Posted on 01/06/2013 6:17:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A year after leaving the California governor's office and becoming tabloid fodder for fathering a boy with his family's housekeeper and splitting with his wife, Maria Shriver, the 65-year old former bodybuilder will star in no less than three Hollywood movies over the next 12 months.
None are likely to win Schwarzenegger an Oscar. Indeed, the movies, and Schwarzenegger's own fee, are low-budget compared with his global blockbusters of yore. But studio executives are betting that overseas fans especially will once again respond to a personality whose 24 films generated worldwide ticket sales of $3.9 billion, according to boxoffice.com.
"He is still a worldwide star who resonates with action audiences around the world," said Rob Friedman, the co-chairman of the Lionsgate motion picture group, which is scheduled to release his next two films. "The Last Stand" will open on January 18, and "The Tomb" in September.
"Ten," the third film, is scheduled for release in January 2014 by Open Road Films, a joint venture of the AMC and Regal Theater chains.
"When you have left the movie business for seven years, it's kind of a scary thing to come back because you don't know if you're accepted or not," Schwarzenegger said at a Saturday press event for "The Last Stand."
"There could be a whole new generation of action stars that come up in the meantime."
The actor said he was "very pleasantly surprised" by what he called a "great reaction" to his cameo in the 2010 action film "The Expendables," which featured fellow action stars Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham. The film grossed $103.1 million in U.S. ticket sales and $274.5 million worldwide.
Since then, Schwarzenegger appeared in a second "Expendables" and says he will join a fifth installment of the "Terminator" if it is made.
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By coincidence, I just saw "Taken 2" today. I thought it was good--not as good as "Taken," which was excellent, but still worth seeing.
BTW, you mention "Lincoln." Liam Neeson was Spielberg's original choice for the title role, and I have thought for a long time that Neeson would be great for that role. But he bowed out, and the part went to DDL, who I hear was great. Haven't seen it yet.
I saw the first one, mostly on the recommendations of some in the FReeper Canteen. It was a fun movie, a bit of a throwback, with a lot of aging stars who could still hold their own and entertain.
I had to laugh at the trailer for the second one when the names pop up to the sound of bullets, and then they just keep coming!
At least Davis and Moonbeam had and excuse... They were Demonocrats!!!
A good man, Huel Howser, dead at age 67 was really "AMAZIN!!!"
Doh. Juaquin. Weird Phoenix names blur.
Un...no.
Howser’s not dead, now he’s Quaid.
Whut???
Who would he play? John Connor's grandmother?
Huel's "California Gold" is being robbed by those who have no right to be here. Imagine having a jewelry store where you leave the back door unlocked every night. How long would you be in business? How long before your copper pipes and copper wires are all stripped out? That's California- about to go bankrupt.
But I'm not leaving, I'm here for the fight. "You want California? You better gun-up, bitch."
” I hope he never comes out in favor of gun control. It would be the epitome and full definition of hypocrisy...”
Ahnold crossed that threshold in the first terminator movie.
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