“Ring of Fire” VHS Cover
THE MOVIE: Ever since Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables brought back some of our favorite 80’s heroes to the big screen, action buffs have been dreaming about an Expendables-like film for the other video kings we looked up to long ago: stars like Jeff Speakman (The Perfect Weapon) and Mark Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf).
Well, it sounds like Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson shares that dream as he and a group of producers are reportedly mounting a new project called The B-Team.
At present, it looks like Wilson (Ring of Fire) will be joined by Cynthia Rothrock (Yes, Madam) and Michael Dudikoff (American Ninja) for an action romp in the country of Papua New Guinea. Don promises there’s plenty of room in the screenplay for other notable action stars to make cameos too.
Possible contendors to join Wilson and co. include Richard Norton (Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars), Billy Blanks (The King of Kickboxers), Loren Avedon (No Retreat, No Surrender 2), and the aforementioned Speakman and Dacascos. Thanks to Impact Magazine for the scoop.
Updates: During a recent interview with Don “The Dragon” Wilson, he stated that due to political reasons, the production of The B-Team is “uncertain.” However, Wilson did say he is working on a movie called Blood Raid, which will utilize many of his “B” movie star friends. Click here for the full interview.
Looks like Don “The Dragon” Wilson’s “low budget Expendables” is still alive and kicking. It may or may not be the planned B-Team or Blood Raid, but it’s definitely close enough! In a recent interview with CMAC’s Debbie Goodman, here’s what Wilson had to say about the upcoming project: “I’m working right now on a film… it’s a cop actioner with a twist. And, umm, you know, I promised I wasn’t really going to use the word ‘Expendables,’ but it’s kind of a lower budget [version] of it, because we’re going to have all the B-movie action stars that you’ve seen. So, in that regards, it’s in action film and it will not have one star – because we each used to carry our own films – but now with all of this together, we’re hoping we’ll have the same success that they had with Expendables. With ours, we’ll have all the B-movie people that you’re used to… Richard Norton, Cynthia Rothrock, Michael Dudikoff… just on and on, as many of them as we can fit on the screen.”
BREAKING NEWS: So Blood Raid it is, and B-Team it’s not… During a recent interview with Ric Drasin, Don “The Dragon” Wilson had this to say: “I’m working pre-production on a movie called Blood Raid, which is my version of The Expendables. It’s gonna have all the B-movie guys – everybody who has ever said a word of dialogue!” On December 4th, Wilson gave us a quick description of what to expect from Blood Raid: “It’s a cop actioner with a vampire twist, ala Dusk til Dawn. It will be like The Raid and Die Hard in that the bulk of the action will be in one-building location.”
OMG Wilson lost his mind. The title is stupid. Instead of calling it B-team… Make it into a Martial Art Expendables team. B? Nooooooo. Saying B means like they do B movies. If that’s the case, then they don’t need low budget martial art stars, they just need famous B movie stars.
If Gary Daniels joins, he can say he was in both The Expendables and B-Team. =D
I can’t wait for this. I’m almost more excited for this movie than Expendables 3.
Dudikoff could actually fit in The Expendables as could Sho Kosugi, I mean American Ninja was a cult hit. So could the guy from Highlander Chris Lambert.
As for this, well I’d definitely check it out.
Good news. we have 80″ s 90″ s so many B movie heroes. GO HEAD MAKE MY DAY.