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The Expendables 4’s Disastrous Weekend Run At The Box Office Doesn’t Affect Plans Of 5th Part Led By Sylvester Stallone & Jason Statham, Director Says, “Hell Yes” On Carrying Forward The Franchise


The Expendables 4 director Scott Waugh, in an interview, revealed that he is open to returning for another film in the franchise. Read on!
The Expendables franchise has brought yet another thrilling instalment with The Expendables 4 or Expend4bles that was released in the theatres this weekend, but unfortunately, it failed to garner the much-expected response from the audience. Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, together with Megan Fox, are struggling at the box office, and in the midst of that, the director of the film, Scott Waugh, has shared his wish to move ahead with the franchise sparking hopes of a fifth instalment. Keep scrolling to get the deets.

The Expendables 4 is having a rough time in the theatres, and ratings are also pretty upsetting, with only 16% of critics scoring on Rotten Tomatoes, while the audience score is more appreciating towards the film, which is currently at 70%. But it seems like the director is unfazed by all these ratings and just wants to keep going with more instalments in the film series.
Expend4bles director Scott Waugh sat for an interview with ComicBook.com. He shared his views on bringing out the fifth instalment in the franchise. Scott said, “First of all? Hell yes. I’d come back for a five. I had a blast. I considered it an honour to direct this kind of franchise.” He also spoke about whether he would want to see any particular actor besides Sylvester Stallone in the next film or not upon being asked. He said, “I do not have anyone in my mind; I like to service story first, so let’s see what the story is, and then we can look at the smorgasbord of cool talent that’s out there and see who else we can have to pluck in and put in. I think the tough part of the brand is we’ve kind of run through the gamut.”

The Expendables 4 director further added, “Yes, we have run through the entire gamut of ’80s action stars. So I think that’s where the brand’s trying to elevate now with going to some of the newer stars.” Speaking of working with someone as senior as Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables 4, Waugh added, “Well, if anyone knows Sly, his ability to take the backseat is completely incapable. He is such an incredible storyteller in his own right, and his resume will lean deeply into that.”
Further praising Sly, The Expendables 4 captain said, “So I think Sly is such a wonderful collaborator, and I think Jason [Statham] and myself especially, we always were respectful of him and asked for his opinions. Sly loves to be involved, and I love for him to be involved because he has such a wealth of expertise. So it was super fun working with him.”

The Expendables 4, aka Expend4bles, was released in the theatres on 22nd September, and it has only earned a mere $8.3 Million at the North American box office during its opening weekend, making it the lowest debut in the film franchise. Let us know your thoughts on this Sylvester Stallone-led film in the comments!

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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