Bruce Willis really is Expendable: Harrison Ford to replace 'greedy and lazy' star in The Expendables 3 Harrison Ford has joined the cast of Expendables 3, filling the gap left by Bruce Willis who has quit the franchise. Expendables director and star Sylvester Stallone tweeted: "WILLIS OUT...HARRISON FORD IN !!!! Stallone went on to tweet that Willis was "GREEDY AND LAZY" which he said was a "SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE." Willis has yet to respond to Stallone's comment. In the first two films Willis played the role of Church with Stallone as the leader of a group of mercenaries tasked with a mission to overthrow a Latin American dictator. It is not yet known what role Ford, star of Indiana Jones, will play in the third instalment of the Expendables franchise. Ford, 71, is also due to star in forthcoming films Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Star Wars: Episode VII and Indiana Jones 5. The first film, The Expendables, topped the US box office chart when it opened in August 2010. The sequel went on to do the same when it was released two years later. The franchise has so far made almost $575 million (£375m) worldwide. The Expendables 3, due for release in August 2014, will also star Jason Statham, Nicolas Cage and Jackie Chan. Stallone, who co-wrote and directed The Expendables, has argued that 1980s-era heroics were dire need of resuscitation, having been sidelined for years by 'comic-book movies'