of people without feeling like they were contributing to the ruin of society? Sylvester Stallone sure hopes so. The well-preserved Rocky and Rambo star, now 66, is back in theaters this week with Bullet To The Head, his first solo vehicle since The Expendables franchise (made in collaboration with his grumpy frat pack bash brothers) Viagra’d his brand of brawn. Stallone’s latest feature, directed by the venerable action maestro Walter Hill (The Warriors; 48 Hours), seems poured from the mold that he helped forge back in the day with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. In fact, the one-time Planet Hollywood power trio is trying to muster a resurgence this year that resembles their shoot ‘em up heyday, albeit with more gray hairs (or no hair) and additional wrinkles (or conspicuously fewer). Bullet To The Head follows Schwarzenegger’s post-Governator comeback bid, The Last Stand, and ahead of A Good Day To Die Hard, Willis’ fifth stint as insurance nightmare John “I can’t believe this is happening to me AGAIN!” McLane. (The Joseph Gordon-Levitt lookalike also has the sequel to RED – about a secret society of retired CIA agents – later this year.)