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Sylvester Stallone has affirmed stories suggesting action stars Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme have contracted to join the cast of his new The Expendables 2 film.

He tells EW.com the two actors will join himself, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action movie sequel, which will start shooting in Bulgaria later this month.

And Stallone says movie fans can anticipate a “big showdown” between himself and Van Damme in the movie.

The Expendables 2 is set to hit theaters on August 17th, 2012.

Sylvester Stallone is set to team up with Robert De Niro to co-star in the comedy boxing movie ‘Grudge Match’, directed by Peter Segal.

They are favored by director Peter Segal for the boxing comedy, which presents the story of two rival boxers who are convinced to fight in the ring for one last time, although neither of them boxed for years. Shooting is set to start next year.

According to a Hollywood source, “Stallone and De Niro are expected to come on board as they’re both fans of the director and have both sent themselves up in comedies in recent years.

“If they go head-to-head in the ring it will certainly be a little piece of Hollywood history.”

Stallone and De Niro are famous for playing boxers in the past, as Stallone, 64, starred in six Rocky movies and De Niro, 67, won an Academy Award for playing the role of Jake La Motta in Raging Bull.

Stallone will probably work on a follow-up to his recent action movie The Expandable in the near future, and De Niro has several projects coming up the following year, including such projects as The Killer Elite, staring Jason Statham and The Dark Fields, alongside Bradley Cooper and Abbie Cornish.