EXPENDABLES 2 (Cast News)

• 2 EXPENDABLES MAY FACE OFF

John Travolta & Nicolas Cage could be Expendable

It seems now that Sylvester Stallone is adamant in gettingevery major yestr-year action star to be in the next installment of theExpendables. The most recent report had Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willisrecruited for bigger roles and now Stallone has gone on the record to confirmthat Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris are officially aboard, with NicolasCage currently in talks and John Travolta still on his wish list.

Van Damme, of course, turned Sly down when asked about thefirst film, but seems to have had a change of heart now he’s seen how it works.“We’ll have a big showdown between me and Van Damme, which has been anticipatedfor a long time, so it should be a good one,” Stallone tells EntertainmentWeekly.

“We’ve got Chuck Norris and I think Nic Cage,” says Sly.“We’re trying to work out different scenarios. I like using people that had amoment and then maybe have fallen on some hard times and give them anothershot. So we’re always looking for actors like Michael Biehn (The original KyleReese in the Terminator) and Michael Pare. I like those kinds of guys. Someonedid it for me and I like to see if I can do it for them. We also need some newblood in there, a Navy Seal-type, because with the Expendables none of themhave 20-20 vision anymore. They need some help, man.”

John Travolta & Nic Cage Face Off

Might that new blood refer to a certain former Twilightwerewolf currently itching to prove his action credentials with Abduction?Taylor Lautner’s name has come up in past rumours, but we're taking a strictlywait-and-see approach to that bit of casting...

With Simon West calling the shots this time around, TheExpendables 2 team will head to Bulgaria at the end of the month to startfilming, as the movie will be releasing sometime in August 2012.