It's been over five years since the last installment of Sylvester Stallone's EXPENDABLES franchise, which has served as a celebration of 80s and 90s action, but our next encounter with the elite mercenaries may well take place in the pages of a comic-book. An Indiegogo campaign is currently underway for The Expendables Go to Hell, a graphic-novel which has been co-written by Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Dixon, with art by Graham Nolan.
If you couldn't tell from the title, the project will find Barney Ross (Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Yin Yang (Jet Li), and Toll Road (Randy Couture) in a supernatural tale which takes place after the team has been killed in action and find themselves in Hell in the middle of a battle that has been raging for eternity. Throughout the adventure, they'll meet a few historical characters, some of who certainly belong in Hell, and others who maybe don't. Honestly, let's make this thing a movie already. The campaign has already widely exceeded its goal by 541% as they've currently raised $71,775, which is most impressive.
The 50-page main story will be accompanied by 3 side-quests, including:
- THE BRIDGE– Barney Ross is stunned to find the soul of his still-living friend Tool, trapped in Hell! Art by Jason Johnson (TEAM 7).
- CHRISTMAS IN HELL– Lee Christmas is lured away from the team just when they need him most! Art by Kelsey Shannon (NORAH'S SAGA)
- BARBARIAN'S HOLIDAY– Gunner Jensen makes the most of a bad situation! Art by Butch Guice (DOCTOR STRANGE).
As far as the cinematic side of THE EXPENDABLES goes, Sylvester Stallone stated last summer that he was starting to cook up the next adventure.
