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12:27 am - 08/18/2012

Female Version of "Expendables" Is A Go!



Just as "The Expendables 2" explodes into theaters, Adi Shankar's banner 1984 Private Defense Contractors has tapped Dutch Southern to write an all-female riff on the star-studded action franchise.

Shankar ("The Grey") will produce for 1984 Private Defense Contractors, which plans to fully finance the "Expendables"-inspired project. Company is already in talks with several prominent actresses affiliated with the action genre.

2012 has been a banner year for female-driven actioners like "The Hunger Games," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and the Gina Carano-toplined "Haywire."

Shankar's shingle recently co-financed Joe Carnahan's "The Grey," Marc Forster's "Machine Gun Preacher" and Andrew Dominik's upcoming Brad Pitt-starrer "Killing Them Softly," as well as Allen Hughes' thriller "Broken City," which pairs Mark Wahlberg with Russell Crowe.

Southern has a history with 1984 Private Defense Contractors, as back in April 2011, the company acquired his 2010 Black List script "Hoof Harrington's Greatest Hits," the story of a semi-retired hitman that has been described as "'Die Hard' by way of Wes Anderson."

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Who would you cast in this movie?

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josiefier 18th-Aug-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
Omg, omg, omg. Where's that old manip someone made with the likes of Cynthia Rothrock in a fantasy cast? That needs to be here.

My mind is too blown to think of other names at the moment.

Edit: Found it, sorry it's so huge -


Edited at 2012-08-18 05:00 am (UTC)
seanpreston28 18th-Aug-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
where is lucy lui?
kamikashi 18th-Aug-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
i was about to write the same exact thing when i saw the pic and scrolled down just a bit more to see this comment!
josiefier 18th-Aug-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
Switch her with Angelina? I'd be game for that.
severalstories 18th-Aug-2012 07:00 am (UTC)
That's what I was wondering, too!
davejohn 18th-Aug-2012 11:26 am (UTC)
expandable
lestat 18th-Aug-2012 05:09 am (UTC)
take out rodriguez, she said some racist shit
gonexforgotten 18th-Aug-2012 05:10 am (UTC)
Remove Rodriguez, add Lucy Liu

Edited at 2012-08-18 05:10 am (UTC)
flamed65 18th-Aug-2012 06:21 am (UTC)
its missing Demi Moore
pennylane101 18th-Aug-2012 06:32 am (UTC)
no uma thurman??
mjspice 18th-Aug-2012 06:38 am (UTC)
WOW! All they need is Lucy Lui!
ametalheart 18th-Aug-2012 06:58 am (UTC)
bellwetherr 18th-Aug-2012 07:03 am (UTC)
missing maggie q but YES
dangerbuffalo 18th-Aug-2012 01:13 pm (UTC)
Just gonna say Pam Grier needs to be up here.
ooh_mrdarcy 18th-Aug-2012 01:50 pm (UTC)
YES PLEASE.
poop_of_death 18th-Aug-2012 02:19 pm (UTC)
I would see the fuck out of this. But I have a fear it would still make a gender the focus with a male villain as to inspire faux girl power.
serialkiller 19th-Aug-2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
add Pam Grier and Angela Basset and we got ourselves a winner.
honeebs 19th-Aug-2012 11:10 pm (UTC)
Diane Keaton because I want to see her in it. :)
Well just to name a few Gina Torres, Lucy Liu, Viola Davis, Amanda Heard, Freida Pinto, Kim Yoon-jin.
That is all.
executivehpfan 18th-Aug-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
Who would I cast? Anyone who wasn't Angelina Jolie.

Gabrielle Union and Michelle Yeoh.
misoras 18th-Aug-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
meiko kaji. (jk but not rly)
memorian 18th-Aug-2012 05:33 am (UTC)
all for it. Then she could sing a song for the film too.
suspiriorum 18th-Aug-2012 05:38 am (UTC)
Omg yes. Everything needs Meiko Kaji.
kapuki234 18th-Aug-2012 06:41 am (UTC)
she can play michelle's sister or something
fallengirl81 18th-Aug-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
Linda Hamilton
Sigourney Weaver
Geena Davis
Angela Basset
Michelle Yeoh
Pam Grier (of course)
Uma Thurman
Lynda Carter
executivehpfan 18th-Aug-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
Geena and Angela. FUCK YES.
uledy 18th-Aug-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
Good call on Angela Basset, she's already proven her badassery.

And bless you for leaving out Angelina Jolie.
marshallgregson 18th-Aug-2012 05:10 am (UTC)
this is a perfect list imo but i wonder if they are going to go for younger women
wintourseason 18th-Aug-2012 12:17 pm (UTC)
It would be retarded to do that seeing as the Expendables cast have got to be all over 60.
fallengirl81 18th-Aug-2012 10:57 pm (UTC)
that would be disappointing as fuck considering The Expendables is made up of old geezers. I'd like to think that the obvious ageism/sexism would blow up in their face, but it is Hollywood, so they probably wouldn't give a shit.
abiding 18th-Aug-2012 05:26 am (UTC)
this list is perfection
shining_starsxx 18th-Aug-2012 05:32 am (UTC)
I'd watch the shit outta that.
grilled_cheese 18th-Aug-2012 06:08 am (UTC)
omg I love that you mentioned Geena Davis. Her in "Long Kiss Goodnight" gives me life.
stoppelhopser 18th-Aug-2012 06:21 am (UTC)
Now THAT is the list!
poop_of_death 18th-Aug-2012 02:20 pm (UTC)
throw in Zoe Bell and you got me.
gbeastly 18th-Aug-2012 04:57 am (UTC)
leila54 18th-Aug-2012 05:18 pm (UTC)
Additions: Zoe Saldana, Carrie Ann Moss, Chloe Moretz, Pam Grier, Uma Thurman, Chiaki Kuriyama (Go Go in Kill Bill)
nimberlane 18th-Aug-2012 04:59 am (UTC)
Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Lucy Lu, Traci Thoms LET'S GO MUTHAFUCKA WOOP WOOP
executivehpfan 18th-Aug-2012 05:00 am (UTC)
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ! Knew I was forgetting somebody.
nimberlane 18th-Aug-2012 05:00 am (UTC)
yuuuus she gives me life
nimberlane 18th-Aug-2012 05:00 am (UTC)
And everyone else mentioned above. And Zoe Bell.
snortingcoke 18th-Aug-2012 05:05 am (UTC)
omg yes to lucy lui especially i love her so much
briknowsbest 18th-Aug-2012 05:22 am (UTC)
Lucy and Traci<3
scotchsour 18th-Aug-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
Who would you cast in this movie?

Love most of my Caucasian sisters but I'm not going to lie: all non-white women.
snortingcoke 18th-Aug-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
girl you have to make an exception for sigourney weaver come on
scotchsour 18th-Aug-2012 05:04 am (UTC)
I will make an exception for Cynthia Rothrock because I grew up on her shit.
ms_mmelissa 18th-Aug-2012 05:45 am (UTC)
Oh yes, how fabulous would it be with Michelle Yeoh, Lucy Liu, Maggie Q, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana, Jessica Alba and Vivica A. Fox?
snortingcoke 18th-Aug-2012 05:02 am (UTC)
omg i am here for this yaaasss
ichdontthinksoo 18th-Aug-2012 05:03 am (UTC)
Jovovich, ALWAYS JOVOVICH.
scotchsour 18th-Aug-2012 05:07 am (UTC)
I haven't really not like a Milla action film but the last time I remember at least a black woman starring in a action film was the piece of shit with Sanaa Latham of Aliens vs Predators.

I need more than that one attempt of a black female action star.
snortingcoke 18th-Aug-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
you know zoe saldana is going to be in this
metrictons 18th-Aug-2012 05:06 am (UTC)
Milla Jovovich, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Uma Thurman.

Also lol @ this...

2012 has been a banner year for female-driven actioners like "The Hunger Games," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and the Gina Carano-toplined "Haywire."
snortingcoke 18th-Aug-2012 05:09 am (UTC)
one of these things does not belong
metrictons 18th-Aug-2012 05:11 am (UTC)
Charlize? ia unless you're talking about the movies.
chihaya19 18th-Aug-2012 06:44 am (UTC)
haywire suuuuucked
lestat 18th-Aug-2012 05:10 am (UTC)
Lucy Lawless and Pam Grier are a must. Also fuck Michelle Rodriguez for her racist bullshit.
bizzycakes 18th-Aug-2012 05:11 am (UTC)
Michelle Rodriguez without a doubt. Sigourney Weaver would be super badass. Jamie Lee Curtis too.
turdferguson 18th-Aug-2012 05:12 am (UTC)
as long as they have both lucys, pam grier, sigourney weaver, michelle yeoh, and milla jovovich i'm good.

Edited at 2012-08-18 05:13 am (UTC)
shadwrayvn 18th-Aug-2012 05:13 am (UTC)
Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, Gina Torres, Zoe Saldana,
gonexforgotten 18th-Aug-2012 05:15 am (UTC)
how the fuck did I forget Gina Torres, oop at me
shadwrayvn 18th-Aug-2012 05:18 am (UTC)
Its ok bb I am gleefully happy to remind people of her badassery!
abiding 18th-Aug-2012 05:26 am (UTC)
omg yes to Gina Torres
lucciolaa 18th-Aug-2012 03:00 pm (UTC)
Bless your flawless taste.
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