The wait is over! After a long time of planning, shooting and many updates on its production status, The Expendables 4 (exped4bles) will finally hit theaters. Barney Ross and his team of mercenaries are back for an intense mission, and here’s what you need to know about the next installment in the action franchise.
What is it about The Expendables 4?
In this new mission, The Expendables must stop a terrorist group that has acquired nuclear weapons that could unleash World War III.
Lionsgate provides the following synopsis:
“A new generation of stars joins the world’s greatest action heroes for an adrenaline-pumping adventure in The indestructible 4. Armed with all the gear they can get their hands on and the skills to use it, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team to call when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics will give ‘new blood’ a whole new meaning.”
What else is known about the film?
The truth is that this is the installment of the franchise that has taken the longest to complete. Despite this, the protagonist, Sylvester Stallone, gave a few farewell words to the series of tapes, as this will be his last appearance in this film universe. Here what he said on his Instagram account:
“The best thing is to be able to offer movies and entertainment, and maybe there is a little message in there, because what I try to convey in my successful films is the human touch, the bond. Not so much the action, the action is self-evident, but just engaging with the audience in a way where they can relate to whatever mission the characters are on.”
Similarly, this will be the first film in the saga in which Arnold Schwarzenegger will not participate. This is what the actor said about it:
“I told [a Stallone]: ‘Did you know? We’ve already done this and I’m out.’ And he really got it.”
Production team and cast
Sylvester Stallone (rocky, Rambo) returns as Barney Ross. Other action stars that are back for the fourth installment are: Jason Statham (megalodon) as Lee Christmas; dolph lundgren (rocky IV) as Gunner Jensen and Randy Couture (Finla Kill) as Toll Road.
The cast is integrated Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (escape plan), Megan fox (transformers), Tony Jaa (Ong Bak), Jacob Scipio (bad boys forever), Levy Tran (Levy Tran), Eddie Hall (Transformers: The Last Knight), Iko Uwais (The raid) and andy garcia (The big con)
The film will be directed by scott waugh (need for speed) and written by Max Adams (the ending list) and spenser cohen (moonfall).
When it premieres The Expendables 4?
The film arrives in Mexican theaters on September 21, 2023.
Poster
official trailer for The Expendables 4 (June 7, 2023)
Trailer #2 (August 23, 2023)
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