{"id":589230,"date":"2026-05-17T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589230\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:27:09","slug":"the-expendables-may-return-with-a-female-led-spinoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/589230\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Expendables’ May Return With a Female-Led Spinoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Add\u00a0the Expendables<\/a> to the list of franchises looking to make a comeback<\/a> these days. Instead of a fifth installment, the franchise is branching out with its first spinoff\u2014not just that, but it\u2019ll be headlined by women.<\/p>\n

If you think back early into Expendables\u2019\u00a0lifetime, you may remember this was announced in 2012<\/a>. At the time, it was to be separate from the Sylvester Stallone-led main movies and trades were reported that it\u2019d be headlined by female action stars like Milla Jovovich<\/a> or Gina Carano<\/a>. That never manifested, but according to the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, it\u2019s time to try again\u2014at Cannes on Friday, Eclectic Pictures and Hollywood Ventures Group announced they were teaming on the spinoff, currently titled Expendabelles.<\/p>\n

Our plot? It\u2019s the late \u201990s, and the titular operatives are caught up in a mission \u201cduring the height of Y2K-era tension and geopolitical uncertainty.\u201d The producers are scouting for distribution, financing, and creative talent at the festival, so there\u2019s currently no big names attached. Whoever signs on, they\u2019ll be in a \u201cstylized, action-driven cinematic event designed to expand the mythology of the franchise while standing firmly on its own,\u201d said the filmmakers.<\/p>\n

The past decade has seen several franchises try to put women more front and center, either with mainline films<\/a> or isolated spinoffs<\/a>. The\u00a0Expendables\u00a0movies gradually introduced more women<\/a> into their cast over time, and since audiences didn\u2019t turn up for Expend4bles\u00a0a few years back, it makes sense to see if a movie full of women punching and shooting each other draws more attention. Assuming it doesn\u2019t take 12 years to happen, we\u2019ll see if Expendabelles\u00a0delivers on that front in the near future.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add\u00a0the Expendables to the list of franchises looking to make a comeback these days. Instead of a fifth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,21853,101854,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-589230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-sylvester-stallone","tag-the-expendables","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}