Expendables 5 without Stallone, but with Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves, possible?

On October 11th, The Expendables led by Sylvester Stallone returned to theaters to blow up Bag Boy! In this 4th adventure, Barney Ross and his team must take down a formidable terrorist named Rahmat. The latter involves a dark plan to start World War III by detonating nuclear detonators.

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In October 2021, at the end of filming his scenes for Expendables 4, Stallone assured that this opus would be his last. The actor wanted to pass on the baton and leave the franchise “‘s expert hands Jason Statham“Lee Christmas Interpreter.

Warning, the rest of this article contains spoilers from The Spent Plot 4. If you don’t want to know anything before seeing the movie, read on

Will Expendables 4 really be Stallone’s last? In the middle of the film, Barney Ross dies when his plane crashes while sacrificing himself for the team. If he had remained dead, the question would not have arisen. However, the character returns at the end of the film! We learn that he faked his death to help solve this episode’s real big bad guy: Marsh, aka Andy Garcia.

Stallone, who doesn’t like the idea of ​​his iconic characters dying on screen, didn’t break his self-imposed rule. So the door is still open for a possible Expendables 5 for Barney. However, at the age of 77, seeing him still running and fighting terrorists is difficult.

In any case, even if it was planned that Jason Statham would take up the torch, the start of the 5th part is compromised by the results of the film at the box office. With an estimated budget of $100 million, Expendables 4 has only made $30 million internationally so far.

failure at the box office

That’s a franchise-worst mark. It’s also the worst opening for an Expendables film in France, with more than 22,000 admissions when it was released on October 11. Therefore, Scott Waugh’s feature film seems headed for a colossal commercial failure.

Before the film arrived in the United States, producers Kevin King-Templeton and Les Weldon announced that they were ready to begin work on a 5th installment. at the Daily Express microphoneThe two men indicated that nothing was out of the question. “We don’t know. It all depends on the fans. As long as there’s an appetite for the franchise, we’ll keep going.”they said.

“We have to change a little because the actors are getting old. For episode 4, we developed a bit. We called the stunt team. Jackie ChanSo the influence of Asian martial arts is undeniable.”added to them.

Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves in the reboot?

Welson even tried to speculate on the actors who could join the saga in the next installments. “As for actors, I was very lucky in my career, I had the pleasure of working with icons from my youth. De NiroStallone, Gerard Butler. I have never cooperated Tom Cruise not together Keanu Reeveswith whom I would be happy to work”he emphasized.

“There are actors that I say to myself, ‘Wow, that would be really cool to work with. For The Expendables, fans have to want to see something new. We know who’s coming back, but who might join the team after the story is done?’Les Welson asked.

Unfortunately, despite this good will, the public didn’t respond to Expendables 4. So the producers have fan feedback, and it seems that interest in the action of the grandfathers has ended.

However, if Gerard Butler, Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise can unite around a leading man like De Niro, it will finally convince the studio to reboot the franchise with new faces. But for the moment it all seems compromised.