Three More Join Sylvester Stallone's Next Film

Let me make myself clear, I like Sylvester Stallone.  I respect both what's he's achieved as a actor/writer/director but also what he has stood for as a person.

With that said, I think maybe it's time he takes a long look in the mirror.  He just turned 65-years old last week and yet he still wants to see a man who's 40.  He still wears lift shoes, still gets plastic surgery on his face, still dyes his hair jet black.  Most of all, still wants to have that amazing physique, yet aids himself with injections of HGH (Human Growth Hormone).

I understand no one likes getting old, and it's always admirable when you feel you can do anything no matter what the date is on your birth certificate, however, sometimes you just gotta be honest with yourself.

As much as Stallone always talks about "moving forward in life," he seems to be living backwards by still trying to be something he once was.

Anyway, enough of my odd rant for the day.  Let me get to this bit of news.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, and Holt McCallany (who was great on FX's now canceled Lights Out) have joined Stallone in director Walter Hill's untitled action thriller (previously titled Headshot) over at Warner Bros. and Dark Castle (Joel Silver's production company).

In the film, Stallone will play a New Orleans hitman who teams with a New York City detective (played by Sung Kang) in a high-stakes investigation that leads from the dingy back alleys of New Orleans all the way to the power corridors of Washington, D.C. The unlikely duo, brought together by two vicious murders, take on all who stand in their way, and are willing to sacrifice everything to exact revenge.

Akinnuoye-Agbaje will play the film's main villian, a powerful attorney who's trying to cover up his scam to exploit poor neighborhoods that have been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Slater, meanwhile, will play a local handler who acts as a middle man (kind of fitting for his career), while McCallany will play a cop who partner's with Sung Kang's character.

The film is a adaptation of the graphic novel, Bullet to the Head, from screenwriter Alessandro Camon (The Messengers) with Walter Hill doing re-writes to the script as well.

The film started shooting in Louisiana last month as is expected to be released sometime next year.

Source: Variety