Update: Sylvester Stallone himself has confirmed this story.
From AICN, the bad news:
“Due to start delays which has put the shooting of “THE EXPENDABLES” back a month later than was initially thought… Forest Whitaker has had to pull out due to conflicts with prior engagements now. Dammit!”
The “good news:
“Because at the same time I heard this bit of bummer, I heard that Sly has also recast the role with 50 CENT! “
Oh brother. Previously:
Whitaker is in negotiations to join the cast of Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables,” where he would play a CIA liaison for a group of mercenaries.
Be prepared for the cluelessly un-self-aware (and often very homoerotic) 50 Cent/Curtis Jackson to stink up this already, corny-sounding B-movie project that people are waaay too thrilled about. Nostalgia and wanton enthusiasm generally being huge blindfolders of perception and killer of brain cells containing intelligence.
