Mickey Rourke Joins the Cast of The Expendables Posted by The ODI at Wednesday, January 07, 2009 0 comments Labels: The Expendables

The ensemble cast of Stallone's The Expendables continues to grow and today we get word that star Mickey Rourke will ALSO be a part of the cast.

Mickey Rourke has joined the ranks of "The Expendables," joining the ensemble of the Sylvester Stallone-directed action adventure for Nu Image/Millennium Films.

Rourke will play an unscrupulous arms dealer who becomes the go-to guy for a group of mercenaries planning to topple a South American dictator.

Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture and Dolph Lungdren play the title characters. Forest Whitaker and Ben Kingsley are also circling the project.

The Stallone-scripted film begins shooting in March in Brazil. Avi Lerner, John Tompson and Kevin King Templeton are producing, with Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short and Danny Dimbort exec producers.

Source: Variety