Megan Fox tackles Jason Statham, carries a big gun in 'Expendables 4' first look

LAS VEGAS – Megan Fox is going back to her action-movie roots.

The actress, who broke out in Michael Bay's live-action "Transformers" film in 2007, is taking the lead as one of the fresh faces of the "Expendables" franchise. Fox appeared in a first look at the fourth installment, titled "Expend4bles," which premiered at film convention CinemaCon on Thursday.

In the explosive new footage, Fox tackles Jason Statham over a couch, shattering glass and wrestling the macho Brit across a living room floor. Later, she cocks a gun and walks in step with her fellow "expendables," a motley crew of elite mercenaries played by Sylvester Stallone, Andy Garcia, Dolph Lundgren and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, another newcomer to the series.

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"This is one of the great action franchises," Jackson said in a pre-taped video message, teasing, "But this is my movie. I'm taking over."

"Expend4bles" also debuted a giant new poster at CinemaCon, an annual gathering for movie theater owners and journalists, with the tagline, "They'll die when they're dead."

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Fox has starred in a diverse slate of projects in recent years, filling in for Zooey Deschanel on Fox sitcom "New Girl," playing a reporter in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot, and channeling Indiana Jones as host of Travel Channel series "Legends of the Lost."

She's also starred in a handful of films with her fiancé Colson Baker, better known as rapper/punk rocker Machine Gun Kelly. They first co-starred together in last year's "Midnight in the Switchgrass," meeting on the crime thriller's set in 2020 and falling in love.

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"It was more of the quiet moments between the scenes where all the magic was happening," Fox told USA TODAY last year. "But the first day I felt crazy. That energy was really overwhelming and super chaotic. I was having all these feelings and I wasn't sure what they were, I just knew something intense was happening."

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Fox and Baker are set to appear in two more movies together this year, "Taurus" and "Good Mourning."

"Expend4bles," meanwhile, will open in theaters next year.

Contributing: Bryan Alexander

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Megan Fox: 'Expendables 4' first look finds her tackling Jason Statham