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"Jason Statham has revealed that the sequel to The Expendables will begin shooting in two weeks. The Mechanic star confirmed reports that the highly-anticipated action movie will film in Bulgaria.  &amp;quot;They start in two weeks&amp;#039; time,&amp;quot; Statham told Collider. &amp;quot;Literally, I&amp;#039;m gonna go from one - I&amp;#039;m making a movie with Taylor Hackford in New Orleans called Parker, I&amp;#039;m going straight from there to Bulgaria. That&amp;#039;s where we&amp;#039;re at, Expendables 2, Bulgaria.&amp;quot; Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis were recently confirmed to return for &amp;quot;substantial roles&amp;quot; for the sequel after appearing only briefly in the first film. Statham went on to say that he looks forward to working with Sylvester Stallone again. &amp;quot;I had such a great time with Sly, he&amp;#039;s a man I&amp;#039;m very happy to work with again,&amp;quot; he added. In July, John Travolta and Chuck Norris were also rumored to be joining the cast of the ensemble film. The Expendables 2 opens in cinemas on August 17, 2012.  Watch the trailer for the first Expendables film below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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