Jackie Chan & Sylvester Stallone Are ‘Ex-Baghdad’

[Gabe99]

Deadline May 11, 2017:
Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone Team For Scott Waugh-Directed ‘Ex-Baghdad’

EXCLUSIVE: Jackie Chan and Sylvester Stallone are teamed to star in Ex-Baghdad, a timely action thriller that Scott Waugh has been set to direct. It is an $80 million budget action film that becomes one of the biggest budget films to come out of China. Chan will serve as a producer through his company SR Media, with Qi Jianhong and Talent International’s Esmond Ren. SR Media and Talent International will also finance the film. Hans Canosa is also producing.

The film is a two-hander that matches up global action stars Chan and Stallone for the first time. When Stallone decided not to continue with The Expendables, this was the film he looked forward to doing instead.

When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Stallone) to stop them. The script is by Arash Amel. CAA reps Chan and Amel, WME Stallone and UTA reps Waugh, who helmed 6 Below, Act Of Valor and Need For Speed.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

There was a time this would have excited me, but not now.

$80 million budget

Doesn't sound a lot these days!

 

[KillerMcQueen]

Eh, better late than never at least, but this would've been a thousand times cooler 10 or 20 years ago. Certainly more interesting to me than another Expendables film would be.

 

[TX85]

I'm interested. Age doesn't mean much to me and they can still do action.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Chinese and American propaganda combined in one movie? Yeah, this will make a billion dollars.

 

[chamber-music]

Sounds generic as hell. Hopefully it is more comedic than serious.

 

[Pink Ranger]

It's made in China, with a storyline that has heavy jingoism elements for both of the world's superpowers. I think it's going to try to be serious, with lots of Michael Bay-style military worship, but people will find it comedic nonetheless.

 

[DrCosmic]

It's made in China, with a storyline that has heavy jingoism elements for both of the world's superpowers. I think it's going to try to be serious, with lots of Michael Bay-style military worship, but people will find it comedic nonetheless.

I think the chances of a post-Expendables Stallone or a still living Jackie Chan film being unintentionally comedic are virtually nil.

Chinese and American propaganda combined in one movie? Yeah, this will make a billion dollars.

And honestly, the only problem is how to explain these two characters coming together again for a sequel.