Brit director Simon West is coming on board to helm an "Expendables" sequel for Lionsgate and Avi Lerner's Nu Image/Millennium Films.
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The Expendables 2" has been in active development in recent months with Lionsgate announcing that the second "Expendables" would open domestically on Aug. 17, 2012. Lionsgate used the same mid-August frame last year to launch the ensemble actioner, which grossed $102 million Stateside and another $170 million outside the United States.