Teaser Poster for RED 2 Starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich & Helen Mirren

RED 2 is currently scheduled for theatrical release on August 2nd, 2013. Dean Parisot, who helmed the 1999 Star Trek parody Galaxy Quest and Fun With Dick and Jane starring Jim Carrey, has been tapped to direct the film off a screenplay by Battleship writers Jon and Erich Hoeber.

RED 2 will act as a direct follow up to the hit 2010 comic book adapted action film that featured Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren as over-the-hill special ops agents forced out of retirement. Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Byun-Hun Lee have also joined the cast of the sequel.