The Expendables 4could finally start filming this year according to franchise starRandy Couture. Between 2010 and 2014, threeExpendablesmovies have been released, each one featuring Sylvester Stallone leading an ensemble cast filled with fan favorite action movie heroes. In all three installments, Couture starred as the demolitions expert Toll Road, and if it’s up to him, he’ll be back in a fourth movie as well.
In a recent interview withThe Jenna Ben Show, Couture was asked about the status ofThe Expendables 4, which has been rolling around in development hell for several years. Couture clarifies that a previous screenplay that was going to be used for the sequel was scrapped, but that a new script is currently in the works as of now. Better yet, the plan that Couture heard from his agent is that the movie istentatively scheduled to start shootingthis fall.
“It sounds like we’re gonna get to do [The Expendables 4]. They’ve been kicking it around for a couple of years now but I’ve just recently heard from my agent that they’re working on the script for [EX4] and they’re planning to schedule filming ofExpendables 4for this next fall. So I haven’t seen the script yet. They had one a couple years ago that they were talking about makingExpendables 4out of and then [the previous script] comes away, you just never know, it’s such a weird business sometimes…”
Couture also details what it was like to work with the ensemble cast fromThe Expendablesseries, referring to Sly Stallone and crew as “anamazing group of guysto learn from, to be around and have fun with.” There’s no question that it’s an easy yes for Couture to return to the franchise ifThe Expendables 4really begins filming this fall, as the MMA fighter and actor has nothing else but positive things to say about hisExpendablesexperience in the interview.
Written by Sylvester Stallone and based on characters created by David Callaham,The Expendables' franchise cast also includes other notable names like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis, Steve Austin, Chuck Norris, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ronda Rousey, Wesley Snipes, Antonia Banderas, Kelsey Grammer, Harrison Ford, and Mel Gibson.
As far back as 2014, there was talk of producingThe Expendables 4, and at one point, Pierce Brosnan had announced that he was a part of the cast. The project in this iteration was ill-fated after issues behind the scenes led to Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Crews all walking away from the sequel. Stallone would later announce his return to the project in 2018, but the movie has still been doing nothing but spinning its wheels ever since. It remains to be seen if this new screenplay in development will really result inThe Expendables 4shooting this year.
Couture was last seen in theNetflixmovieThe Hard Way, which was released in 2019. FollowingThe Expendables 3, he has also been seen in the TV showsHawaii Five-0,Hell’s Kitchen, andImpractical Jokers. This news comes to us fromThe Jenna Ben Show.
