Exclusive: Trouble for Expendables
Wed, May 27, 2009 
Despite the obvious "Aren't they too old?" argument, Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables has had many of us intrigued. Just from everything we've heard, it sounds like a good old fashion (albeit 1980s "old" and sadly not R-rated) action romp. That, and one can't help but resist seeing an action film featuring Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Terry Crews with apperances from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mickey Rourke to boot!
But now TMT has received word from a source that the production has hit a couple of speed-bumps. Chief among them film editor Paul Trejo has been fired - "creative differences" being the reason given. Another problem lies in the Brazilian crew (currently on location down in New Orleans) half of whom have quit due to exhaustion.
According to our tipster, the cause of said actions lie within constant on-set rewrites from Stallone featuring additional stunts - more so than was originally intended which has also caused the film to have gone well over budget.
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