‘The Expendables 4’, which will be the end of Sylvester Stallone in the saga, already has a release date

The most famous tough guys are back in the fray in 2023. The hit action saga “The Mercenaries”, which started in 2010, brings “The Mercenaries 4”, which is double the budget of its predecessors.will be released on the bill on 22 September 2023. The film aims to lift the fall that was ‘The Expendables 3’.

For the first time since its origin, the team must continue without its leader, grouped under the new leadership of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham). Barney “Schizo” Ross’s brigade (Sylvester Stallone) expands his next mission full of challenges and risks against an arms dealer with the power of an entire army under his commandwhere they have to make use of all their experience, ingenuity and brute strength.

New stars join the cast, such as Megan Fox, Andy Garcia, 50 Cent and Tony Jaa. Dolph Lundgren, who has played Gunner Jensen since the beginning of the saga, spoke in an interview with Pop Culture about the increase in the cast: “Usually in a big movie you can have three or four main characters. Even in ‘Aquaman’ you have maybe four main characters, but here you have half a dozen, or almost ten. In some of them, there have been up to ten. people…”adding it “everywhere you look there is someone famous”which for him, as an actor, was exciting.

“This is what makes a franchise special. I’m Jason’s friend [Statham] and Stallone, and I was able to meet, as I said, 50 [Cent]and those other people, and they’re all good people. “. Moreover, he affirmed it despite the budget increase, the next film doesn’t have many special effects. “It’s like an old school movie, where you do a lot of action scenes and actually shoot on set.”.

Farewell to Stallone

Sylvester Stallone, that was it the father of the saga, as director, screenwriter and star of “The Mercenaries” in 2010, will make his final appearance in the fourth installment. The actor who became famous for “Cornered (Rambo)” will transition to co-star Jason Statham after four intense films in four years.

Stallone gradually gave up his role in the production of the series. In “The Expendables 2” he had Simon West behind the scenes and in “The Expendables 3” with Patrick Hughes. In what will be Stallone’s last film, Scott Waugh (“Act of Valor”, “Need For Speed”) takes on the role of director and, for the first time, Stallone will also not be behind the scriptleaving it in the hands of Spencer Cohen (“Moonfall”) and John Joseph Connolly, under the supervision of screenwriter Max Adams and with the support of acclaimed Dave Callaham (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, “Wonder Woman 1984 ‘ ) in character creation.