-- "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" star Channing Tatum has joined the cast of Roman epic "Eagle of the Ninth," along with Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland and "Sherlock Holmes" star Mark Strong. Tatum will star as Marcus Aquila, sent by Rome to Britain to figure out what happened to the missing Ninth Legion. (The Hollywood Reporter)
-- Even though Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen were going to re-team for "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage," Cohen has since taken on other projects and the extreme sports super-spy simply can't fit into his schedule. Diesel will instead receive direction from "Invincible" helmer Ericson Core. (The Hollywood Reporter) Read More...
Reading the crew list, it feels like you’re strolling down the “action-adventure” aisle at Blockbuster: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin and on and on. But on the set of the currently-filming flick “The Expendables,” nobody is as pumped-up as Terry Crews. 
When it was announced last week that Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, and Jason Statham would star in a movie called “The Expendables,” my colleague Elisabeth Rappe 
It's difficult to come up with a cast more ridiculously badass than "13," which finalized its A-List pics yesterday. But here's one movie that is going to try -- and the main man is probably worth two or three of the "13" cast combined. 
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'The Expendables' Personnel Dossier: Jet Li
Posted 8/11/10 1:10 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Commentary
"The Expendables" arrives in theaters this weekend with several familiar faces in tow — well, familiar faces if you're a fan of epic action extravaganzas filled to the brim with blood, booze and babes aplenty, that is! If you're not well-versed in that scene, don't worry — we have you covered. Throughout the week, we're profiling the six heroes at the center of "The Expendables," continuing today with martial arts extraordinaire Jet Li. Read More...
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