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Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone arrive at the premiere of 'The Expendables' at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Aug. 3, 2010, in Hollywood. Photo by Getty Images
By Bryan Alexander
USA TODAY
Apparently there's a caveat to the "no soldier gets left behind" motto — that is, unless they demand too much money for four days' work. "Expendables 3" begins without Bruce Willis.
Sometimes soldiers do get left behind, especially when they are really expensive.
Expendables 3 began principal photography today in Bulgaria without Bruce Willis, who had starred in the first two installments of the action series that grossed nearly 0 million in worldwide box office.
The films had brought new movie life to action stars like Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But after a disagreement with Stallone, Willis will not be joining his comrades-in-arms. TheHollywood Reporter had stated that Willis was demanding million for four days of work.
"Greedy and lazy … a sure formula for career failure," Stallone tweeted after announcing that Willis would not return earlier this month.
Plenty of other actors have stepped forward, including Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford.
Stallone, Lundgren, Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Randy Couture will all return for the third installment, as well.
Gibson will will play Conrad Stonebanks, a ruthless arms dealer who forces Stallone to "bring in a new era of Expendables team members who are … younger, faster and more tech-savvy," according to a Lionsgate Films release.
Speaking for the younger generation, Twilight's Kellen Lutz has also joined the cast along with MMA star Ronda Rousey and welterweight boxing champ Victor Ortiz.
Patrick Hughes will direct the film.
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The specialized prosecutor's office has indicted four persons for participating in an organized criminal group for making and distributing counterfeit dollars and euros and Bulgarian ID documents.
A new big fire broke out in California and again required evacuation.
David Hasselhoff and Michael Fassbender are filming a movie in Bulgaria.
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov accepted the film actor and director Sylvester Stallone in the Council of Ministers.
Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent an emergency cardiac surgery in Los Angeles, TASS reported.
The actor drove his car after the lady on Highway 126 when she lost control of the vehicle and got out of the way.
Brazen Bulgarian gangs "terrorise the elderly and rob them over their life savings with increasingly aggressive phone scams nettling millions of euros," according to an AFP story.
The prospect of US President Donald Trump's moving closer to Russia has scrambled the strategy of "balancing East and West" used for decades by countries like Bulgaria, the New York Times says.
Bulgarians have benefited a lot from their EU membership, with incomes rising and Brussels overseeing politicians, according to a New York Times piece.
German businesses prefer to trade with Bulgaria rather than invest into the country, an article on DW Bulgaria's website argues.
The truth about Bulgaria and Moldova's presidential elections is "more complicated" and should not be reduced to pro-Russian candidates winning, the Economist says.
President-elect Rumen Radev "struck a chord with voters by attacking the status quo and stressing issues like national security and migration," AFP agency writes after the presidential vote on Sunday.
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