THE EXPENDABLES 2 gets a release date

Lionsgate announced an official release date of August 17, 2012 for The Expendables 2. That is a week after G.I. Joe 2 (August 10) is scheduled to arrive in theaters. The original opened on August 13, 2010 and made $274.5 million worldwide on a budget of $80 million.

Stallone will be returning to reprise his role in the film as Barney Ross, but there are no confirmation on who else from the first movie will come back. I would love to see Michelle Rodriguez join the cast. The original had a badass cast of actors that included including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Giselle Itie, Eric Roberts, David Zayas, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steve Austin.

Are you excited about this news? Who do you hope joins in on the action?