Liam Hemsworth boards 'Expendables 2'

Hemsworth'The Expendables'"The Expendables 2" will get a youth infusion that could pay significant returns within the box office, as "The Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth been cast alongside Sylvester Stallone in Millennium Films' action extravaganza, that is released by Lionsgate.Simon West is pointing the star-studded follow-up, which finds Stallone returning as team leader Barney Ross. He's apt to be grew to become an associate of by past co-stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Deckie's and Randy Couture, additionally to beginners Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris. Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger may also be to grow around the cameos within the first film.Hemsworth, who'll soon be seen as Gale Hawthorne opposite Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," may have a sniper in "Expendables 2," which starts production the next month.Australian thesp, the greater youthful brother of "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth, formerly toplined "The Ultimate Song" with Miley Cyrus and recently wrapped the indie drama "AWOL." He's also installed on star in Chuck Russell's "Arabian Nights."The first "Expendables" made greater than $275 million worldwide.Hemsworth is repped by WME and ROAR. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com