Liam Hemsworth boards 'Expendables 2'

Hemsworth'The Expendables'"The Expendables 2" gets a youth infusion that may pay significant returns in the box office, as "The Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth just been cast alongside Sylvester Stallone in Millennium Films' action extravaganza, which is launched by Lionsgate.Simon West is pointing the star-studded follow up, which finds Stallone coming back as team leader Barney Ross. He's likely to be became a member of by past co-stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Deck hands and Randy Couture, in addition to beginners Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris. Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger will also be to expand on the cameos in the first film.Hemsworth, who'll soon be viewed as Gale Hawthorne opposite Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," will have a sniper in "Expendables 2," which begins production the following month.Australian thesp, the more youthful brother of "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth, formerly toplined "The Final Song" with Miley Cyrus and lately wrapped the indie drama "AWOL." He's also mounted on star in Chuck Russell's "Arabian Nights."The initial "Expendables" made a lot more than $275 million worldwide.Hemsworth is repped by WME and ROAR. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com