The Expendables 2 (2012)

Director:

Simon West

Writers:

Richard Wenk (screenplay) and
Ken Kaufman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 August 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat. |

Plot Keywords:

Action Hero | Tough Guy | Kung Fu | Explosion | Sequel To Cult Favorite

Status:

Post-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »

Status Updated:

20 January 2012

More Info:

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Cast

Liam Hemsworth	...	Bill 'The Kid' Timmons
Jason Statham	...	Lee Christmas
Bruce Willis	...	Church
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Trench
Sylvester Stallone	...	Barney Ross
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Jean Vilain
Jet Li	...	Yin Yang
Scott Adkins	...	Hector
Chuck Norris	...	Booker
Dolph Lundgren	...	Gunnar Jensen
Charisma Carpenter	...	Lacy
Terry Crews	...	Hale Caesar
Nikolette Noel	...	Sophia
Randy Couture	...	Toll Road
Novak Djokovic	...	Himself
Nan Yu	...	Maggie
Amanda Ooms	...	Pilar
George Zlatarev	...	Bojan (uncredited)

Directed by
Simon West

Writing credits
Richard Wenk		(screenplay) and
Ken Kaufman		(screenplay) &
David Agosto		(screenplay) and
Sylvester Stallone		(screenplay)
Ken Kaufman		(story) &
David Agosto		(story) and
Sylvester Stallone		(story)
Dave Callaham		(characters) (as David Callaham)

Produced by
Guymon Casady	....	executive producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Robert Earl	....	executive producer
Jon Feltheimer	....	executive producer
Basil Iwanyk	....	producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Danny Lerner	....	producer
Matthew O'Toole	....	line producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
Kevin King Templeton	....	producer
John Thompson	....	producer
Les Weldon	....	producer

Original Music by
Brian Tyler

Cinematography by
Shelly Johnson

Film Editing by
Todd E. Miller

Casting by
Marianne Stanicheva

Production Design by
Paul Cross

Art Direction by
Adam A. Makin		(supervising art director)
Ivailo Nikolov
Ivan Ranghelov
Sonya Savova

Costume Design by
Lizz Wolf

Makeup Department
Scott H. Eddo	....	makeup department head
Melizah Schmidt	....	key hair stylist
Yana Stoyanova	....	key makeup artist
Nicole Venables	....	department head hairstylist
Elena Zhekova	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Valentin Dimitrov	....	production manager
Gabriel Georgiev	....	production manager
Veselin Karadjov	....	production manager
Natalie Samanon	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vessela Bannzurkova	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ben Burt	....	key second assistant director
Asya Chakarova	....	third assistant director
Hristo Dimitrov	....	second assistant director
Petya Evtimova	....	first assistant director
Galina Kyuchukova	....	second second assistant director
Jayson Merrill	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ivan Mitov	....	first assistant director: second unit
Natasha Roth	....	third assistant director: second unit
Tom Rye	....	second assistant director: second unit
Nick Satriano	....	first assistant director
Chad Stahelski	....	second unit director
Hirotatsu Taniguchi	....	second second assistant director: New Orleans
Yana Viktorova	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Atanas Apostolov	....	stand-by props
Vasilena Boneva	....	set dressing coordinator
Willie Botha	....	head prop fabricator
Dirk Buchmann	....	property master
Francesca Cross	....	color styling
Maria Doicheva	....	stand-by painter: second unit
Stoyan Doychev	....	assistant painter
Orlin Grozdanov	....	greenery man
Anna Hadzhieva	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Hinds	....	assistant property master
Rositsa Ivanova	....	assistant to head prop maker
Kent H. Johnson	....	property master/weapons supervisor
Robert Jones	....	chief production buyer
Rosen Marinkov	....	greenery
Axel Nicolet	....	construction manager
Dimiter Petkov	....	head painter foreman
Vladimir Petkov	....	lead construction
Vladimir Petkov	....	leadman
Peter Rakovski	....	lead stand-by props
Rosen Stefanov	....	leadman: set dressing
Peter Tsenov	....	assistant painter
Dan Walker	....	concept artist
Evgeni Yordanov	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Alexander Bachvarov	....	sound recordist: second unit
Velizar Bagarov	....	second boom operator
Christopher Eakins	....	supervising dialogue & ADR editor
Christopher Eakins	....	supervising sound editor
David Esparza	....	supervising sound effects editor
Kiril Kaloyanov	....	boom operator
Vladimir Kaloyanov	....	sound mixer
Ivaylo Natzev	....	boom operator: second unit
Krasimir Shtabekov	....	sound mixer: second unit
Boris Tanchev	....	second boom operator

