Morning Grind: Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme Likely for 'Expendables 2' and much more

Sylvester Stallone is raiding your VHS collection to cast action stars in 'The Expendables 2': the actor -- who's also pointing the red-colored-meat follow up... in Bulgaria -- confirmed to EW that Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme may have roles within the film, with potential spots for Nicolas Cage and Travolta Qantas Video arranged too. "It is possible,Inch Stallone stated of looks by Cage and Travolta. "The main one factor I have learned is exactly what is a fact on Monday is really a complete fallacy on Tuesday. A variety of it is arranging. It isn't financial. It is simply that Bulgaria is certainly a jaunt. It is a commitment, guess what happens I am talking about? Particularly in the dead of winter." [EW] This really is real: 'Twilight' star Ashley Greene is placed to star in 'Olivia Twisted,' an "ultra postmodern take" about the Charles Dickens novel 'Oliver Twist.' The film follows a 19-year-old girl (Greene) who becomes involved inside a kidnapping plot together with her gang of street urchins. [Variety] The Chris Tucker Comeback Tour hit a small bump within the road. Variety reviews that cult United kingdom comic Richard Ayoade (the director of the summer's charming indie 'Submarine') has snapped up the role Tucker was thinking about in 'Neighborhood Watch.' Ayoade joins Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill within the high-concept comedy blockbuster about several neighbors who uncover a plot to eliminate the planet. [Variety] The cast from the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer co-directed epic 'Cloud Atlas' just received just a little bigger. Screen Daily reviews that Hugh Grant has had a job within the film opposite Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Susan Sarandon. Possibly roles will be a better description most of the stars within the decades-spanning adaptation of David Mitchell's novel are playing multiple roles. [Screen Daily] Before he begins singing in 'Les Miserables,' Hugh Jackman will hit Broadway once more. The showman has arranged 'Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway' for any fall run in the Broadhurst Theater beginning on March. 25. The show formerly had effective stops in Bay Area and Toronto. [NYT/ArtsBeat] The Actor-brad Pitt was spotted about the group of Tim Burton's approaching adaptation of 'Dark Shadows' searching as an amalgam of Edward Scissorhands, the Joker, Rorschach and Michael Jackson. Click through for any look. [Huffington Publish] Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic