It's really shaping up to be a pretty great week for movie trailers, what with the arrival of the first look at Men in Black III and G.I. Joe: Retribution a few days back and new trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey expected to hit tomorrow. But, as we wait with baited breath for a glimpse at Christopher Nolan's final Batman movie, Sylvester Stallone and company have slipped under the radar with the release of the first teaser for next year's action ensemble The Expendables 2. A sequel to 2010's The Expendables (obviously), EX2 sees Stallone vacate the director's chair in favour of Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic), with the aging action star returning to the cast as Barney Ross alongside Jason Statham (Lee Christmas), Jet Li (Yin Yang), Dolph Lundgren (Gunnar Jensen), Randy Couture (Toll Road) and Terry Crews (Hale Caesar), while there are also expanded roles for Bruce Willis (Mr. Church) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Trench). Newcomers to the cast include Liam Hemsworth, Yu Nan, Chuck Norris, Scott Adkins and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Check out the synopsis and teaser trailer below...
"The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal… Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Lee Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables way…"
Update - we've also added the new poster, which AICN got their hands on today (Friday). Appararently the first wasn't official, or something like that.
The Expendables 2 is set for release on August 17th, 2012, while the UK date is yet to be confirmed.
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