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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 11:20

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Expendables 2 will be PG-13 Chuck Norris commands it!

Chuck Norris is a man credited with many special abilities. Now it appears he also has the power to convince producers that all-action sequels to R-Rated movies boasting lots of ‘80s action stars should be PG-13 and avoid naughty language. Because that’s what he’s managed with The Expendables 2.

It all started more as a rumour flung around the 'net at the speed of gossip thanks to fan website Expendables Premiere picking up comments Norris made in a Polish magazine interview. “In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay,” he explains. “For this reason, many young people  wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that I said I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified in the category of PG-13."

We're pretty sure he meant to say "I don't play in movies like this now." What about The Delta Force? Hellbound? The Cutter? The Missing In Action trilogy? We could go on...

His first crack at scripting..

Usually when the words and worlds of Cormac McCarthy have hit our cinema screens, they’ve been filtered through the filmmakers who adapted his novels – the Coens on No Country For Old Men or Joe Penhall on The Road. But after seeing his books go successfully through the cinematic process, the author has decided to have a crack at getting his vision up directly, turning screenwriter for The Counsellor.

Deadline reports that McCarthy surprised his book editors by sending them the script when they were waiting for his next novel (crafting a screenplay as a break from penning a book? The man needs to learn the meaning of the word procrastination! Daytime TV, Mr McCarthy!)

The plot revolves around a respected lawyer who believes he’s smart enough to try his hand at the drug business without being dragged down into the world, but in true McCarthy style, discovers that he’s very wrong.