Bruce Willis Confirmed for ‘Expendables,’ Plus Video

Published by Jeff Leins on August 18, 2009

In May there was speculation that Bruce Willis would be joining the cast of action heroes in Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables.  The movie’s PR representative blogged during the production, “It looks like we have a Church and man is it great casting” referring to the character Willis will play.  The deal was still coming together, but “Church” is to appear in a short scene with Sly and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Bruce Willis himself confirmed his involvement to MTV.  “Not yet, I haven’t united with them,” he said. “I’m waiting for a call from Sly about when we’re going to try and make that happen.” Finally, the Planet Hollywood reunion we’ve all been waiting for!

The movie is loaded with action stars including the aforementioned trio, Jet Li, Jason Statham, UFC fighter Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and Terry Crews.  That is one bad ass line-up.  The only ones missing are Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal, who both declined for separate reasons. Sly is in post-production on the movie, which hits theaters April 2010.

Couture continues to participate in Ultimate Fighting even at the age of 46 and his small movie career.  He’s competing this weekend in UFC 102 against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.  Here’s a promo for that fight which includes the first footage we’ve seen from The Expendables: