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PRESENT

A NU IMAGE PRODUCTION

A FILM BY SIMON WEST

SYLVESTER STALLONE JASON STATHAM JET LI DOLPH LUNDGREN CHUCK NORRIS

ALSO JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME WITH BRUCE WILLIS AND ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

THE

EXPENDABLES 2

TERRY CREWS RANDY COUTURE LIAM HEMSWORTH SCOTT ADKINS AMANDA OOMS CHARISMA CARPENTER

MUSIC BY BRIAN TYLER COSTUME DESIGNER LIZZ WOLF

PRODUCTION DESIGNER PAUL CROSS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHELLY JOHNSON, A.S.C.

FILM EDITOR TODD E. MILLER CO-PRODUCERS ROBERT EARL JIB POLHEMUS MATT O’TOOLE

GUY AVSHALOM ZYGI KAMASA EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DANNY DIMBORT BOAZ DAVIDSON TREVOR SHORT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JON FELTHEIMER JASON CONSTANTINE EDA KOWAN BASIL IWANYK GUYMON CASADY

PRODUCED BY DANNY LERNER LES WELDON PRODUCED BY AVI LERNER KEVIN KING-TEMPLETON BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY DAVID CALLAHAM

STORY BY KEN KAUFMAN & DAVID AGOSTO AND RICHARD WENK SCREENPLAY BY RICHARD WENK AND SYLVESTER STALLONE

DIRECTED BY SIMON WEST

© 2012 BARNEY’S CHRISTMAS, INC.

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SYNOPSIS

The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal...

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet

Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale

Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth)

and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis)

enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like

an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when

things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are

compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against

them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through

opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the

nick of time — five tons of weapons-grade plutonium, far more than enough to

change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the

justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their

brother.

That is done the Expendables way....

From Lionsgate and Millennium Films, THE EXPENDABLES 2, a film by Simon

West, is the highly anticipated sequel to the summer 2010 worldwide box-office

success ($274 million worldwide). The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason

Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, with Bruce Willis

and Arnold

Schwarzenegger, with newest cast members Liam Hemsworth, Scott Adkins,

martial arts legends Chuck Norris and Jean Claude Van Damme, and Chinese

actress Yu Nan as the first female EXPENDABLE. The film is directed by Simon

West. Screenplay by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone. Story by Ken

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Kaufman & David Agosto and Richard Wenk. Based on Characters Created by

David Callaham. The film is produced by Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton,

Danny Lerner and Les Weldon. Jon Feltheimer, Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan,

Basil Iwanyk and Guymon Casady serve as Executive Producers along with

Danny Dimbort, Boaz Davidson and Trevor Short. Lionsgate and Millennium

Films present a Nu Image production.

http://www.theexpendables2film.com/

facebook.com/TheExpendablesMovie

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THE EXPENDABLES ARE BACK AND THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL Expendable - ex·pend·a·ble/ikˈspendəәbəәl/ an adjective 1. Open to sacrifice in the interest of gaining a military objective, especially of a mercenary nature. 2. Of no or little significance when compared to the overall mission, therefore able to be abandoned or easily discarded.

Sylvester Stallone, the driving force behind The Expendables franchise, again

brings together a powerhouse cast of action-adventure superstars – never before

seen together in one film. From Lionsgate and Millennium Films, THE

EXPENDABLES 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the summer 2010 worldwide

box-office success (over $273 million worldwide). The latest installment stars

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews and

Randy Couture, with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with newest cast

members Liam Hemsworth, martial arts legends Chuck Norris and Jean Claude

Van Damme, Scott Adkins and Chinese actress Yu Nan as the first female

Expendable.

Directed by Simon West, written by Sylvester Stallone and based on characters

created by David Callaham, THE EXPENDABLES 2 is produced by Avi Lerner

and Kevin King-Templeton, Danny Lerner, and Les Weldon. Executive producers

are Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Jon Feltheimer, Jason

Constantine, Eda Kowan, Basil Iwanyk, and Guymon Casady.

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet

Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale

Caesar (Terry Crews) - with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth)

and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard - are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis)

enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like

an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when

things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are

compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against

them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through

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opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the

nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the

balance of power in the world.

But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous

adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables

way....

THE EXPENDABLES 2 was on the drawing board months before the original

movie was completed and released in theaters. Stallone, who built the mythology

of the Expendables team from the ground up, brought together the grouping of

big-screen action icons - as he did in the first film - at the same time writing for

the all-star ensemble cast, while taking on the physically and emotionally

challenging lead role of Barney Ross. “The cast that we’ve pulled together is

phenomenal,” Stallone says, “and without exception, THE EXPENDABLES 2 is

the biggest action-adventure film that I’ve ever been involved with.”

In the wake of the phenomenal global success of the first film, Stallone says,

“The first movie filled a gap. I thought if we get together all of these characters,

present and past, and try to bring back a little of that hard-core action, that old

time rock 'n roll, it would give audiences something that they haven't seen for a

while. Most of the action films today are highly technical and this one really isn’t.”

Producer Kevin King Templeton adds, “This film has an all-star cast of hard-core

action-adventure guys, who actually look like they’re physically capable of doing

what real mercenaries do. No muscle suits, prosthetics or CGI body

enhancements, for these guys. This is the real deal.”

Jason Statham reprises his role of Lee Christmas, the film’s knife-wielding killing

machine who wears his heart on his sleeve and struggles in his personal

relationships. Statham explains why he expects THE EXPENDABLES 2 to

resonate against the current landscape of motion pictures, “These are real guys.

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They are the workingman's hero… guys you’ll want to go out and have a beer

with. They're not super-human. They're not indestructible. And, they're not bullet

proof. They have their flaws and each character is screwed up in their own little

way. They’re fragile and sensitive, and at the same time they can kick some ass.

I think that's the sort of thing what the audience can relate to. There's a lot more

color in the characters that Stallone is writing than a man running around in a

superhero suit that makes him completely indestructible.”

Bruce Willis’ and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cameo turns with Stallone in THE

EXPENDABLES was the first time audiences got to see the three biggest action

stars of the last three decades together on screen. In THE EXPENDABLES 2,

their roles as Church (Bruce Willis) and Trench (Schwarzenegger) are fleshed

out and greatly expanded. “My old buddies,” as Mr. Stallone says. “Church,

again, is played by Bruce Willis. I'm so glad we got him because he's the key to

the beginning of the adventure. Mr. Church is an enigma. We don't really know

exactly what he does, but he's in the thick of things and he's extremely powerful

and devious.”

One week prior to beginning his work on Lionsgate’s LAST STAND, in his return

to action-adventure films, Arnold Schwarzenegger shot his role, alongside Bruce

Willis, Sylvester Stallone and the rest of the cast on location at Bulgaria’s second

largest airport in Plovdiv, much to the delight of local residents and airport

employees.

Stallone says of Arnold, “Though our characters are somewhat archenemies,

we’re also compatriots when the stakes are high enough. Trench comes through

for us this time! Last time was just a cameo. Here, Arnold’s role is expanded

and fleshed out and this will be the first time that we really join together, which

we haven't done in our entire careers. It’ll be well worth the wait when people

see it. Our styles are vastly different, which makes for a great contrast. Arnold

has a different way of approaching a role. It's certainly different than mine, but

we arrive at the same destination, which is to entertain the audience.”

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Legendary martial artist and actor Chuck Norris joins THE EXPENDABLES 2 as

Booker. The character’s name is a nod to the 1978 actioner Good Guys Wear

Black in which Norris portrayed a character named John T. Booker. In that film

and THE EXPENDABLES 2, Norris plays a retired military operative in a rescue

mission to help his old comrades.

Stallone says, “Chuck basically retired from films but he agreed to join the movie.

He plays a character that mysteriously comes out of nowhere to save our butts.

We call him Lone Wolf. He's there when you need him, and gone when you

don't.”

He continues, “It took a long time to get Chuck aboard. He's very script-oriented

and he wanted to make sure this thing was not going to be so ultra-violent that it

would be shocking to his demographic. So when he found out the script is

largely an action and adventure story rather than a full-on graphic bloodbath, he

signed on.”

Norris is the popular culture subject of countless Paul Bunyan-type larger than

life ‘Chuck Norris’ fictional “facts” created by fans, with more than half-million of

these “facts” circulating on the Internet. The film’s multinational cast & crew

working in the southeastern European nation of Bulgaria, affectionately jumped

on the bandwagon, almost as soon as Mr. Norris disembarked from the airplane

as it arrived at Sofia airport, coining a new one: “Chuck Norris doesn’t visit

Bulgaria… Bulgaria visits Chuck Norris.”

Every great action-adventure film demands a ruthless and memorable villain.

Jean Claude Van Damme joins THE EXPENDABLES 2 as Jean Vilain. Stallone

says of Van Damme “People have never seen him like this before. Usually he

plays heroes and I think people will be quite surprised by Vilain - who is

fearlessly hell-bent on destroying us despite the risk of self-destruction. He’s

willing to die and eventually when Vilain and Barney meet one-on-one, it’ll end up

being a hellacious battle until the very end. It's kind of like a heavyweight

championship fight that you never thought would happen.”

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Stallone laughs at the thought of what the world is about to enjoy, “It’s like if you

bring two guys out of retirement and say, let's find out once and for all what

they’ve got.”

And there is some new, young blood in the mix. Stallone explains, “Liam

Hemsworth plays Billy The Kid, a world class sniper. An incredible hero out of

Afghanistan but disenchanted, after being on the verge of winning the Medal of

Honor. He joins our team but soon realizes that it's really not for him. Regardless,

he agrees to go along for one last mission. But, what he really wants is to go

home, be with his girlfriend and start a normal life. The rest of us are a little

jealous of The Kid because we never really got to have normal lives. My

character, Barney understands him. At one point Barney tells him, ‘If you have a

choice, I wouldn't grow up to be us, either.’”

Stallone reveals, “Then something happens which sets the whole movie on a

course of, you might say… revenge. Our team then sets out to get the people

that have done one of us a great disservice. There’s this turn of events that you

don't expect. Liam is just fantastic in this. At one point, Barney asks ‘Why is it the

ones who deserve to live, that want to live the most, die. And the ones that don't

deserve to live, keep on going?’”

As each member of the cast was confirmed to join THE EXPENDABLES 2, the

bar was raised and then raised again. As Mr. Stallone relates, “There's a lot of

alpha-dogs here. Nobody on set wants to be outdone. So, when we’re in our

12th hour of shooting for the day, and the time comes for their close-up, they're

right there on camera, bringing their A-game. It’s pretty remarkable. All the

scenes and dialogue are designed to fit each of their personalities, so the

audience is going to get a thrill seeing all these different archetypes on the

canvas together.”

Dolph Lundgren weighs in about some of the good-natured competitive spirit on

set, “There is definitely some competitiveness, not just physically but also to do

good work and make your character shine among the other actors. And

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obviously, you know with people like Sly, Arnold, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham,

Chuck Norris, Van Damme, Randy, Terry, Scott… all of us, it’s fun and at the

same time it raises the quality of our work.”

Of crafting the team of old-school mercenaries loved by audiences worldwide,

Stallone has said that he was originally inspired by classic action films like The

Dirty Dozen, The Wild Bunch and Dogs of War – movies that were defined by

hard-hitting action and by tough yet sympathetic characters, “These guys harken

back to a time when our heroes were flesh & blood. They didn't have any

extraordinary abilities other than the desire to survive and to be victorious, even

at the expense of their own lives. There's something that is relatable about that.

These are humans helping other humans in need. The Expendables put their

lives on the line for a cause. They are real flesh & blood characters and not

superheroes with superpowers.”

Stallone says of the all-star cast, “Pulling together this high-octane mix of alpha-

dogs on the same screen has never been done before. Successfully getting

together this particular group of guys is at the movie’s core. Each of us has built

our own audiences over, many years and we are all from different walks of life;

from wrestling, from MMA, and some very long-term acting and action

backgrounds.”

Dolph Lundgren adds, “Sly came up with a great concept to put together a team

of guys like they used to… something like The Dirty Dozen. Real action, real

stunts and real fights. I think that was something movie audiences hadn't seen for

a while. So even though it’s a throwback, there’s also a certain freshness to the

concept.”

Statham describes the feeling of coming to set at dawn to shoot with production’s

call sheet outlining the day’s work with the Mount Rushmore of action heroes,

“Stallone, Bruce, Arnold: There it was. A massive line-up and it was a great

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feeling to see my name on the call sheet with the biggest action movie stars of all

time. It's an amazing privilege.”

Stallone reflects, “You know, sometimes on set you stand outside your own

character, and you say, God, this is The Terminator over here, and John

McClane over there. We’re all shooting together at the same time. It’s all highly

choreographed. It’s all of us working together in tandem like we should have

done years ago. But maybe it's good that we waited this long. 'Cause now it's

going to be well worth it!”

Lundgren adds, “When you see that call sheet it's almost like you want to frame it

and stick it on the wall someplace. I'm sure a lot of the cast & crew will, because

I don't think that'll ever happen again. I was honored to be part of that after 25

years in the business.”

Sylvester Stallone directed THE EXPENDABLES as well as seven previous

films. With THE EXPENDABLES 2, Simon West (Con Air, The General’s

Daughter, The Mechanic, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) takes the helm. Stallone

says he’s happy to leave his director’s chair behind and let Simon take the reins

so he can focus on the writing and making Barney Ross a more memorable

character, “Simon is wonderful shooter. It’s a very good move on our part to

bring him aboard. The scope, the story, the heart and the action is going to be

infinitely better than the first one. I mean, just the opening scene in this movie is

going to blow people away. We learned from what worked and what didn’t work

on the first film. There's no way I could have done all those jobs this time and

have this scope, especially coming to Bulgaria. This is truly massive.”

Jet Li describes working with both Sylvester Stallone and Simon West, “Stallone

is a great action man, but he’s also a great writer. The Expendables movies

always show you great characters. Simon West is a very smart director. I think

he’s a genius. You know, usually with a Hong Kong film crew we work very fast

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and the American films give you longer time to shoot. I appreciate that Simon

West gave me the opportunity to decide the different fighting styles that we get to

use. I really enjoy working with him very much.”

Statham adds, “I’ve worked with Simon before when we did The Mechanic

together and he’s extremely versatile and very confident in the realm of big action

movies.”

WHAT MAKES A GREAT ACTION HERO? Right before filming the movie’s climatic mano a mano show-down between

Stallone’s Barney and Van Damme’s character Vilain, Sly considers: what makes

a great action hero?

“It’s not muscles. It’s not incredible athletic ability. I think there has to be

something for the audience to relate to. He has to be touchable, approachable,

and real. Maybe even somewhat flawed. The hero has to be part of the

audience. The audience has to want to be able to root for him. I really think what

makes an action star is the audience is mentally shoving the character forward.”

Statham says, “What makes a great action hero? I'd say, four Rambo movies

and six Rocky films. Mr. Stallone is the one that you look to when you talk about

an action hero. And, the same thing goes for Bruce Willis and Arnold

Schwarzenegger. These are the guys that inspire me and I think they have the

recipe.”

Over twenty-five years ago, Dolph Lundgren went head-to-head against Stallone

as Russian fighter Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. Now he returns in EXPENDABLES 2

in the role of Gunnar Jensen. Lundgren says, “Gunnar is still crazy but the main

thing now is that he's with the team all the way through. In the first picture he was

kind of on his own journey.” A vicious fighter who struggles to control his

impulses, Gunnar exemplifies the toll that the Expendables’ violent, wayward

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lifestyle can take on a man. He’s emotionally unstable, undone by too much

adrenaline, drinking, and combat stress.

Lundgren adds, “The first picture was a great event for me because I had first

worked with Stallone back in '85. And I got a chance to do it a second time when

he directed, wrote, and starred in the first Expendables movie. It was a great

reunion for both of us, and especially for me. It gave me a shot at a very well-

written character, this crazy guy Gunnar Jensen.”

Lundgren applauds Stallone for his willingness to collaborate, “It’s really nice to

have the writer right here on set, while we are on camera working. I really enjoy

it.”

Mixed Martial Arts superstar Randy Couture returns as Toll Road, the brawny

intellect of the group. “Toll Road is the glue that holds all of these dysfunctional

guys together,” says Couture.

Former NFL football player turned actor, Terry Crews, best known for his

comedic roles in television shows like Everybody Hates Chris, returns as barrel

weapons specialist Hale Caesar, Crews brings a tough, street-smart sensibility to

the part that’s a far cry from his comedic work. During production, Crews became

reacquainted with Hale Caesar’s weapon of choice in the film: the AA-12 auto

assault 12-gauge shotgun. Designed in 1972 specifically for the military, the AA-

12 is capable of delivering 300 rounds per minute and is considered the most

powerful weapon in the world by enthusiasts.

Scott Adkins plays Hector, chief henchman to Van Damme’s Vilain. And there's a

new female addition, by Chinese actress Yu Nan, who plays a specialist that The

Expendables desperately need on their side.

Producer Avi Lerner sums up the unique alchemy that is THE EXPENDABLES 2,

“Sly is one of the biggest screen legends of our time and he is also an excellent

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writer and a good friend. I am happy to again be working with Simon West, who

is a great director and the perfect choice to direct this film. I’m thrilled to have the

returning cast plus the greatly expanded roles for Arnold and Bruce plus the new

additions of Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, and Yu. We’ll

have more adventure, more action, and more excitement for the audience to see.

The first film was a great success and this one will be too.”

THE EXPENDABLES ON LOCATION THE EXPENDABLES 2 filmed in Bulgaria during late 2011 and completed

shooting in Hong Kong and New Orleans in early 2012.

Situated in southeast Europe, bordering Romania, Serbia, the Republic of

Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea, Bulgaria offered Simon West,

Sylvester Stallone and the rest of the cast & crew a wide variety of practical film

locations - from stunning hidden underground caves to spectacular, densely-

forested mountain ranges. Throughout the country’s interior, production set up

camp and the film’s stars shot in picturesque Balkan villages untouched by time.

“We're using these locations as characters,” Stallone says, “The caves in

Bulgaria, for instance, are world famous. You just can’t duplicate this sort of thing

on a soundstage. Some of them are so big that you could fly a plane through

them… and we do. The caves are so huge and overwhelming that they are

spectacular visuals in themselves. The scope of some of these locations just

takes my breath away. It's massive and the way that Simon is shooting it… it’s

going to have extraordinary appeal.”

After weeks of planning and construction, a real bridge over the river Osam in

Bulgaria was built for the film, and remains today, as a gift to the local residents

and tourists to the Balkans.

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Lundgren is certainly no stranger to Bulgaria, “There's a real colorful and

interesting backdrop to this film. I've shot about seven movies in Bulgaria and

some of the Balkan villages that we are working in here, remind me of my home

country, Sweden, when I was a kid back in the '60s. It’s an interesting place and

there's something charming about that and it certainly works for this picture.”

Plovdiv Airport, Bulgaria’s second largest, near the famous Bulgarian ski resorts

Bansko and Pamporovo, served as a filming location to the all-star cast, much to

the delight of local residents and airport employees.

While shooting on stage at Nu Boyana Film Studios near Bulgaria’s capitol city

Sofia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, during a brief break in filming, met with the

Bulgarian Prime Minister – and the former California governor presented the

current Prime Minister with the sword of Conan the Barbarian. The latest version

of that film starring Jason Momoa as Conan was also shot in Bulgaria.

In addition to the lush forests, pristine lakes, massive caves, and ancient Balkan

villages throughout Bulgaria, the stars and filmmakers shot on stages and

massive outdoor sets at Nu Boyana Film Studios near the nation’s capital of

Sofia.

The idea to create a national movie studio in Bulgaria started to develop

immediately after WWII. In spite of the difficult times, a large-scale project was

planned and construction began in the 1950s. Boyana Film Studios was officially

launched in September 1962 and it employed hundreds of film professionals,

trained in the former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

At the time, the socialist state was funding cinema generously and the number of

movies produced at Boyana Film started to grow. The studio soon became the

largest film producer in the Balkan region. By the early 1980’s approximately 50

feature films were produced per year, half of which were intended for theatrical

distribution and the other half for national television.

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However, in 1989 a radical series of political changes took place across the

former Eastern Bloc. After the onset of democracy in Bulgaria, the state

monopoly and their funding of the film industry was removed and the

independent producer principle introduced. As a result of these sweeping

changes, film production at Boyana Studios sharply declined, and the studio fell

into disrepair. Soon, the state decided to offer the studio and its facilities up for

privatization.

After winning international competitive bidding in 2006, Nu Image/Millennium

Films became Boyana Film’s new owner with one of the conditions of the

purchase: that the facility be refurbished and remain a fully functioning movie

studio with an investment and interest in the future of movie and television

production in the region.

The studio was renamed Nu Boyana Film. In all, over 32 million euro were

invested over a five-year period. Under executive/production designer/producer

David Varod, an overall modernization and upgrading of Nu Boyana Studio took

place – including the design and construction of a massive scale “New York

Street” and replica Roman Coliseum, wardrobe department, armory, a leading-

edge visual effects facility and a modern Kodak film lab. With a total of 13

soundstages, state-of-the-art production support sitting against a spectacular

wooded mountainside on over 75 scenic acres, close to Bulgaria’s capitol of

Sofia, the studio now attracts major international film productions.

Now that production is over and filming on THE EXPENDABLES 2 is completed,

Stallone reflects, “Maybe it’s the beginning of a revival. Or, maybe it’s the end of

an era. But one thing is for sure; we’ll never see this again. Everyone in this

movie has had a very stellar career and to get all of us together at one time is a

minor miracle. It’s never happened before and it will never happen again. This is

going to be quite an experience for the audience and one that took years in the

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making. We finally got it on film and it's something that hopefully people are

going to appreciate for years to come.”

ABOUT THE CAST SYLVESTER STALLONE (Barney Ross and screenwriter) has established

worldwide recognition as an actor, writer and director since he played the title

role in his own screenplay of ROCKY, which won the Academy Award in 1976 for

Best Picture.

Since that seminal motion picture, ROCKY grew to a franchise of five sequels

and in 2006 Stallone concluded the series with ROCKY BALBOA, a critical and

audience success, which resolutely confirmed both Stallone and ROCKY as

iconic cultural symbols. A musical version of ROCKY will debut in Hamburg,

Germany in 2012.

In addition, to commemorate a character which has become as real as any living

person to film-going audiences around the world, a statue of Rocky Balboa was

placed at the foot of the now-famous steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum at a

dedication ceremony presided over by the Mayor.

In 2008, Stallone wrote, directed and starred in RAMBO, which continued the

saga of Vietnam vet John Rambo twenty-five years after the 1982 debut of

RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD. For this latest installment, Stallone took the company

on location to the inner jungles of Burma basing the compelling story in a country

where crimes against humanity, civil war and genocide have existed for over 60

years – and no one is doing anything about it.

Last summer, Stallone released the action thriller THE EXPENDABLES¸ which

he wrote, directed, and starred in, and for which he hired an all-star cast

including Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren

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and Steve Austin – as well as Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sly took

the company on location to the interior of Brazil and the city streets of New

Orleans, filming over just a few short months. THE EXPENDABLES opened to

Number One at the Box Office and ultimately grossed over $274 Million

worldwide – making him the only actor to open a Number One Film across Five

Decades.

Born in New York City, Stallone attended school in suburban Philadelphia where

he first started acting and also became a star football player. He then spent two

years instructing at the American College of Switzerland in Geneva. Returning to

the United States, he enrolled as a drama major at the University of Miami and

also began to write. Stallone left college to pursue an acting career in New York

City, but the jobs did not come easily. By 1973, Stallone had auditioned for

almost every casting agent in New York and had gone on thousands of acting

calls, with little success.

During this period, he turned more and more to writing, churning out numerous

screenplays while waiting for his acting break. The opportunity first came in 1974

when he was cast as one of the leads in THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH. He also

received his first writing credit for “additional dialogue” on this film.

With the money earned from that film, Stallone left New York for Hollywood. He

again began to make the rounds of studios and casting agents, managing to get

a few small roles in television and movies. He also continued to pursue writing.

Prizefighter Rocky Balboa was born and given life in a script Stallone wrote in

longhand. Several producers offered to buy the screenplay, wanting to cast a

name star in the title role, which Stallone insisted on playing himself. Although

his bank balance was barely $100, Stallone held fast with his perseverance

finally paying off in a big way.

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In addition to Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, Stallone’s credits as

actor/writer/director are ROCKY and PARADISE ALLEY. As actor and co-writer,

Stallone filmed F.I.S.T., FIRST BLOOD, RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II,

RHINESTONE and RAMBO III. He co-wrote, directed and produced STAYING

ALIVE and starred in NIGHTHAWKS, VICTORY, TANGO & CASH and LOCK

UP.

ROCKY V, starring and written by Stallone and directed by John Avildsen,

opened in 1990.

He also starred in DEMOLITION MAN, which set box-office records for its fall

1993 release and in the films THE SPECIALIST, ASSASSINS and DAYLIGHT.

Stallone starred in the challenging and unique role of Freddy Heflin, in the

Miramax feature film COPLAND, which has garnered him further international

critical and audience acclaim.

He had the starring role in GET CARTER for Warner Brothers co-starring

Michael Caine, which opened in the fall of 2000. Stallone wrote and starred in

the number one box office race-car thriller DRIVEN, co-starring Burt Reynolds

and Christian de la Fuente. In addition, he filmed AVENGING ANGELO, co-

starring Madeline Stowe. Both films were for the Warner Bros. He also starred in

the role of “The Toymaker” for director Robert Rodriguez in the hit film SPY

KIDS 3, the final installment of that successful film franchise.

He was associated with THE CONTENDER, a powerful and action-packed

unscripted series that aired on the NBC Television Network and then ESPN.

In 2002 Stallone was honored by the Video Dealers Software Association when

he was presented with the “Action Star of the Millennium Award” at the

Organization’s 21st Annual Convention.

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In addition, Stallone’s influence and appreciation are acknowledged worldwide.

In 2008 The Zurich Film Festival presented him with the Festival’s Inaugural

Golden Icon Award, which recognized his achievements as a great American

Actor and Filmmaker. In 2009, The Venice Film Festival honored Stallone with

their Glory to the Filmmaker Award. For the 2010 release of THE

EXPENDABLES Stallone was honored at the Spike TV’s “Guy’s Choice” Awards

with the coveted GuyCon Award, presented by then Governor Arnold

Schwarzenegger. He was also feted at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival as

the event’s Honored Guest and received the Visionary Award at the Hollywood

Reporter Key Arts 2010 Event. At the 2010 Comic-Con Convention, he was the

first inductee into the IGN Action Hero Hall of Fame.

Upcoming, audiences will see Stallone in BULLET TO THE HEAD, veteran

director Walter Hill’s first theatrical feature in a decade. The movie centers on a

cop and a hitman who form an alliance to bring down their common adversary.

He also starts production on THE TOMB. The escape action-thriller, to be filmed

in New Orleans, stars Stallone as the architect of an inescapable prison, who

must break out of his own high-tech facility after he is framed by persons

unknown.

Stallone is one of the founding partners in Planet Hollywood, the internationally

famous chain of entertainment complexes that includes the Planet Hollywood Las

Vegas Resort and Casino.

JASON STATHAM (Lee Christmas) was plucked from obscurity by Guy Ritchie

who was looking to cast an unknown in the film LOCK, STOCK AND TWO

SMOKING BARRELS. Statham went on to work with Ritchie again in SNATCH,

starring opposite Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro and REVOLVER with Mark

Strong. In 2002, Luc Besson cast Statham in the title role of ‘Frank Martin’ in

THE TRANSPORTER. The film was an international success that continued to

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grow in popularity with the sequels TRANSPORTER 2 and the 2009

TRANSPORTER 3. In 2003 Statham starred in the summer blockbuster THE

ITALIAN JOB opposite Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg.

Statham went on to solidify himself as an action star in the massive underground

cult film CRANK where he plays the adrenaline-compromised action hero.

Statham gained critical acclaim in the 2008 Roger Donaldson film THE BANK

JOB, a true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery. Statham’s other film

credits include THE ONE, CELLULAR, WAR, LONDON, the remake of DEATH

RACE directed by Paul WS Anderson and CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE.

He is currently filming opposite Clive Owen the action thriller THE KILLER ELITE,

based on Sir Ranulph Fiennes' best- selling novel.

Born in Beijing, JET LI (Ying Yang) began practicing Wushu (Chinese martial

arts) at age eight. Three years later he won his first national championship as a

member of the Beijing Wushu Team and remained the All-Around National

Champion from 1974 to 1979. Jet made history with his 1974 two-man fight

performance at the White House for President Nixon, shortly after American

diplomatic relations reopened with China. During this time he also represented

China through martial arts demonstrations in over 45 nations.

At the pinnacle of the sport at age seventeen, he decided to begin a film career.

His first film, SHAOLIN TEMPLE, remains one of the most beloved films in China

and around the world. The success of the film propelled Jet to a full-fledged

Chinese movie star and national hero. The box office popularity of his

subsequent 25 films secured his stardom in Asia. In 1998 Li moved on to

Hollywood with the blockbuster LETHAL WEAPON 4 opposite Mel Gibson and

Danny Glover, directed by Richard Donner.

2008 saw Jet Li as the villain in the Universal feature THE MUMMY: THE TOMB

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OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, the third installment of the hugely successful

THE MUMMY franchise with co-star Brendan Fraser. Rob Cohen directed the

feature, which was filmed on location in China and Montreal.

