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Fourth one will happen. You can thank China for that.
My idea is to strip down the team to just Statham, Lundgren and Snipes, slash the budget down to $40 million or so.
Have them transport a black bagged prisoner to a secret CIA facility, to hand him over to an elite CIA platoon that's spearheaded by Dave Bautista and Gina Carano, at the behest of Harrison Ford. The noob team is around guarding the perimeter.
During the exchange Bautista removes the prisoner's hood, revealing Bruce Willis. His platoon open fire and overtake the facility, trapping Stath, Lundgren and Snipes in Die Hard style.
Harrison Ford is the Al Powell equivalent, talking the guys through the situation. Midway the twist is that the noob team is under Willis' employ, so Ford is stuck dealing with them and the Expendables lose their only help from the outside.
So you have a nice tight three on three dynamic. You have a tried and tested 80's style Die Hard On A ______ plot, but this time with the guy who invented it as the hijacker, which they can play with, you have that 'Jason Bourne Control Room' trope being eliminated half way through the film. Basically just playing with and commenting on a lot of action conventions.
I'd save that for the fifth one. Expendables in the jungles of South East Asia taking on the security force of drug traffickers led by Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais.
I like both of these ideas a lot. But I still think Crews, Couture and Arnie should play a large role in the 4th movie as well. Snipes should get a bigger role as well.
Ex 3 has done decent on home sales as well so I think a 4th will happen.