Talk:The Expendables II

Clean-up
The extent of Stallone's involvement (director, writer, producer, star?) needs to be sourced. Same for Avi Lerner. The "planned cast" section needs to be expanded, and the "development" section needs to be neutral. Maybe we can get the notability akin to articles like The Avengers (film project) and The Dark Knight Rises. --Boycool (talk) 01:50, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * We need a release date from an official source. IMDb says 2012, but that obviously doesn't count. Anything earlier than that is extremely unlikely for a movie of this magnitude. --Boycool (talk) 04:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Notability guidelines for future films
Per the notability guidelines for future films, articles about future films should be created if it is verified that filming has begun. In the meantime, reported discussion can be placed at a broader article. In this case, The Expendables (2010 film) – Sequel is the place for reported discussion. Content in the section is redundant to this article's content, and I recommend redirecting to the section. (If there is anything here to merge, that can be done, too.) I talked to the main contributor about the options, but he thinks that there is "too much information" to merge. I disagree; Stallone is planning a sequel and looking to bring back the original cast and to include others, such as Bruce Willis. That's the gist of it; a lot of information is repeated or unnecessary. Of course, if filming begins on the sequel, the article can be recreated, since we would have a topic of enduring notability and not just a collection of news reports. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 12:45, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Support redirect - This isn't like a high profile film like Spider-Man or The Dark Knight Rises. Stallone has a history of not getting films (especially sequels) off the ground for years. The only thing we really know about this proposed film is that Stallone wants to do it and he wants the whole cast back plus some. That's it. There is a "Development" and a "Planned Casting" section....which are basically the same thing because the stuff in "Development" is only talking about the potential cast members for the film.   BIGNOLE     (Contact me)  13:36, 23 February 2011 (UTC)


 * A redirect and userfication is this article's best chance for survival. Currently, it is a good candidate to be nominated for deletion where the outcome will be deletion, incubation or redirect; it will not pass the threshold of notability required of a stand-alone article. The creating editor may not be aware that he doesn't have to lose all of the material he's created but that it can be copied to his user space. I will reinstate the redirect and copy the article in its current form to User:The Castbreeder/The Expendables 2. Big Bird (talk • contribs) 14:12, 23 February 2011 (UTC)