The family film THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, in which Li plays an ancient

Chinese martial arts warrior with fellow martial arts expert Jackie Chan, also

proved a huge hit with audiences worldwide. In 2007 Lionsgate released the

action-packed thriller WAR, with Li co-starring with Jason Statham. THE

EXPENDABLES will mark their third time working together. In 2006 he starred in

the Focus Features biopic FEARLESS, directed by Ronni Yu. Li played the role

of Chinese martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia, the most famous fighter in all of

China at the turn of the 20th Century.

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An international celebrity, Li is a box office phenomenon on both sides of the

Pacific. Recent Chinese-language films include acclaimed Chinese director

Zhang Yimou’s HERO (also starring Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung, and Tony

Leung and grossing $175 million worldwide) and Peter Chan’s THE

WARLORDS, for which Li won Best Actor at the 2008 Hong Kong Film Awards.

This was the first time in the awards history that a martial arts actor had received

the award.

DOLPH LUNDGREN (Gunnar Jensen) was born and raised in an academic

middle-class family in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite an early interest in playing

the drums and clowning around in high school comedies, Dolph decided to follow

in his father’s and older brother’s cerebral footsteps and pursue an engineering

degree.

After having completed his military service in the Swedish Marine Corps, Dolph

enrolled in the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, studying the same

subject as his older brother: Chemical Engineering. He attended both

Washington State University and Clemson University in South Carolina, studying

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Chemistry. He graduated from The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm,

completing his Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering on an exchange

program with the University of Sydney in Australia. Graduating at the head of his

class, Dolph was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the prestigious

Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, one of the world’s top

engineering schools.

That same year, young PhD student Dolph met exotic singer Grace Jones, fell in

love and decided to move to New York City to take up modeling to make some

extra cash. A bit too muscular for a model’s size 40”, Dolph was to begin at MIT a

few months later. On a friend’s advice: “Hey man, you look like you should be in

the movies....” his motion picture debut came in the James Bond feature A VIEW

TO A KILL in 1985. However, it was Lundgren’s memorable performance in

ROCKY IV later that year that definitely got him noticed worldwide. After a nine-

month audition process among 5,000 hopefuls, writer-director Sylvester Stallone

cast Dolph as his fearsome Russian opponent, Captain Ivan Drago.

Throughout the years, Lundgren built a career as an international action-hero

and has since starred in more than thirty feature films all the while staying close

to the martial arts: “Karate and physical fitness have kept me reasonably sane in

a very tough and sometimes inhuman business.” In 1997 Dolph was awarded his

third degree black belt by the World Karate Organization in Tokyo. Dolph’s other

athletic accomplishments include being the captain of the Swedish National

Karate Team and the individual champion of the Swedish, European and

Australian Heavyweight Full Contact Divisions. In addition to his Karate

expertise, Dolph was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to serve as the

Team Leader of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team during the 1996 Atlanta

Olympic Games.

As well as being a seasoned actor, Dolph has directed five feature films. His

production company Thor Pictures is currently developing several projects, in

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which he will produce, star and direct. He co-wrote and directed COMMAND

PERFORMANCE produced by Avi Lerner and Nu Image Films. “Years of

experience in front of the camera does give me a certain edge in my favorite part

of directing: working with the actors,” Dolph says.

Dolph is also a founding member of “Group of Eight,” an off-Broadway theatre

group started in 1994. “I’m currently speaking to a Swedish director about doing

stage in Sweden. It would be a first on two fronts: a full-length stage play and

also in Swedish. All my acting so far has been in English and performing in my

native language would be very exciting.”

In February 2009 Dolph co-starred with fellow action star Jean-Claude Van

Damme in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - REGENERATION, a sequel to the film that

paired the two European actors in the 90’s.

Shortly after ROCKY IV, Dolph released his workout video, MAXIMUM

POTENTIAL. He is currently working on a fitness book for men. In addition to the

book, Dolph is also developing a personalized organic brand of vitamins and

supplements, as well as a men’s skin care product line. He is married to Anette

Qviberg-Lundgren, an interior decorator and fashion stylist. The couple, along

with their two daughters, currently reside in London and Marbella, Spain.

Former NFL football player TERRY CREWS (Hale Caesar) traded in his helmet

and cleats to pursue an acting career and become the ultimate family man. He is

now more commonly known for his natural wit and comedic timing in his family’s

new hit BET reality series “The Family Crews.” The show premiered on February

21, 2010 bringing in 1.4 million viewers, which is a 144% increase in the timeslot

compared to the same period last year. BET had also ordered a second season

of the reality show. Additionally, Terry is set to star in the TBS series “Are We

There Yet?” produced by Ice Cube. Terry will reprise the roll that Ice Cube played

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in the hit Revolution Studios film of the same name. TBS has ordered ten

episodes of the new sitcom, slated to premiere in June 2010. Terry will next be

seen in the action film MIDDLE MEN starring with Luke Wilson and Kelsey

Grammer for Paramount.

After retiring from the NFL in 1997, Terry pursued an acting career. A stint as T-

Money on “Battle Dome” (modeled on “American Gladiators”) followed. In 2000,

Crews made his big screen debut in THE 6TH DAY. Since then he has landed

roles in SERVING SARA, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT, DELIVER US FROM EVA,

MALIBU'S MOST WANTED, STARSKY & HUTCH, SOUL PLANE, WHITE

CHICKS, and he was President Camacho in the Mike Judge film, IDIOCRACY. In

THE LONGEST YARD, Terry starred with Chris Rock, and on “Everybody Hates

Chris,” Crews stars as, Julius, the father of a young Chris Rock.

Terry frequently plays buffed-looking characters with a humorous softer side, but

more recently, he has been able to alternate with more serious projects such as

his recent appearances in HARSH TIMES, INLAND EMPIRE and STREET

KINGS.

Crews was born in Flint, Michigan and attended Flint Southwestern Academy. He

earned an Art Excellence Scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the

Arts and then Western Michigan University. While completing his studies as an

Art major, Terry was a key member of the WMU football team, where he earned

all-conference honors as a defensive end. Crew was drafted by the Los Angeles

Rams of the NFL in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft. He carved out a career

that lasted six seasons, including stints with the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego

Chargers, Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles. While in the NFL,

Crews used his art talent by painting a line of NFL licensed lithographs for Sierra

Sun Editions.

Terry lives in Los Angeles with his wife of nearly twenty years, Rebecca, a former

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beauty queen and Christian recording artist, and their five children.

RANDY COUTURE (Toll Road) will next star opposite Karl Urban in director

Demian Lichtenstein’s (3000 MILES TO GRACELAND) film RELENTLESS.

Randy also starred in David Mamet’s RED BELT for Sony Classics followed by a

starring role in Universal’s THE SCORPION KING: THE AKKADIAN. Additionally,

Spike TV has been developing a one-hour drama for Randy to star. Randy’s

autobiography Becoming The Natural came out earlier last year and was many

times on the NY Times Bestseller List. Finally, Randy played a recurring

character on CBS’ “The Unit,” with an episode specifically written for Randy

recently airing.

Randy fought last year in front of a sold-out audience to regain his title as UFC

Heavyweight Champion Of The World. At 44, Randy came out of retirement to

shock the world by re-capturing the Heavyweight belt and proved beyond a doubt

that the oldest fighter on the circuit was able to defeat the bigger, stronger,

younger and odds-on favorite (Gabriel Gonzaga.) If Randy was an icon and

poster-boy for the sport before as a five-time World Champion and Hall-of-

Famer, he is now a legend in what everyone agrees is the fastest growing sport.

The highly anticipated event was a huge financial success earning more than

$50 million on pay-per-view. Randy recently defended his title against Brock

Lesner in what may have been the biggest pay-per-view event in the history of

the UFC.

BRUCE WILLIS (Church) Bruce Willis has demonstrated incredible versatility in

a career that has included such diverse characterizations as the prizefighter in

Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994 Palme D’Or winner at Cannes), the

philandering contractor in Robert Benton’s Nobody’s Fool, the heroic time

traveler in Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys, the traumatized Vietnam veteran in

Norman Jewison’s In Country, the compassionate child psychologist in M. Night

Shyamalan’s Oscar-nominated The Sixth Sense (for which he won the People’s

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Choice Award) and his signature role, Detective John McClane, in the Die Hard

quadrilogy.

Following studies at Montclair State College’s prestigious theater program, the

New Jersey native honed his craft in several stage plays and countless television

commercials, before landing the leading role in Sam Shepard’s 1984 stage

drama “Fool for Love,” a run which lasted for 100 performances off-Broadway.

Willis next won international stardom and several acting awards, including Emmy

and Golden Globe honors, for his starring role as private eye David Addison in

the hit TV series Moonlighting, winning the role over 3,000 other contenders. At

the same time, He made his motion picture debut opposite Kim Basinger in Blake

Edwards’ romantic comedy Blind Date.

In 1988, he originated the role of John McClane in the blockbuster film, Die Hard,

one of the highest-grossing releases of the year. He later reprised the character

in three sequels-Die Hard: Die Harder (1990), Die Hard: With A Vengeance

(1995’s global box-office champ) and Live Free, Die Hard (one of the box-office

hits of summer 2007)

His wide array of film roles includes collaborations with such respected

filmmakers as Michael Bay (Armageddon), M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth

Sense and Unbreakable), Alan Rudolph (Mortal Thoughts, Breakfast of

Champions), Walter Hill (Last Man Standing), Robert Benton (Billy Bathgate,

Nobody’s Fool,), Rob Reiner (The Story of Us), Ed Zwick (The Siege), Luc

Besson (The Fifth Element), Barry Levinson (Bandits, What Just Happened),

Robert Zemeckis (Death Becomes Her) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Grind

House) .

