Steve Austin Update (Pic), UFC's Biggest Star Forced Into Retirement?, & More
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>> Ben Kingsley has joined the enormous cast of Steve Austin's next film, The Expendables. The cast is the biggest that I've seen for an action film, and this movie looks like it will be a must see for any action movie fan. In addition to Austin and Kingsley, the movie also stars Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Brittany Murphy, Jason Statham, UFC Legend Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren and Forrest Whitaker. The Governator himself – Arnold Schwarzenegger – is rumored to have a part of the movie, even though I'm not sure how that's possible unless it's a cameo. The film is currently filming, and Austin has already started filming several of his scenes. We have a couple of pics from the movie in the 'Photos' section on our Facebook group. One of the pics has Austin and Eric Roberts in mid-air escaping an explosion. To view the pics and join our Facebook group, click here.
>> FightLine.com has an article yesterday about UFC President Dana White saying that their biggest star Chuck Liddell is done as a fighter following Liddell's first round knockout loss to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 97 this past Saturday. White said, "Believe me, it will be a f*cking war if he tries not to retire, believe me. I love him. He helped me build this business. We started when he was making five hundred and five hundred". White and Liddell have been close friends, and White tried to get Liddell to retire after Liddell's loss to Rashad Evans last winter. Liddell has yet to announced that he is retiring. For more of Dana White's interview, which includes quotes of what Liddell will be doing next, visit FightLine.com by clicking here.
>> As we noted here yesterday, we have created a brand spanking new Twitter account, and during our detailed match by match coverage of Backlash here this Sunday we will add quick notes during the matches on our Twitter. To follow Wrestling Inc. on Twitter, click here.
>> Former ECW superstar Kevin Thorn will be making a special appearance at The ACE Wrestling School at 7 Sipp Street in Union City, NJ on Sunday April 25 from 12-1pm courtesy of Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
>> Former WWE superstars Ron Simmons and Kevin Thorn will be appearing live at Wrestling Universe on 150th Street in Whitestone, NY (Queens) on Sunday afternoon April 25 from 3-5pm.
>> 50 Wrestlers including former WWE superstars Koko B Ware, Sandman, Balls Mahoney, Nunzio, Julio Dinero, The ECW Zombie, Wrestling Legend Ox Baker, and former Pro Boxing Champion Butterbean will be participating in a charity memorial event in honor of the late Paul E Normus on Friday night May 29 at The Garfield Boys & Girls Club located at 490 Midland Ave in Garfield, NJ starting at 8pm. For more info and tickets please visit www.ProWrestlingSyndicate.com.
>> Finally, a note from our store. Into the Blue 2: The Reef released on DVD this past Tuesday. I got a chance to check out a review copy of the DVD last week, and it's an entertaining film definitely worth checking out. It stars Chris Carmack ("The O.C."), Laura Vandervoort ("The Lookout", "Smallville"), Marsha Thomason ("Lost," "Las Vegas") and David Anders ("Heroes," "Alias"). The story is similar to the original, and like the original, it features an abundance of great cinematography, hot babes and surfing. The DVD is unrated and includes two featurettes, "All Wet" and "Run for Your Life" and a "Back To The Beach" music video. To purchase the DVD from Amazon.com, click here. You can view a trailer of the DVD below: