Many rumors have been reported that JCVD was asked to play Jet Li's role in the original, but didn't take the part. Now that Jet Li isn't returning for the sequel JCVD might steal the spotlight.
Other reports of Donnie Yen being recruited are still speculation.
Here’s the plot: “The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal! After Tool (Mickey Rourke), the heart and soul of the Expendables, is brutally murdered on a mission, his comrades swear to avenge him. They’re not the only ones who want blood. Tool’s beautiful young and wild daughter Fiona embarks on her own revenge mission, complicating matters when she is captured and ransomed by a ruthless dictator plotting to destroy a resistance movement. Now Barney and the Expendables must risk everything to save her and humanity.”