 In September 2012, Carano signed on as the lead in an all-female ensemble action film described as the female version of "The Expendables".Producer Adi Shankar said, "I don't know how I'm supposed to make a movie that is supposed to be the female version of "The Expendables" without Gina Carano in it.It would be like making Twix without caramel or Jamba Juice without jamba."