More Casting Confirmed for Expendables 3!

Since we are pumped for Arnold's return as Trench Mauser in The Expendables 3 which starts filming soon, it's interesting to see what other bad-asses are joining cast this time around. Then we can speculate about which "team" they'll be on! This week we had a few big names announced-- Stallone has confirmed that Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, and Antonio Banderas will all be in EX3! They join the other new cast memebers Jackie Chan, Nicolas Cage and Wesley Snipes, and the returning Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, and Dolph Lundgren.

Then there was the "un-casting" of Bruce Willis from the new movie, whom Harrison Ford is replacing, which was marked by some unkind words from Sly on his Twitter account: "GREEDY AND LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE". Apprantly Willis was offered $3 million to return for 4 days of shooting, but demanded $4 million, and Sly refused. Is this disappointing that the holy trinity of action heroes is broken? A little bit, but there probably weren't many more interesting things for the Church character to do for an extended cameo, and Harrison Ford could definitely bring something new with more gravitas to the franchise. 

Boaz Davidson, Executive Producer for EX3, also confirmed the cast as it stands in a post on his Facebook page:

7 Days To Kick Off

THE EXPENDABLES 3

Stallone,Statham,Ford,Gibson,
Lundgren,Snipes,Li,Couture,
Banderas,Rousey,Crews,
Schwarzenegger,Ortiz,Lutz.

The earth will rumble!!!

Expendables 3 will be in theaters next August.