Overview
- Lionsgate’s deal secures rights to create derivative works of The Expendables across film and TV alongside video games and immersive projects.
- The studio will handle worldwide distribution of the prequel John Rambo and will launch international sales at the American Film Market.
- Noah Centineo is in final negotiations to play a young John Rambo, with Jalmari Helander directing from a screenplay by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
- Production on John Rambo is slated to begin in 2026 in Thailand, with Millennium Media and Templeton Media producing and Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk executive producing.
- Lionsgate becomes lead production partner on future Rambo television titles, and Sylvester Stallone is not currently involved in the new project according to reporting.