Other motion picture credits include The Jackal, Mercury Rising, Hart’s War, The

Whole Nine Yards (and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards), The Kid, Tears of the

Sun, Hostage, 16 Blocks, Alpha Dog, Lucky Number Slevin and Perfect

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Stranger. He also voiced the character of the wise-cracking infant, Mikey, in

Look Who’s Talking and Look Who’s Talking Too as well as the lead character

RJ & Spike in the animated hit features Over the Hedge and Rugrats Go Wild!

Willis was last seen in the Golden Globe nominated feature film RED opposite

Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich and he will next be seen in

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom and Rian Johnson’s sci-fi thriller Looper as

well as this summer’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation & Expendables 2. Willis is currently in

production on A Good Day To Die Hard (the fifth installment in the popular Die

Hard franchise) and will begin shooting Red 2 this fall.

In addition to his work before the cameras, Willis produced Hostage and The

Whole Nine Yards and executive produced Breakfast of Champions, adapted

from Kurt Vonnegut’s best-selling novel. With brother David Willis and business

partner Stephen Eads, he co-founded Willis Brothers Films, a film production

company based in Los Angeles.

Willis also maintains a hand in the theater. In 1997, he co-founded A Company

of Fools, a non-profit theater troupe committed to developing and sustaining

stage work in the Wood River Valley of Idaho, and throughout the U.S. He

starred in and directed a staging of Sam Shepard’s dark comedy True West at

the Liberty Theater in Hailey, Idaho. The play, which depicts the troubled

relationship between two brothers, was aired on Showtime and dedicated to

Willis’ late brother Robert.

An accomplished musician as well, Willis recorded the 1986 Motown album The

Return of Bruno, which went platinum and contained the No. 5 Billboard hit

“Respect Yourself.” Three years later, he recorded a second album If It Don’t Kill

You, It Just Makes You Stronger. In 2002, he launched a U.S. club tour with his

musical group, Bruce Willis and the Blues Band and he traveled to Iraq to play for

U.S. service men.

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (Trench) is known all over the globe for his

many accomplishments: world champion bodybuilder, Hollywood action hero,

successful businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, best-selling author,

and California's 38th Governor.

This world-famous athlete and actor was born in Thal, Austria in 1947, and by the

age of 20 was dominating the sport of competitive bodybuilding, becoming the

youngest person ever to win the Mr. Universe title. By generating a new

international audience for bodybuilding, Schwarzenegger turned himself into a

sports icon. With his sights set on Hollywood, he emigrated to America in 1968,

and went on to win five Mr. Universe titles and seven Mr. Olympia titles before

retiring to dedicate himself to acting. Later, he would go on to earn a college

degree from the University of Wisconsin and proudly became a U.S. citizen.

Schwarzenegger, who worked under the pseudonym Arnold Strong in his first

feature, HERCULES IN NEW YORK, quickly made a name for himself in

Hollywood. In 1977, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognized him

with a Golden Globe for New Male Star of the Year for his role in STAY

HUNGRY opposite Sally Field. His big break came in 1982 when the sword and

sorcery epic, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, hit box office gold. In 1984,

Schwarzenegger blew up the screen and catapulted himself into cinema history

as the title character in Jim Cameron’s sci-fi thriller, TERMINATOR. He is the

only actor to be in both categories of the American Film Institute’s “Hundred

Years of Heroes and Villains” for roles he played in the TERMINATOR series.

Other memorable characters include roles in COMMANDO, PREDATOR,

TWINS, TOTAL RECALL, TRUE LIES, ERASER, COLLATERAL DAMAGE,

TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and a cameo in Sylvester Stallone’s

homage to action films, THE EXPENDABLES among others. To date his films

have grossed over $3 billion worldwide.

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In 2003 Schwarzenegger became the 38th Governor of the State of California in

a historic recall election, and as governor ushered in an era of innovative

leadership and extraordinary public service. Among his many achievements,

Schwarzenegger signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, as

well as establishing the Million Solar Roofs Plan, making California the leader in

protecting the environment and rebuilding infrastructure. Governor

Schwarzenegger also implemented the hugely successful California Film & TV

Television Tax Credit Program, designed to stimulate film and TV production in

the state. In recognition of these efforts, Schwarzenegger has been rewarded for

his great leadership and vision many times over in many arenas including the

Simon Wiesenthal Center's "National Leadership Award" and in 2011 the

American Council On Renewable Energy’s “Renewable Energy Leader of the

Decade.”

But it is Schwarzenegger’s commitment to giving something back to his state and

to his country through public service that gives him the most satisfaction;

donating his time, energy, and personal finances to serving others all over the

world. Schwarzenegger acts as Chairman of the After School All-Stars, a

nationwide after-school program, and serves as coach and international torch-

bearer for Special Olympics. He also served as Chairman of the President’s

Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under George H. W. Bush and as Chair

of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under

Governor Pete Wilson.

Schwarzenegger recently wrapped THE LAST STAND for Lionsgate, scheduled

for release in January 2013 and was recently cast to star along with Sylvester

Stallone in THE TOMB for Summit Pictures.

LIAM HEMSWORTH’S (Billy The Kid) break out role as ‘Will Blakelee’ in

Disney’s smash hit THE LAST SONG earned him a 2010 Young Hollywood

Award as well as three Teen Choice Award nominations, and the win for “Choice

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Movie: Male Breakout.” Starring opposite Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear and Kelly

Preston, THE LAST SONG is based on best-selling author Nicholas Sparks’

novel, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Hemsworth will next be seen on the big screen starring opposite Jennifer

Lawrence in the highly anticipated film adaption of THE HUNGER GAMES -

playing the character of ‘Gale Hawthorne.’ Hemsworth most recently completed

production on the feature film AWOL, in which he stars opposite Teresa Palmer.

He will soon begin filming the 3D action film ARABIAN NIGHTS, directed and

written by Chuck Russell. He will star in the leading role of ‘Kamar’ alongside

Academy Award winner, Anthony Hopkins as ‘Pharotu.’ The film tells the story of

a young commander, ‘Kamar,’ who joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his

Genie to rescue Queen Scheherazade and save her Kingdom from the dark

powers of an immortal Sorcerer. On the small screen, Liam starred in the popular

Australian drama series NEIGHBOURS.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, he and his family relocated to Phillip

Island, off the coast of Melbourne, when Liam was eleven years old. In 2009,

Liam moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

CHUCK NORRIS (Booker) is an international television and film star, as well as

a world-renowned martial arts expert and teacher. He is also well known for his

nutrition and fitness advocacy, as demonstrated by his endorsement of the

globally popular Total Gym exercise equipment, a device that has helped

improve the health of millions for more than three decades.

C-Force is Norris’s new health column distributed by Creators Syndicate. It will

offer regular advice and insight on improving readers’ health and fitness by a

celebrated master of healthy living. It will bring them into his world with the

guidelines and philosophies he lives by, as well as offer sound advice from

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reputable and highly respected experts in the natural and medical fields. C-

Force espouses a holistic view of health—that wellness is obtained and

maintained by treating ourselves as an integrated whole—mind, body and spirit.

Norris is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. They include Black

Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America, first released in 2008, and the 2004

autobiographical Against All Odds. Norris has also penned two books of fiction

(The Justice Riders and A Threat to Justice) and The Secret of Inner Strength.

As the subject of countless Paul Bunyan-type fictional “facts” created by fans,

with an estimated 600,000+ “facts” circulating on the Internet, for years Norris

has been repeatedly asked: Which are your favorites? With the release of The

Official Chuck Norris Fact Book in November 2009 (Tyndale Publishing) fans

everywhere at last got their answer and, along with the levity, some eye opening

insight behind these facts and the code by which Mr. Norris lives his life.

In 2006 he first added the title of “columnist” to his list of credits with the launch

of his popular Internet column on social commentary and its subsequent

expansion via Creators Syndicate. His weekly column is now widely circulated

and carried by such popular Internet sites as Human Events, Townhall and World

Net Daily, among a host of other publications and outlets.

One of the most popular actors in the world, Chuck Norris starred in over 23

action films and the CBS television series, Walker, Texas Ranger, with 203

episodes over 8 ½ years. It is the most successful Saturday night series on CBS

since Gunsmoke. The program is currently seen by an estimated one billion

viewers worldwide and airs daily in the U.S. and in more than 80 countries

worldwide. Millions of people around the world also know Chuck Norris as the

star of films such as DELTA FORCE, MISSING IN ACTION, LONE WOLF

MCQUADE, and SIDEKICKS. Few people know he wrote the original

screenplays for a number of his box office hits.

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A former Airman First Class in the United States Air Force, past spokesperson

for the U.S. Veterans Administration and Veteran Foundation’s Veteran of the

Year Award recipient, he has spent hundreds of hours visiting soldiers at military

installations and in America’s veteran hospitals. In 2007, he was made an

honorary member of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of two recent

visits to troops in Iraq.

Norris’s first international acclaim came as a six-time undefeated World

Professional Middle Weight Karate Champion. He is the first man from the

Western Hemisphere in the more than 4,500 years of Tae Kwon Do to be

awarded an eighth-degree Black Belt Grand Master ranking.

Among his more rewarding accomplishments is the creation in 1992 of his

“KICKSTART KIDS” program. His wife, Gena Norris, is also a leading force in

this endeavor and valuable member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. With

its mission of building strong moral character in our youth through the martial

arts, expanding the Foundation and its benefits has become Chuck and Gena’s

mission in life, following the development and well-being of their family.

KICKSTART KIDS, which began in Houston, now teaches the martial arts to

more than 6,000 at-risk middle school children in Texas. This character building,

life-skills school curriculum has exceeded 60,000 youngsters graduating the

program with many going on to college and becoming successful in their own

right. Proceeds from Chuck Norris’ books and other ventures go to support this

nonprofit foundation and to advancing Chuck and Gena’s plan to someday

expand the KICKSTART KIDS Foundation nationwide.

The Norris’s live on their ranch near Houston, Texas, where they are raising their

twins.

