Sylvester Stallone Wants Sigourney Weaver For ‘ExpendaBelles’ Movie
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The Expendables 3, which may be the last installment of Sylvester Stallone’s popular franchise, comes out in theaters August 15th (and if the trailers are any indication, Stallone and his gang of geriatric action stars will be going out with a bang).
Though this is undoubtedly sad news for some, there’s no need to despair. While Stallone and company may be packing things up, there’s another gang of badass mercenaries ready for action: The ExpendaBelles.
The female-focused spinoff of The Expendables has been in development for a while now, with director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) working off of a script from writing team Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith (also Legally Blonde). Now, we’ve got some more information on the status of the film.
At a red carpet event for The Expendables 3, producer Avi Lerner told The Hollywood Reporter that he’s “going to do it at the beginning of next year. We are writing the final lines of the script, we’ve got lots of ideas about who is going to be in it.”
Could one of those cast members be the always fantastic Sigourney Weaver? If Sylvester Stallone gets his way, then the answer is a resounding yes.
Stallone reportedly said he would love to see Weaver join The Expendabelles as his onscreen wife (though it’s likely that the 68-year-old action legend was joking since he also described a possible plot where Weaver ends up getting “the house, the kids and my mercenaries” in a divorce settlement).
As we posted earlier this year, the actual plot of the movie conforms to much more traditional action movie standards.
When America’s Navy SEALs are wiped out trying to ? the island lair of a deadly despot who has captured one of the world’s top nuclear scientists, it becomes clear that there is no such thing as the right man for the job and that this is a mission so impossible that only women can handle it. The only way in: some of the world’s deadliest female operatives must pose as high-class call-girls shipped in by private plane to satisfy a dictator – and instead save the scientist and the day.
Here at Screen Rant, we’ve long advocated for having Sigourney Weaver lead an all-female group of action stars. (We even came up with a list back before the female Expendables film was even announced!) So naturally, we’re excited at the prospect of having Weaver join the cast.
There have been a number of big names swirling around this movie – including Milla Jovavich, Cameron Diaz, and even Meryl Streep – but who better to call the shots than Weaver? If she could handle the Xenomorphs in four different Alien movies spanning nearly 20 years, she can definitely step up the plate here.
What do you think? Is Sigourney Weaver a must for The ExpendaBelles?
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I'd watch. You can get
Weaver
Lucy Lawless
Michelle Rodriguez
Gina Carano
That badass chick from Thor
Maybe throw in a sista or two -
? would be ill but they need a new name
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Get Ronda Rousey to be in the film.
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Really don't seem like it's enough big name hollywood action chicks for this.
Sigourney Weaver
Lucy Liu
Lucy Lawless
Michelle Rodriguez
Milla Joavich
Maybe Trinity from The Matrix?
I dunno, seems like I must be forgetting people, but not really?
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The crouching tiger chick
Laila Ali
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playmaker88 wrote: »The crouching tiger chick
Laila Ali
Laila can play the chuck norris role and just come through bussing shots left and right or the ahnuld role -
pam grier
lucy liu -
I would watch
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Young Gunner wrote: »I'd watch. You can get
Weaver
Lucy Lawless
Michelle Rodriguez
Gina Carano
That badass chick from Thor
Maybe throw in a sista or two
angela basset? you ever seen that movie strange days where she plays a detective? wasn't she a police detective in vampire in Brooklyn? just sayin' or maybe jada pinkett she does action roles. -
playmaker88 wrote: »The crouching tiger chick
Laila Ali
yeah Kelly hu? wasn't she also in rush hour 2? -
they would have to,HAVE TO,get Cynthia Rothrock,aka China O'Brien
you guys are also forgetting Zoe Bell -
get Linda Hamilton to play lead and I might be interested
Weaver was cool but she aint that ^ gangsta -
Forgot about Linda Hamilton, she'd be another good one.
Maybe Chyna from the WWE, though she a straight up full time porn star now.
There are no real black, action females cept Pam Gier. I guess she the right age for Expendables. -
waitaminute! expendebelles? I thought he just wanted to add another femme fatale to the cast. I didn't know he wanted a female version of expendables. I don't think this would be a good look. it would be to expendables what gang of roses is to posse.
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned this chick:
She disappeared off the face of the earth, but at one time she was like the female Jean Cleade Van Damme. -
Never seen her never heard of her till Du mentioned her name
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IF that ? from fast 6 aint on there I don't wanna see it. the one letty was fighting.
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Didn't like 2 or 3. Not watching
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Forgot about Linda Hamilton, she'd be another good one.
Maybe Chyna from the WWE, though she a straight up full time porn star now.
There are no real black, action females cept Pam Gier. I guess she the right age for Expendables.
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Even though this is a female film they need to get Steve Wilkos in it somehow.
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Chyna? Laila Ali? Thats straight-to-video status. And you cant get all the cult-like names for women like they do w/ the Exepndables b/c then it'd seem low budget and no one would want to see it. For the first one you would have to limit it to only big time names.
I'd lmit it to Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Uma Thurman!, Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich, Angelina Jolie if she'd do it. Thats about it. The rest maybe can have small roles but they wouldnt be headliners
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Chyna? Laila Ali? Thats straight-to-video status. And you cant get all the cult-like names for women like they do w/ the Exepndables b/c then it'd seem low budget and no one would want to see it. For the first one you would have to limit it to only big time names.
I'd lmit it to Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Uma Thurman!, Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich, Angelina Jolie if she'd do it. Thats about it. The rest maybe can have small roles but they wouldnt be headliners
True, but we need the next generation stars too. We want to see different people get their chance. I don't want to see the same damn chick doing every movie. I'm saying get Ronda Rousey or Kaliesha West.
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get Linda Hamilton to play lead and I might be interested
Weaver was cool but she aint that ^ gangsta
Hamilton gotta look horrible these days