Sylvester Stallone Wants Sigourney Weaver For Expendables Female-Fronted Spinoff

Cinema Blend ^ | 8-5-2014 | KRISTY PUCHKO

[Citizen Zed]

The Expendables 3 is gearing up to charge into theaters with a sprawling, testosterone-fueled cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Wesley Snipes, Randy Couture, Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, and Antonio Banderas. But could the future of this franchise be female?

The idea of an "Expendabelles" movie has been floating around for a while now, but at the London premiere of The Expendables 3, Stallone suggested who he'd like to see star. None too surprisingly, he named Sigourney Weaver. However, how he suggests she'd fit into the franchise is a little less than inspiring.

THR reports that Stallone proposes Weaver play his onscreen ex-wife, who maybe in the divorce won the estrogen-producing half of his team. "So she'd get the house, the kids and my mercenaries!" he offered.

Stallone also said, "With The Expendabelles, we’ve got a situation where we’re in unchartered waters. Do we put all women actresses together? Would that really work? Or do we have some women who are actually really known to be tough fighters."

[Citizen Zed]

Here's an idea... All the old men are killed and their cheerleading ninja grand daughters battle evil Eastern European models on a topless beach in the French Riveria.

[3Fingas]

What a perfect idea! You are a genius.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

Good grief, let it die.

lol

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I was referring to the Stallone idea.

[NormsRevenge]

I hear ya.. I want to see the Daughters of the Swedish Hot Mamas Rifle Squad.. or sumthin’.. take Cannes by suhprize.

Skrew a bunch of old geriatric drug riddled , over-hormoned washouts of a gang of midgets..

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Sounds like Charlie’s Angels using aging Cougars trying to ring out what’s left of their careers.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Butt, when confronted with the lack of evidence, Signorney doesn’t seem have much of a classic front end to be upfront about when confronted with Hollywood’s artificially-accelerated upper front ends lately.

[hattend]

I saw a bootleg copy of Expendables 3. Not bad for an action movie.

[a fool in paradise]

Doodles Weaver was the better actor of the family.

[from occupied ga]

Expendibles 3 or over the hill gang 3

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I’m still trying to figure out the mystery of why James Cameron has Sigourney Weaver chain smoke in every movie he makes with her.

[Vermont Lt]

On the Riveria after a massive olive oil spill.

And the only weapons available are pillows.

[a fool in paradise]

Here's an idea... All the old men are killed and their cheerleading ninja grand daughters battle evil Eastern European models on a topless beach in the French Riveria.

Is that some kind of franchise reboot?

[Vermont Lt]

With Raquel Welch, Sofia Loren, and Ann Margret as the Grande Dames.

[GeronL]

lol

[Joe 6-pack]

And the Swedish Bikini Team!

[dead]

He should make them battle the private all-hot-chick army of Muammar Gaddafi. Let Tarantino direct it.

[howlinhound]

Sigourney is a slavering Obama worshiper so expect the theme of the movie to be a bunch of menopausal matrons attacking a rogue tea-partiest cell in outer Palinistan..

[ansel12]

I have read that Weaver required calming during scenes when she had to handle the weapons, because guns were so disturbing to her.

[the OlLine Rebel]

More sexist remarks here than in the other poor movies. Or at least, sex-obsessed.

There are not many women actors who can pull off the “tough” aura these days. Weaver is good but she is about the only one.

THE OLD DAYS HAD MUCH TOUGHHER WOMEN, EVEN WHILE MODERNS TELL US HOW SEXIST IT ALL WAS AND HOW WEAK THE WOMEN WERE. (Sorry, iPad caps stuck before I realized, not changing now.)

Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barb Stanwyck, on and on - they would kick butt. And look like it, too.