Are Sly and the Governator finally teaming up?

Back in the '80s, when both Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were major action-movie superstars, I often felt that the two should team up for a film. That dream appears to be coming true . . . though 25 years too late, and not in the most credible format.

Because right now, Stallone is making a movie called The Expendables, which has an all too familiar premise:

Stallone writes, directs and stars in the movie, a film about a group of mercenaries trying to overthrow a South American dictator. It also stars Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke and Forest Whitaker.

Hmm, Rambo V, anyone?

Anyway, the Governator is apparently not playing an action hero, but instead will simply portray himself, the current California governor, in his cameo. Which sorta says to me that Schwarzenegger isn't even trying, isn't putting forth any effort. Add to that the motif of the film, which Stallone has done to death, and it's hard to take this seriously.

Now if this had all occurred in, say, 1986, on the heels of Rambo II or The Terminator, this could have been the movie event of the century! But in 2009, it's too little too late.