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JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME (Vilain) ---Jean-Claude Van Damme ('JCVD' aka

the 'Muscles from Brussels'), actor, director, producer and screenwriter was born

in Brussels, Belgium, on October 18th, 1960 under the name Jean-Claude Van

Varenberg.

Van Damme is married to fitness expert and former female bodybuilding

champion, Gladys Portugues, and he is the proud father of Kristopher [1987];

Bianca [1990] and Nicolas [1995].

As a child, he was a shy skinny kid who loved drawing and music, but inspired

later by the images of super heroes from comic books, he decided to change his

own image when his father took him to the National Karate Centre of Belgium,

owned by the famous karate and kickboxing sensei, Claude Goetz.

As a teenager,

And because of his incredible determination, Van Damme became in a great

shape and gained a great physical strength due to the non-stop training,

everyday. He also took ballet classes besides martial arts & bodybuilding in order

to gain superior body flexibility.

Van Damme won many karate and kickboxing championships (under the name

Van Varenberg) after defeating the most fearsome names in the game, and he

also won the bodybuilding title of Mr. Belgium.

Later, after these glorious victories in the world of martial arts and sports, he

wanted to push his talent into a new level! That was when he decided that he

wants to become an international movie star.

First step towards his new dream was when he went to Hong Kong. Impressed

by his physique and martial arts skills, movie producers gave him a role in the

martial arts movie NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. Van Damme caught the

attention of the martial arts movie fans through this role, as it was the first time

they see an agile martial artist with such a muscular bodybuilder shape!

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But his real birth as a movie star was when he was offered the leading role in

BLOODSPORT. After the huge worldwide success of BLOODSPORT, he started

doing movies in USA and he went from success to another with films like

LIONHEART, DOUBLE IMPACT, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, NOWHERE TO RUN,

HARD TARGET, TIMECOP, MAXIMUM RISK and more...

He became then the world's highest paid martial arts actor.

The late 90's - 2000's witnessed a new type of actor who began to mix action

with drama; winning the admiration of both fans and critics for movies like

LEGIONNAIRE, REPLICANT, IN HELL, WAKE OF DEATH, and UNTIL DEATH.

In 2008, Van Damme thrilled the world by his performance in the movie JCVD.

He earned the best critical notices of his career for the movie where he plays

'himself'. "He deserves not a black belt, but an Oscar." – TIME Magazine

2009 – 2011 witnessed lots of projects for Van Damme. Highlights: He wrote,

directed and stared in SOLDIERS (aka THE EAGLE PATH). He was back as Luc

Deveraux in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION; followed by

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING (in 3D). He did the voice of

Master Croc in the Oscar-nominee and Annie Award Winner feature film, KUNG

FU PANDA 2. He starred in 2 action movies, ASSASSINATION GAMES and SIX

BULLETS.

2011 was also the year which all action movie fans in the world were anxiously

waiting for; where Van Damme joined the cast of THE EXPENDABLES 2 along

with the biggest action star names in the world,

In THE EXPENDABLES 2, Van Damme plays a character named ‘Jean Vilain’ –

the lead villain in the film. This should be the fourth time Van Damme plays a

villain role during his acting career, proving his ability as an actor who can

change the skin of the macho man type of roles he usually plays.

In 2012 Van Damme did his first dry humor movie, WELCOME TO THE

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JUNGLE. Today, Jean-Claude Van Damme is an all-round actor, doing action,

drama and comedy; and yet...still more surprises to come from JCVD.

While still going on with his main passion of filmmaking through the ups and

downs of life, Van Damme is also paying attention to humanitarian issues &

animal rights and he has a dream of spreading true peace allover the world!

SCOTT ADKINS (Hector) is a respected English actor who also happens to

possess amazing skills as a martial artist. He began his acting training in his

hometown attending the local youth theatre from the age of 10. At the age of 14,

Scott also began to train in Tae Kwon Do under the instruction of Ron Sergiew

with the T.A.G.B. After a few years he moved on to kickboxing under Anthony

Jones. He is now a fully trained kickboxing Instructor for the P.K.A. Scott also

holds a red belt in Tae Kwon Do and a black belt in kickboxing. He is also skilled

in Wushu and Judo.

He went on to study drama at College. While at college he played Laertes in

HAMLET for director Michael Bodenstein and the dual roles of Ken and Tony

Sutton in STRIKER for director Damian Brant.

His first professional break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong

martial arts film called EXTREME CHALLENGE and found himself in the East for

the first time. Scott got the chance to work with some of Hong Kong cinema’s

leading action directors including Yeun Wo Ping, Cory Yeun, Sammo Hung and

Jackie Chan.

Scott also landed the regular role of Bradley Hume in award winning British TV

drama HOLBY CITY - and he began to be noted as an actor to watch. Scott then

appeared as a regular in the popular British comedy drama MILE HIGH showing

he also had a talent for comedy. He then moved on to TV series such as:

DANGERFIELD, HOLLYOAKS and the hard hitting award winning police drama

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CITY CENTRAL directed by BAFTA award winner Kenny Glenaan.

Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in

SPECIAL FORCES and Boyka in UNDISPUTED II: LAST MAN STANDING. It

was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of a

Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka in what has been hailed as one of the

best American-made martial arts films of recent times. Along with lead actor

Michael Jai White, fight coordinator JJ Perry and the slick direction of Isaac

Florentine this movie has some unbelievably heart stopping fight scenes.

After this Scott has had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like THE

BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE TOURNAMENT, WEAPON XI and X-MEN

ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. His first lead role came with NINJA and was soon

followed with UNDISPUTED III: REDEMPTION where he reprised his role as

Russian MMA fighter Uri Boyka.

He has recently filmed the co-lead role of Flint in ASSASSIN GAMES opposite

Jean Claude Van Damme and the leading role of John in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

- A NEW DIMENSION. This year Scott also took the leading role of The Man in

EL GRINGO for After Dark Films.

YU NAN (Maggie) made her feature film debut in LUNAR ECLIPSE (1999),

which earned her the Best Actress of the Deauville Asian Film Festival, and

started her career working with several of China's most renowned film directors.

She subsequently starred in three more films with Wang Quan'an: JINGZHE

(2003), which earned her the Best Actress Golden Rooster Award and the Best

Actress prize of the Paris International Film Festival in 2003; TUYA'S

MARRIAGE, won the Golden Bear in 2007 at the Berlin International Film

Festival and Yu Nan won the Best Actress prize from the Chicago International

Film Festival. WEAVING GIRL (2009), won Jury Special Grand prix and the

FIPRESCI prize from the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival.

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Yu Nan has also worked with other major Chinese directors, including Wang

Xiaoshuai in IN LOVE WE TRUST (2008), which won the Best Screenplay Silver

Bear in Berlin the same year, and Ning Hao, in his Chinese Western film, NO

MAN'S LAND (2010).

Born in China, Yu Nan graduated from the Beijing Film Academy's acting

department. Helped in part by her fluency in Mandarin, French, and English, Yu

Nan has played in several international productions, including the French film

FUREUR (2003), the Taiwanese film MY DNA SAYS I LOVE YOU (2008), the

Canadian-Chinese film, DIAMOND DOGS (2007), and the Hollywood film,

SPEED RACER (2008), from the Wachowski siblings.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS SIMON WEST (Director), British born filmmaker, started at the BBC in London

as an editor. He then moved on to direct several award-winning commercials. His

films include CON AIR starring Nic Cage, THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER starring

John Travolta, LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER starring Angelina Jolie and WHEN

A STRANGER CALLS starring Camilla Belle. All of these pictures either made

over $100 million domestically or opened at number 1 or both.

West also served as an executive producer on the Oscar® nominated BLACK

HAWK DOWN. He will be reteaming with BLACK HAWK DOWN writer Ken

Nolan to direct THUNDER RUN based on the book "Thunder Run" written by

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino. It is the first tank battle film in

many years.

His television company has produced acclaimed series such as Fox's KEEN

EDDIE, the CBS series CLOSE TO HOME, Fox's HUMAN TARGET and the

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NBC series THE CAPE.

West recently directed the action-packed remake of THE MECHANIC starring

Jason Statham and Ben Foster. He is currently in preproduction to again direct

Nic Cage in STOLEN - a fast-paced action thriller set during Mardi Gras in New

Orleans.

West’s future projects consist of the biopic DALI based on the life and times of its

namesake, the comedy SALTY based on the novel of the same name and the

witty caper GETTING EVEN written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais who

together penned THE BANK JOB and ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.

AVI LERNER (Producer) Co-Chairman and founder of Nu Image, Inc.,

Millennium Films and all related companies, is one of the most experienced,

prolific and successful independent filmmakers of our time. Recently labeled

The Most Unlikely Movie Mogul by The Hollywood Reporter, Lerner has

produced over 350 films since his career began.

Born and raised in Haifa, Israel, Lerner began as manager of Israel’s first

drive-in cinema. He now regularly attends Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto,

Sundance, and Millennium Films’ multiple production studios to produce five to

eight movies per year with such stars as Robert De Niro, Kathryn Heigl,

Sylvester Stallone, Amanda Seyfried, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis,

Jason Statham, Jet Li and Robin Williams.

Lerner anticipated the explosion of home video rental in l979, which led to his

pioneering the largest specialized video distribution company in Israel, and

becoming a partner in the largest theatrical distribution company in the country.

In 1984, he executive produced the remake of KING SOLOMON’S MINES, its

sequel ALAN QUARTERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD. He then sold

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his Israeli company and relocated to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he

founded the Nu Metro Entertainment Group. The company interests included:

owned and operated theaters; a video distribution division representing top

studios and independent companies; and a production arm that made over 60

features distributed worldwide by major studios. Lerner eventually sold Nu Metro

to join MGM United Artists while still producing feature films.

In 1992 he moved to Los Angeles and opened Nu Image, Inc. Finding success

producing and distributing for home entertainment, the Nu Image brand

continued to expand. In 1996 Millennium Films was formed and began producing

features, while Nu Image continued to cater to the lucrative international home-

video market. Between the two divisions, over ???XXX films have been produced

since 1992.

Under the Millennium Films label, Lerner has produced numerous titles that

include: the $274 box office hit THE EXPENDABLES, starring Sylvester Stallone,

Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke; RAMBO IV also directed and featuring

Stallone; RIGHTEOUS KILL with legendary actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro;

16 BLOCKS featuring Bruce Willis and Mos Def; and THE MECHANIC with

Jason Statham and Donald Sutherland.

Other films include: the dramedy STRAIGHT A’S staring Anna Paquin, Ryan

Phillippe, Luke Wilson; THE BIG WEDDING, with Robert De Niro, Katherine

Heigl, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Seyfried, Diane Keaton and Robin Williams; the

Gerard Butler romantic comedy PLAYING THE FIELD; and THE PAPERBOY,

based on the novel by Peter Dexter, starring Matthew McConaughey, Nicole

Kidman, John Cusack, Zac Efron and directed by Academy Award® nominee Lee

Daniels.

For over two decades, KEVIN KING-TEMPLETON (Producer) has been

associated with Rogue Marble Productions, the production company of writer,

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director and actor Sylvester Stallone. During his tenure he has found his forte in

the action genre, producing projects with a global reach, from the remote jungles

of Brazil and Thailand to the most cosmopolitan cities. In addition to Stallone

King-Templeton has worked with acclaimed acting heavyweights Robert De Niro,

Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harvey Keitel, Mickey Rourke, Michael

Caine and Anthony Quinn.

The British-born King-Templeton has overseen some of the most astounding

action sequences in motion picture history, including those shot on location in

Bulgaria for THE EXPENDABLES 2. His additional credits as a producer include

THE EXPENDABLES, directed by Sylvester Stallone and released in 2010 to

Number One at the Box Office.

He also produced INFERNO: THE MAKING OF THE EXPENDABLES, an

independent documentary that gives audiences an unvarnished look deep inside

the filmmaking process of THE EXPENDABLES.

King-Templeton also produced BULLET TO THE HEAD, director Walter Hill’s

first theatrical feature in a decade. Previously he produced the latest installment

of RAMBO shot in the remote inner jungles of Burma, which continued the saga

of the heroic Vietnam Vet John Rambo and ROCKY BALBOA a critical and

audience success, which definitively confirmed both Sylvester Stallone and

Rocky as iconic cultural symbols. Additionally he produced AVENGING

ANGELO and DRIVEN and he also served as associate producer on GET

CARTER and the critically acclaimed COP LAND for director James Mangold.

For television he developed and produced a pilot for Paramount Pictures

Television and The CBS Network entitled FATHER LEFTY.

He is also executive producing the highly anticipated musical production “Rocky”

based on the original 1976 Academy Award® winning motion picture, for Stage

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Entertainment in Hamburg, Germany, and will eventually bring the show over to

America for the Broadway Stage.

King-Templeton is currently producing THE TOMB for Summit Entertainment.

DANNY LERNER (Producer) was born in Israel, and his industry career started

in film distribution. He went on to manage a cinema chain and subsequently

moved into production when he joined Nu World Productions in 1986. Since

then, he has produced over 70 films, shot on location in South Africa, Namibia,

Israel, Mexico, Bulgaria, Canada and United States. In 2003, he founded Tosca

Pictures with long-time friend, Les Weldon.

They recently completed the feature movie, TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY with

Dean Cochran and Todd Jensen in Bulgaria. His director credits include

TRAITOR’S HEART with Bryan Genesse and SHARK ZONE with Dean Cochran,

which was followed by RAGING SHARKS, which he wrote, directed and

produced. In 2005 he was able to work on two more titles, FINDING RIN TIN

TIN and TODAY YOU DIE with Steven Seagal. In 2010 he embarked on another

family adventure, COOL DOG.

LES WELDON (Producer) is a writer/producer whose diverse portfolio includes

action films, thrillers, comedies, and network television. His credits include 13

films starring Jean-Claude Van Dame, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren and

Charlton Heston, among others and has produced titles including Sylvester

Stallone’s international hit, THE EXPENDABLES; TRAIN with Thora Birch; and

the John Cusack movie WAR, INC. starring Ben Kingsley, Marisa Tomei and

Hillary Duff.

Les has written on location in five continents and seven countries, including the

United States, Canada, England, Israel, Hong Kong, Venezuela and Bulgaria.

Born and raised in Brazil, by age twelve Les had already won a junior Pan-

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American writing contest. At seventeen, he had his first short story, “The Book,”

published in Sandstone Magazine.

Les attended the University of Southern California where he majored in Business

Administration, with a minor in Film. Upon graduation, Les was commissioned to

write two features for Sony Studios. Following that, Les began writing for the

CBS series “Dangerous Curves.” Les’ most recent credits include the critically

acclaimed REPLICANT, which garnered Van Damme a Best Actor nomination at

the DVD Premiere awards; HIDDEN AGENDA, a Dolph Lundgren action-thriller;

and THE ORDER where he worked once again with Van Damme.

Les formed a new company - Tosca Pictures - with partner Danny Lerner. Their

first effort, TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY, was written by Les and directed by

Danny. Les and Danny followed it up with RAGING SHARKS, a sci-fi action film.

BOAZ DAVIDSON (Executive Producer) has written, directed and produced

over 75 feature films since his film career began. Davidson is the writer-director

of LEMON POPSICLE, a Golden Globe® nominee and critically acclaimed

worldwide hit. He has been with Millennium Films since its inception in 1996.

With his Israeli military service complete, Davidson returned to his writing career,

and was granted a scholarship enabling him to attend the London Film School,

where he majored in directing and writing.

Born in Tel Aviv, Davidson returned to Israel and found much success writing

and directing feature films. His biopic, ESKIMO LIMON aka LEMON POPSICLE,

drew raves from the 28th Berlin International Film Festival® and received a

Golden Bear® nomination. It became the first Israeli film to receive critical acclaim

around the world, garnering it a Golden Globe® nomination, and was followed by

five sequels, four of which Davidson directed. His other Israeli film successes

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include: CHARLIE VE'HETZI (1974), MISHPAHAT TZAN'ANI (1974) AND

HAGIGA B'SNUKER (1975).

Davidson moved to the United States in 1979 and teamed with Menahem Golan

and Yoram Globus, making films for their prolific Cannon Films including: GOING

BANANAS, DELTA FORCE, AMERICAN CYBORG; and most notably an

American version of LEMON POPSICLE titled THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN.

Today both Israeli and American versions are considered cult classics.

In 1992, Davidson ventured to the newly formed independent studio Nu Image,

Inc. He continued to write and direct such films as LOOKING FOR LOLA,

SHADRACH and THE BIG BRASS RING. In 1996 Nu Image formed Millennium

Films, giving Davidson the chance to run a production company, bigger budgets,

greater casts and more control.

Davidson now devotes more of his time overseeing the development and

production of Millennium Films’ slate. As the head of one of Hollywood’s leading

independent production companies, Davidson’s recent slate of films have

included: EXPENDABLES, RAMBO IV, RIGHTEOUS KILL, 16 BLOCKS, THE

MECHANIC and BROOKLYN’S FINEST. Upcoming films are EXPENDABLES 2,

THE BIG WEDDING, PLAYING THE FIELD, STRAIGHT A’S, THE PAPERBOY

and KILLING SEASON.

TREVOR SHORT (Executive Producer) oversees all legal, finance and

administrative operations for Nu Image, Inc., Millennium Films and all related

companies. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Short obtained a Bachelor of Law from

the University of Rhodesia and an MBA at the University of Cape Town. It was in

South Africa that he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit. In 1980 Short entered

the world of banking and commerce, joining Standard Chartered Merchant Bank

as head of Corporate Finance, responsible for takeovers, mergers and IPO’s. He

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then joined Investec Bank (formerly Hill Samuel Merchant Bank) in 1984 as head

of its Corporate Finance Division. He was responsible for eight IPO's on the

Johannesburg Stock Exchange, numerous mergers and acquisitions.

Short’s finance background led him to develop a tax based financing formula to

produce features. He succeeded in raising over $200 million from private

investors in order to fund the production of international films made in South

Africa. His work at Investec Bank continued, as did his ability in securing private

financing for motion pictures. Much of the financing he secured was for films

produced by Avi Lerner’s Nu Metro Productions for international film companies.

He also became the primary consultant to the Government of South Africa

regarding film investment and taxation legislation.

In 1989 Short left the banking sector to join Lerner as a shareholder and Chief

Executive of Nu Metro Entertainment Group in Johannesburg. He continued to

arrange financing for Nu Metro’s film production and was directly involved in its

growing theater chain. In 1991, Lerner and Short used Nu Metro Entertainment

Group sales proceeds to start a new studio in California.

Nu Image, Inc. opened its Los Angeles based independent studio in 1992. Short

remained in South Africa initially, traveling to the states and back frequently. In

1995 he moved to Los Angeles permanently.

Drawing upon his experiences in finance, law, investments, tax legislation,

subsidies, plus domestic and international banking, Short’s combined expertise

has benefited Nu Image greatly, leading to the purchase of Nu Boyana Studios in

Bulgaria and the recently completed Millennium Studios in Louisiana. Both

studios are full-service production facilities available to the film industry and used

by Millennium Films often.

Short has served as producer or executive producer on nearly all Nu Image or

Millennium Films production since the company’s beginning. Recent films

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include EXPENDABLES 1 & 2, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE MECHANIC,

THE BIG WEDDING, PLAYING THE FIELD, THE PAPERBOY, STRAIGHT A’S

and KILLING SEASON.

MATT O’TOOLE (Co-Producer) has been working in the film industry since he

was 14, when he was a production runner on Tim Burton’s BATMAN at

England’s legendary Pinewood Studios. Since then he has worked all over the

world on big budget epic productions including EVITA, BILLY ELLIOTT and

TROY. He worked on three films for acclaimed director Ridley Scott: Academy

Award® Best Picture Winner GLADIATOR, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN and BLACK

HAWK DOWN and the Emmy® Award-winning Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks

HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers.” Recently he worked on Brian De Palma’s

THE BLACK DAHLIA and the blockbuster sequel RAMBO IV.

