Met een budget van 80 miljoen dollar wist The Expendables, de laatste nieuwe film van Sylvester Stallone, wereldwijd ongeveer 185 miljoen dollar binnen te slepen. Voor Stallone was dat onlangs al genoeg reden om op twitter het volgende bericht te plaatsen: Had dinner with Bruce Willis last night. I want him in EXPENDABLES II as a super villain.

Verder was er nog helemaal niets bekend over het mogelijke vervolg, zelfs niet wanneer dat zou kunnen komen. Tijdens een interview wist producer Basil Iwanyk echter het volgende te vertellen: "I saw Avi Lerner this morning, who deserves all the credit for it," Iwanyk responded. "He really went on the line for the movie. He told me, 'We're doing a sequel, we're doing it right away.' I haven't talked to Sly at all about what's going to happen in the sequel. It's going to rock and you can just imagine in your head who will be in that cast in addition to the people who are there now. But I'm not sure. There's a lot of excitement and I know that Avi and Sly want to go at it as soon as possible."