According to rumors, the duo has already considered including in the movie several big name actors including Nicolas Cage, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis again, and many others. But none of them seemed to have been confirmed.
Eventually, rumors about Jackie Chan and Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao also made the casting rumors of “The Expendables 4,” which stemmed from the fact that Stallone and Schwarzenegger met him in his locker room just before his match with Chris Algieri late in 2014.
Eventually, the casting reports said that “The Expendables 4” would feature three wrestlers for a villain including Hulk Hogan, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and the returning Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Then there are also reports saying that Pierce Brosnan, John Cusack, and Steven Seagal shall be joining the team of mercenaries led by Stallone’s Barney Ross and Jason Statham’s Lee Christmas.
While it made $208 million at the box office when it was shown in 2014, the figure is considered paltry for a movie like “The Expendables 3” and it was the lowest among the three movies in the franchise.
If not for China, where the movie earned more than $100 million, “The Expendables 3” would have been a certified box-office dude.
The two problems that hounded “The Expendables 3” are now being addressed by the producers and the cast members on “The Expendables 4” which would start filming in China this coming fall.