Patrick Hughes To Direct ‘The Expendables 3’

Sylvester Stallone has been talking about bringing in some “fresh blood” to the next chapter in The Expendables franchise and it appears the first piece will come in the form of the director. Stallone has  just revealed via Twitter that relatively unknown Australian director Patrick Hughes (Red Hill) is set to direct The Expendables 3.

@forager23 You win!!! Wayto nail it, Jon,… now ask a question… sly

— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) April 23, 2013

Stallone did also go on to reveal that he did attempt to get Mel Gibson to direct the movie and was also interested in Jon Woo but things didn’t quite work out. Both Jackie Chan and Wesley Snipes are also said to be on board for roles in the upcoming threequel, but haven’t confirmed their involvement yet.