As " Haywire " star Gina Carano continues to establish herself as an action heroine with an upcoming turn in " The Fast and the Furious 6 ," the former MMA fighter has become attached to topline an all-female riff on " The Expendables ," which is being set up by Adi Shankar's banner 1984 Private Defense Contractors. Shankar will produce for the shingle, which plans to fully finance the " Expendables "-inspired project. Company remains in talks with several prominent actresses affiliated with the action genre in addition to Carano, who director Steven Soderbergh hand-picked to star in "Haywire" alongside more experienced thesps such as Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum. Dutch Southern, who wrote the 2010 Black List script "Hoof Harrington's Greatest Hits," was tapped to write the estrogen-powered action pic back in August, just as "The Expendables 2" was opening atop the box office. This has been ...