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[KyoZz]

THR reports that Eclectic Pictures and Hollywood Ventures Group are working on a "female-driven expansion" of the action franchise, tentatively titled Expendabelles.

The previous incarnation of the movie was going to be helmed by Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic, with Sigourney Weaver attached to star. The story focused on female operatives who had to pose as call girls to rescue a nuclear scientist being held hostage.
This time, the plot will centre on "a new generation of elite female operatives in a stylized, action-driven cinematic event designed to expand the mythology of the franchise while standing firmly on its own."

No casting news just yet, but 2023's Expendables 4 did include a female member of the team played by Megan Fox, so there's a chance she might return. The fourth movie was a critical and commercial bomb, however, so maybe not!
Here's what the main franchise's lead Sylvester Stallone said when asked what he viewed as the challenges of an all-female Expendables spin-off while promoting the third movie in 2014:

"With The Expendabelles, we're in uncharted waters. To put all women together, will that really work? Do you have to put in some women that are actually really known to be tough — other MMA fighters [like Ronda Rousey who appears in The Expendables 3]? Or are the Expendabelles really part of a divorce, with Sigourney Weaver as my wife and she's inherited half of the Expendables?"

Expendabelles All-Female Expendables Spin-Off Back In Development At Eclectic Pictures

Though details are sparse at the moment, the "female-driven" Expendables spin-off we first heard about back in 2014 is back in development at Eclectic Pictures...

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[0neAnd0nly]

Yes! I have been waiting for a fresh idea from Hollywood and we FINALLY got one!

 

[KyoZz]

Yes! I have been waiting for a fresh idea from Hollywood and we FINALLY got one!

Right?! Glad Hollywood is finally trying something new.

And I'm sure nothing can go wrong. It's not like The Expendables is a typical male centric, testosterone fueled action movie.

 

[HRK69]

Expendables 4 was certainly something

 

[March Climber]

And I'm sure nothing can go wrong. It's not like The Expendables is a typical male centric, testosterone fueled action movie.

To me it never felt this way. Each one felt like a celebratory movie to finally cross-over action stars who had never been in a film together, but the action and stakes themselves were always at a mediocre, almost parody level compared to each person's better works.

If anything, it always felt like the Expendables movies would have benefitted from a Jackie Chan-esque full on end credits where they show all of the bloopers and the actors getting along because that's the type of feeling each one gave off (instead of hiding them behind blu-ray/dvd menu options).

So from saying all of this, to me it makes perfect sense to make a celebratory movie of the women's side of action stars who may have never been in a film together.

Hopefully they actually manage to get Michelle Yeoh to be a part of this.

Edit: Screw it, they should reach for the moon and try to add Linda Hamilton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lucy Liu, Zhang Ziyi, Carrie-Anne Moss, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Charlize Theron, Ming Na-Wen, etc.

 

[bitbydeath]

If they get Sarah Michelle Gellar I may watch it.

 

[Puscifer]

Expendables 4 was certainly something

It rode a particular momentum of seeing a lot of these guys go out for a hurrah. Till I saw this thread I had no idea there was even a 4th lol