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2. The PG-13 Expendables 3 Leaks, Disappoints And Loses A Female Spinoff
The entire appeal of The Expendables was seeing some of the action genre's biggest names of both past and present teaming up to exchange cheesy macho dialogue and blow away armies of faceless goons in preposterously overblown and violent fashion.
So while the full movie leaking online weeks before it was set to hit theaters may have played a huge part in the third installment's underwhelming box office, the PG-13 rating that neutered the entire concept of The Expendables themselves hardly helped matters.
Sylvester Stallone has since admitted that watering down the antics of his aging band of warriors wasn't the smartest idea, and as well as the proposed fourth entry remaining lodged firmly in development hell, the planned female-driven spinoff also ended up falling by the wayside.
Imaginatively titled The Expendabelles, nobody even tried to dispel the idea that it was basically going to be the exact same formula, but with ladies this time. Cringily described as 'the ultimate story of female empowerment and kick-a** teamwork', the real interest was in seeing if they could assemble an all-star cast to match their male counterparts.
As unbelievable as it sounds, the writers and director of Legally Blonde were signed up, with producer Avi Lerner claiming in late 2013 that he was in talks with Milla Jovovich, Cameron Diaz and Meryl F**king Streep to join the ensemble.
As great as it would have been to see the creative minds behind Legally Blonde directing Meryl Streep in an action movie, there's been no word on The Expendabelles for half a decade now, so it would be safe to say that it won't be happening.