Sylvester Stallone is chasing his DEMOLITION MAN co-star Sandra Bullock for his upcoming ensemble war picture THE EXPENDABLES according to JoBlo. They don’t cite their sources but it’s a rumor that isn’t hard to believe given the talent Stallone has attempted to put together here.

Bullock is being lined up to play a government agent who is paired up with Forest Whitaker (who presumably isn’t playing the South American dictator as I previously speculated) on the hunt for Stallone’s crew of hired guns.

Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham and Randy Corture also star in what is described as “a home coming of tough guys” and is seen as Stallone’s answer to Quentin Tarantino’s snub for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, of which Stallone was frequently inviting a firm acting offer.

Bullock who for years I’ve criticised for playing it “safe” with rom-com after rom-com, who be making a bold and welcomed move forward if she agrees to star in this one. Her upcoming movies THE PROPOSAL and ALL ABOUT STEVE, are movies she should have moved away from a long time ago.

One of the exciting things about this project is seeing what actors Stallone has been chasing. And making this even more enticing this week is that Moviehole have a character breakdown of the characters in the movie, which might give us an idea of who Stallone might go for for further castings which you can see after the JUMP…

Agent Diane Lickson – C.I.A agent, based out of Langley. She’s determined to find out the identities of the hired-contractors (Stallone, Statham, Lundgren etc) but the only video footage they have of the guys is grainy and unwatchable so the facial recognition software is useless. Her colleague, agent Will ‘Willy’ Sands (Forest Whitaker), whose been out of the field for about seven years, is called in to assist her. He’s convinced the team of mercenaries is lead by someone he’s had a previous run-in with.

Church – The man that hires the ‘Expendables’ (run by ‘Barney’ and ‘Christmas’, assumingly the characters played by Stallone and Statham, respectively) to go after General Garza (who essentially runs his own island – described as a human rights graveyard). He’s an older bloke, and has a connection to the young man who Garza has apparently assassinated. This is personal, in other words. He wants Garza killed and his island burnt down. Five million dollars does the trick. (The rumour is, the role was written with Arnold Schwarzenegger in mind).

B.W Monroe – The Female chief intelligence officer, also determined to find out the identities of the ‘Expendables’ – largely Barney and Christmas. Her main interest is keeping The Expendables away from classified company operations that are already underway in the [Garza’s] area. She’s not that fond of ‘Willy’ Sands – considering he once [Johnny Utah-esque] let one of the Mercenaries escape.

Karen – a beautiful Raven-haired waitress; one of Christmas’s many past conquests. He doesn’t remember her – but she remembers him (he even gave her a ring).

Emanuel – a seedy contact of The Expendables. He, 45, doesn’t like to say things twice. They meet him at a club to do business. Seems a little bit shady.

Dan Paine – the head of General Garza’s security detail. His orders are to take the Expendables out. He eventually snags one of the mercenaries and tries to siphon details out of him. (This could be the part Randy Couture recently snagged; unconfirmed).