Stone Cold Steve Austin joins Sylvester Stallone's Expendables

Former WWE wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin has joined Sylvester Stallone's Expendables Project.

Steve Austin's previously film credits include a prison guard in Adam Sandler's The Longest Yard and the starring role in WWE films The Condemned opposite Vinnie Jones.

Stallone is trying to bring together as many heavyweights of yester year as possible in the cast he is calling a "homecoming" of hard men.

So far the cast list is already comprised of Sly, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Angel and Buffy actress Charisma Carpenter.

Jean Claude Van Damme was also offered a role by Stallone but he subsequently turned it down.

The film is scheduled for a 2010 release date.