Sylvester Stallone is bringing his next action project, "The Expendables," to Costa Rica, according to  The Hollywood Reporter.

Stallone will join Chinese martial artist Jet Li and U.K. actor Jason Statham in the film about mercenaries sent to a Latin American country to topple its dictator.

The "Rocky" star, who wrote the screenplay and will direct it beginning in February in Costa Rica and Louisiana, is hoping to add Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker to the cast, the movie trade publication reported Saturday.