Special Effects by
Stefan Alamanov	....	special effects
Orlin Budinov	....	special effects technician
Anthony S. Ciccarelli	....	special effects technician
Garry Cooper	....	workshop supervisor
Nikolay Furtunkov	....	senior special effects technician: prep-crew
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects supervisor
Matthew Horton	....	senior special effects technician
Ivo Jivkov	....	special effects supervisor: Bulgaria
Craig Leong	....	special effects technician
Jeff Little	....	senior special effects technician
Julian Marsh	....	special effects technician
Doug McCarthy	....	special effects technician
Mark Meddings	....	effects consultant
Peter Nikolov	....	special effects technician
Stefan Razlojki	....	armourer
Kevin Turner	....	senior special effects technician
Danny Yordanov	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Sofia Aleksieva	....	digital compositor
Kiril Altakov	....	matchmove artist
Javor Asenov	....	compositor
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects art director
Maria Boyuklieva	....	digital compositor
Paco Castillo	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Martina Chakarova	....	project coordinator
Galina Chaneva	....	digital compositor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Jaume Creus	....	digital compositor
Alexander Dimov	....	visual effects artist
Ivelina Dobreva	....	digital compositor
Stanislav Draganov	....	visual effects
Florence Dubin	....	matte painter
Domenico Ferraro	....	lighting technical director
Kremena Ganeva	....	lead compositor
Georgi Gavanozov	....	digital artist
Georgi Georgiev	....	digital matte painter
Martin Georgiev	....	matchmove artist
Oleksiy Golovchenko	....	digital matte painter
Metin Gungor	....	digital environment supervisor
Milena Hristova	....	digital compositor
U-Sun I Hu	....	digital compositor
Lauren Hulsey	....	previs artist
Veress Kovács István	....	senior matte painter
Ivan Gochev Ivanov	....	visual effects artist
Rosen Ivanov	....	digital compositor
Delyan Ketipov	....	lead compositing artist
Rumen Kirov	....	visual effects artist
Guntuku Kishore	....	lighting technical director
Nikolay Kolev	....	digital compositor
Kalin Krumov	....	digital compositor
Harrison Ly	....	digital compositor
Krisztian Majdik	....	previs editor
Vasilena Makakova	....	rotoscoping artist
Ajoy Mani	....	visual effects supervisor
Ivailo Marinov	....	digital compositor
Silviya Mariyanova	....	visual effects project coordinator
Nikolay Mihailov	....	visual effects editor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	visual effects photographer
Radoslav Misarokov	....	visual effects project manager
Diana Moneva	....	digital compositor
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor
Nole Murphy	....	rigging td
Encho Nedevski	....	digital compositor
Quoc Hung Nguyen	....	previs artist
Vladimir Nikolov	....	visual effects coordinator
Nikolay Pachov	....	visual effects editor
Milena Peneva	....	visual effects coordinator
Milen Piskuliyski	....	visual effects artist
Sana Radeva	....	visual effects artist
Benito Sanz	....	digital compositor
Boris Sokolov	....	digital compositor
Georgi Staikov	....	visual effects artist
Plamen Statev	....	visual effects coordinator
Stoimen Stoyanov	....	digital compositor
Althea Suarez Gata	....	previs artist
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Adriyana Tsvetanova	....	lighting artist
Desislava Valcheva	....	digital compositing
Rahul Venugopal	....	digital matte painter
Kenneth Weide	....	lighting technical director

Stunts
Boyan Anev	....	stunt performer
Asen Asenov	....	stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Yannick Ben	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt rigger
Ivailo Dimitrov	....	stunt performer
James Embree	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
Genadiy Ganchev	....	stunts (as Genadii Ganchev)
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt rigger
Zahari Grozdanov	....	stunt performer
Daniel Hernandez	....	stunts
Dian Hristov	....	stunt coordinator
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunt performer
Danko Jordanov	....	fight team
Danko Jordanov	....	stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Todor Lazarov	....	stunts
Samuel Le	....	stunt double: Jet Li
Georgi Manchev	....	fight team
Georgi Manchev	....	stunt performer
Jeremy Marinas	....	stunts
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	fight team
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	stunt double: Jean Claude Van Damme
Megan Nguyen	....	stunt performer
Noon Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator
Radoslav Parvanov	....	fight team
Velizar Peev	....	stunts
Radka Petkova	....	utility stunts
Allan Poppleton	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Elitsa Rajeva	....	stunt performer
Jackson Spidell	....	fight team
Jackson Spidell	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunt coordinator
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunt coordinator
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
Georgi Stanislavov	....	stunt performer
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunt performer
Nuo Sun	....	stunt double: Jet Li
Don Thai Theerathada	....	fight coordinator (as Don Tai)
Teodor Tsolov	....	assistant stunt coordinator: second unit
Raicho Vasilev	....	stunt performer
Ivan Vodenicharov	....	stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	stunts
Mark Wickham	....	stunt rigger
Stuart F. Wilson	....	stunt double: Bruce Willis
Justin Yu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Petar Anev	....	grip: rigging crew
Mihail Apostolov	....	grip rigger
Michael Applebaum	....	camera operator: "a" camera, New Orleans
Anton Bakarski	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Anton Bakarski	....	director of photography: second unit
Borislav Belberov	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Ian Bird	....	key grip
Miroslav Borisov	....	grip: second unit
Julian Bucknall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michal Chadima	....	rf technician
Ross W. Clarkson	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Hong Kong
Ross W. Clarkson	....	steadicam operator: Hong Kong
Tim Dean	....	libra head technician
Desislav Dimitrov	....	grip
Dimitar Dimitrov	....	grip
Liudmil Donchev	....	second assistant camera
Guy Fernandez	....	best boy electric: re-shoots
Filip Filipov	....	grip: rigging crew
Vasil Galabov	....	grip
Nedialko Georgiev	....	grip: rigging crew
Stoyan Georgiev	....	grip
Everett Grant	....	lighting technician
Harvey Harrison	....	director of photography: second unit
Hristo Idakiev	....	gaffer: second unit
Anton Ivanov	....	electrician
Michael D. Kennedy	....	remote camera technician: scorpio head, New Orleans
Nikolai Kostov	....	rigging key grip
Tsvetan Kostov	....	best boy grip
Alexander Krumov	....	camera operator: second unit
Grigor Kumitski	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Frank Masi	....	still photographer
Griffin McCann	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, New Orleans
Dimitar Nikolov	....	grip: rigging crew
Emil Petkov	....	grip
Georgi Petkov	....	co-key grip
Radoslav Petkov	....	video assist playback
Kiril Prodanov	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Orlin Ruevski	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Lorenzo Senatore	....	steadicam operator: second unit
James Allen Sheppard	....	video assist operator: New Orleans
Mario Spanna	....	libra head technician: second unit
Attila Szalay	....	director of photography: second unit
Henry Tirl	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Henry Tirl	....	steadicam operator
Emil Topuzov	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Trajche Velichkovski	....	grip: second unit
Dimitar Vuchkov	....	grip
Des Whelan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mihail Yanakiev	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Iliya Yonev	....	grip
Yavor Zahariev	....	gaffer
Atanas Zapryanov	....	grip: rigging crew

