STALLONE, STATHAM, LI TEAM UP FOR 'THE EXPENDABLES'

Here in the Lounge, we're suckers for anything Sly Stallone-related. This bit of news hit the Web today and to say we're stoked is an understatement.

Sylvester Stallone will direct a new action film titled "The Expendables," which he also penned. The flick will star Sly as well as Jason Statham, and Jet Li. While story details are sort of mum, it centers on an “expendable” team, hired to do jobs that no one else can or will, who are sent to infiltrate a South American country to overthrow the ruthless dictator and liberate the country.

The film is said to be a part of a two-picture deal Sly inked with with Nu Image/Millennium Films. Principal photography is set to begin in Costa Rica and Louisiana in February 2009.