JIB POLHEMUS (Co-Producer) has been the President of Simon West

Productions for the past 12 years. Currently he is executive producing the feature

film MEDALLION starring Nic Cage and producing NIGHT OF THE LIVING

DEAD 3D: ORIGINS. Recently he co-produced THE MECHANIC starring

Jason Statham and Ben Foster and associate produced TOMB RAIDER starring

Angelina Jolie.

Jib has also overseen production and development on several other films

including BLACKHAWK DOWN, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, and THE

GENERAL’S DAUGHTER for Simon West Productions. He started his career in

entertainment at Creative Artists Agency, and also worked for legendary

producer Dino De Laurentis (HANNIBAL, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, KING

KONG).

In television, he recently co-executive produced “The Cape” for NBC and

“Human Target” for FOX. He has had a producing deal at CBS Studios for the

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past ten years, and while there has produced various pilots and shows for

several different networks. Jib has also been a guest lecturer for The Columbia

College of Chicago for the past five years.

SHELLY JOHNSON, ASC (Director of Photography) has served as director of

photography on over 60 full-length projects, including CAPTAIN AMERICA,

JURASSIC PARK III, THE WOLFMAN and HIDALGO. He is a three-time ASC

Outstanding Achievement Award for Cinematography nominee. Johnson is also

an accomplished painter and has exhibited and shown in various shows and

museums.

TODD E. MILLER (Editor) has edited blockbuster films for over 10 years. Miller

began editing with Jerry Bruckheimer on ARMAGEDDON and has since worked

on several films with Michael Bay, including TRANSFORMERS. He last

collaborated with Simon West on THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER.

Specializing in fast-paced thriller and action films, Miller has an exciting style that

leaps off the screen. He has worked on films such as THE MECHANIC, JOY

RIDE, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, PATHOLOGY, and blockbuster movies

such as XXX: STATE OF THE UNION and the romantic comedy, UNDER THE

TUSCAN SUN. Along the way Miller has ventured into television, editing a

season of "E-Ring" with Jerry Bruckheimer as well as various commercials.

PAUL CROSS (Production Designer) previously was production designer on

BABYLON A.D. and art director on the films NANNY MCPHEE,

THUNDERBIRDS, I CAPTURED THE CASTLE, I'LL BE THERE, LAST ORDER

and BRIDGET JONES' DIARY. He was a draughtsman on STAR WARS -

EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE. Cross has worked on several television

productions, and earned an Emmy nomination (shared) for his work on the mini-

series "Hornblower: Duty.”

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LIZZ WOLF (Costume Designer) has worked on the production of over 30 films,

spanning a variety of periods, genres, and styles. Lizz’s vast knowledge of

costume history and eye for detail has allowed her to become an inventive

costume and wardrobe designer. With this knowledge and experience, she

meets the challenges of each project with forward thinking and collaboration.

THE EXPENDABLES 2 is her second film with Sylvester Stallone, continuing the

relationship begun with 2008’s RAMBO, and THE EXPENDABLES. She has also

been extremely privileged to work with such prolific directors as Tony Scott,

Steven Soderbergh, and Brian De Palma on many international productions.

Lizz’s background shaped her future as a designer. Her mother, an artist and

interior designer, nurtured Lizz’s interest in the arts at a young age. Her father, a

textile salesman, insured a bounty of materials for some of her earliest designs.

This included a matching collection of chartreuse fun fur outfits for Barbie, Ken,

and herself. It was then that Lizz’s risk-taking and character developing began.

She went on to study fashion and costume design at Otis College of Art and

Design and The American College in London. While in London, she became

greatly inspired by the music scene, an influence that is ever present in her work

today.

Driven by a love of film, and the privilege of being able to create characters that

aid in storytelling, Lizz has built a career based upon hard work and recognized

talent. Her assistant design credits include DREAMGIRLS, TRAFFIC,

ARMAGEDDON, THE BLACK DAHLIA, THE LODGER, RULES OF

ATTRACTION, and SPY GAME. Lizz is also a prolific costumer, with credits on A

SINGLE MAN, 3:10 TO YUMA, ALEXANDER, DODGEBALL, and PIRATES OF

THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL to name a few.

In addition to her work in film, Lizz has received critical acclaim for the costume

design of the hit 1960s musical BABY IT’S YOU (Universal Music Group, Warner

Bros. Theater Ventures) which had its world premiere at the Pasadena

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Playhouse, and is headed to Broadway.

Coming from a martial arts background, CHAD STAHELSKI (Stunt Coordinator /

2nd Unit Director) entered the film field as a stunt performer at the age of 24.

Before that, he worked as an instructor at the Inosanto Martial Arts Academy in

California, teaching Jeet Kune Do/Jun Fan. After doing numerous roles in low

budget martial art movies like MISSION OF JUSTICE and BLOODSPORT II & III,

his first start as a stunt double came from the movie THE CROW, doubling the

late Brandon Lee whom he trained with at the Inosanto Academy. After Brandon

Lee's lethal accident Chad was picked for his stunt/photo double because he

knew Lee, how he moved, and looked more like him than any other stuntman.

Having recently completed work on Lionsgate’s THE HUNGER GAMES, his first

big break as a stunt man came when he worked with Keanu Reeves on THE

MATRIX. He worked as martial arts stunt coordinator in the following sequels and

doubled Keanu Reeves for extreme shots. He also formed a company called

Smashcut with his stunt colleagues, which was responsible for great stunts in

some of the greatest movies and series.

He is now co-owner in 87eleven Action Design, one of the premier action design

and fight choreography companies in the industry. Upcoming for Chad is AFTER

EARTH directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith in

the lead roles.

AJOY MANI (Visual Effects) has over two decades of experience in the digital

arts. Ajoy got into digital arts in 1989 as a computer aided draftsman and

designer and went on to get a degree in Industrial Design from Arizona State

University (ASU).

After graduating with honors from ASU, Ajoy joined Available Light Ltd, a leading

visual effects facility in Burbank as a digital artist. Available Light Ltd was started

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in 1986 by veteran visual effects supervisors John van Vliet and Katherine Kean.

In the early 1990's Available Light made the transition from optical visual effects

processing to digital visual effects and Ajoy was hired to add to the digital team.

At the time, visual effects were still in their infancy and Ajoy was proficient in

both 3D and 2D compositing, finishing entire shots from start to finish. At

Available Light, Ajoy was mentored and trained by Academy-nominated visual

effects supervisors and soon rose to the rank of lead digital artist. During his

tenure at Available Light, Ajoy worked on numerous Hollywood blockbusters

including BLUES BROTHERS 2000, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, INSPECTOR

GADGET, THE FACULTY and DOGMA. One of his shots from MY FAVORITE

MARTIAN made the cover of Cinefex magazine in 1999.

In 2001, Ajoy moved to New York City and started Blinking Eye Creative

Services, a postproduction facility servicing advertising and independent film

clients. During this time Ajoy worked on numerous commercials and independent

films as visual effects supervisor. Since 2007 Ajoy has worked on numerous

Hollywood features, including RIGHTEOUS KILL and STONE as visual effects

set supervisor and on THE MECHANIC, DRIVE ANGRY 3D and CONAN THE

BARBARIAN as visual effects facility supervisor.

About Millennium Films Millennium Films is one of the longest-running independent film companies in the

history of Hollywood, with 20 years and more than 300 movies to its credit. The

company now produces, finances and handles international sales for five to eight

star-driven films per year, generally with budgets between $20 million and $80

million. It is best known for such films as THE EXPENDABLES (a $273 million

worldwide hit), RIGHTEOUS KILL (reteaming Robert De Niro and Al Pacino) and

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Werner Herzog’s BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS.

Millennium Films is run by co-founders Avi Lerner and Trevor Short, and a senior

executive team that includes Mark Gill (president), Boaz Davidson (head of

development and creative affairs), John Thompson (head of production), John

Fremes (head of international sales) and Lonnie Ramati (head of business

affairs).

The company’s current slate includes THE ICEMAN directed by Ariel Vromen

and starring Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta and Winona Ryder;

LOVELACE with Amanda Seyfried; Gabriele Muccino’s PLAYING THE FIELD

starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman and

Dennis Quaid; THE BIG WEDDING starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl,

Diane Keaton, Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried and Robin Williams; THE

PAPERBOY directed by Lee Daniels and starring Matthew McConaughey, John

Cusack, Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.

Millennium also operates full-service studios in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Sofia,

Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1992 under the name Nu Image, Inc.

Nu Image, Inc./Millennium Films currently develops, finances, produces and

distributes approximately eight to ten pictures a year. Headquartered in Los

Angeles, California, Nu Image, Inc. is the parent company of Millennium Films

(production), Millennium Entertainment (U.S. theatrical and home entertainment

distribution), and has two full service production facilities: Millennium Studios in

Shreveport, Louisiana and Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria.

About Lionsgate Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and

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diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television

programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital

distribution. new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The

company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable

and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and

an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10

networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication

businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-

winning "Mad Men," "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with the comedy "Blue

Mountain State," the Golden Globe-winning drama "Boss" and the syndication

successes "Tyler Perry's House Of Payne," its spinoff "Meet The Browns," "The

Wendy Williams Show" and "Are We There Yet?".

Lionsgate’s feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as

THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY,

THE EXPENDABLES, MARGIN CALL, THE LAST EXORCISM and the critically-

acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards®. With the January

2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company now has the two

leading young adult franchises – the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA, which has

grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, and the HUNGER

GAMES franchise, whose first film will be released on March 23. Recent Summit

hits include RED, LETTERS TO JULIET, KNOWING, the STEP UP franchise and

the Academy Award® winning Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-

DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a

prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and

television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the

foundation for the growth of the company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and

Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, and quality

entertainment in markets around the world.

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