Animation Department
Zoran Donchev	....	animator
Toma Genov	....	animator
Tsvetan Ivanov	....	animator
Sana Radeva	....	animator

Casting Department
Katerina Goranova	....	casting assistant
Zoe Thompson	....	casting director: China

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Bujak	....	assistant costume designer
Ina Damianova	....	costume supervisor
Marieta Duncheva	....	wardrobe
Anna Gelinova	....	costume supervisor: second unit
Patricia Gorman	....	set costumer: New Orleans
Mark Peterson	....	costume supervisor
Jasmina Vasileva	....	key costumer (as Jasmina Vasileva-Stoichkova)

Editorial Department
Charles Irving Beale	....	post-production assistant
Jivko Chakarov	....	assistant editor
Adam M. Duthie	....	vfx assistant editor
Brian Hayashi	....	post-production coordinator
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
Steve Mirkovich	....	additional editor
Steve R. Moore	....	editor: visual effects

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Milen Bojichkov	....	star driver
Lubomir Evtimov	....	transportation coordinator: 2nd unit
Yavor Mantarkov	....	driver
Kenneth Rester	....	driver

Other crew
Lauren Beale	....	production secretary
Gregg Brilliant	....	unit publicist
Sam Cespedes	....	production assistant
Ian Creed	....	marine coordinator
Tana David	....	post facilities manager
Lilia Doychinova	....	assistant to Kevin King Templeton (as Lilia Doytchinova)
Lilia Doytchinova	....	assistant to kevin king-templeton
Brian Evans	....	first assistant accountant: New Orleans unit
Lucia Foster Found	....	aerial operations coordinator
Moira Glace	....	productions assistant: New Orleans Unit
Lori Grabowski	....	script supervisor
Jeffrey Greenstein	....	executive assistant: Avi Lerner
Matthew Logan Hood	....	training instructor
Marcin Janowski	....	marketing and publicity
Jared Lambert	....	production assistant
Shiri Lerner	....	production coordinator: USA
Valeria Marinova	....	assistant production coordinator
Norman F. May	....	production staff
Chad Peterson	....	director's assistant new orleans unit
Violeta Piperevska	....	production coordinator
Kristina Radicheva	....	production staff
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager
Shelly Stoyanova	....	script supervisor second unit
Wentzel Stuart	....	armorer
Ray Tamayo	....	accountant
Brian Wentzel	....	key armourer
Stuart Wentzel	....	set armorer
Dana Wilkey	....	product placement
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Jonathan Yunger	....	assistant to mr. lerner

Production Companies

• Millennium Films
• Nu Image Films

Distributors

• Nu Image Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Millennium Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Norsk Filmdistribusjon AS (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Pony Canyon (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Company (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Splendid Film (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• Cinemax (2012) (Russia) (all media) (CIS + Baltics)
• Eagle Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)

Special Effects

• Arcadia SFX
• Plowman Craven & Associates

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Comerica Entertainment Group  production financing
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Panavision Grips  Supertechno crane provided by
• Panavision Grips  camera dollies
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Silver Screen Supply  production rentals
• Talent Partners Casting  extras casting
• Vantage Film  PSU-3 digital video assist provided by
• WIRED Camera & Stunt Flying Systems  cable cam

Also Known As:

"Ex2" - USA (promotional title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat

Filming Locations:

Bansko, Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

The name of Chuck Norris's character (Booker) is a nod to Good Guys Wear Black (1978) in which Norris portrayed a character named John T. Booker. In both films Norris plays a retired military operative in a rescue mission to help his old comrades.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Jean Vilain:Six pounds of pure plutonium is powerful enough to change the balance of the world. Imagine what five tons will do.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.141" (2012)