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Lionsgate and Millenium Films have begun filming "The Expandables 3" in Bulgaria.
By Richard Verrrier
Los Angeles Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back - in Bulgaria.
The action star and former governor of California, who championed filming in the state, is returning to Bulgaria to shoot the third installment in the "Expendables" franchise.
Lionsgate and Millennium Films said principal photography on "The Expendables 3" began Monday in Bulgaria, where the second movie about an elite group of mercenaries was also filmed.
Nu Image, a sister company of Millennium, has poured tens of millions of dollars into upgrades to the formerly state-owned studio, which has 13 sound stages, as well as a replica of several downtown Manhattan streets and a faux ancient Rome, complete with a coliseum.
"The Expendables 3" will feature Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews and Schwarzenegger returning to their roles in the first two films.
Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford will join the all-star cast along with "Twilight" actor Kellan Lutz, MMA star Ronda Rousey and welterweight boxing champion Victor Ortiz.
Directed by Patrick Hughes ("Red Hill"), Lionsgate will release "The Expendables 3" in North America and in Britain on Aug. 15, 2014.
The first two installments of "The Expendables" have grossed nearly 0 million in combined global box office.
A Chinese stuntman was killed during the filming of "Expandables 2" in 2011, prompting a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by his family.
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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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