DC Comics just released this new movie trailer for the upcoming comic book adaptation “The Loster” by director Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard) and starring Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek 2), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Red Dawn, Watchmen), Chris Evans (4: Rise of the Silver Surfer) and Idris Elba (The Wire, The Office). “The Losers”, created by Andy Diggle and Jock in 2003, is about a cover-ops team for the CIA betrayed by their handler, a mysterious figure in the intelligence community known as Max, while on a mission. Surviving after they’re cut lose and supposedly killed, they resurface with revenge against the Company and Max in mind, wanting to find  [ Read More ]

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Holt McCallany (“Fight Club”, the upcoming FX series “Lights Out”), has been cast in the adaptation of the DC/Vertigo Comics title “The Losers” as Wade, the special forces soldier who was once part of the group. “The Losers”, created by Andy Diggle and Jock in 2003, is about a cover-ops team for the CIA betrayed by their handler, a mysterious figure in the intelligence community known as Max, while on a mission. Surviving after they’re cut lose and supposedly killed, they resurface with revenge against the Company and Max in mind, wanting to find out what Max is really up to. Stay tuned to  [ Read More ]

Warner Bros. has set a release date of April 16th, 2010 , for the big-screen debut of “The Losers”, an adaptation of the Vertigo/DC comic book, directed by Sylvain White. Created by Andy Diggle and Jock in 2003, the series follows a CIA black-ops team who are betrayed and left for dead on a mission gone horribly wrong. They return with a vengeance, intent on clearing their names and getting back at the man who set them up, the mysterious Max, a legend in the intelligence community with a sinister plan of his own. The film will star Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Jason Patric, Zoe  [ Read More ]

Blackfilm.com and Superherohype.com are reporting that Oscar Jaenada (“The Limits of Control”, “Che: Part Two”) has been cast as cowboy-hat wearing sniper Cougar in the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book “The Losers”. He’s joining Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Jason Patric, and Zoe Saldana in the film about a CIA-affiliated black ops team who are betrayed and cut loose, left to die on a mission. They barely survive and plot to get even, hoping to find the reason they were selected to die and take revenge against the enigmatic intelligence persona known as Max. Sylvain White is directing “The Losers”, the original  [ Read More ]

Mania.com and Comics2Film are reporting that Chris Evans (“Push”, “Fantastic Four”) will be joining the cast of the film version of the DC Comics/Vertigo comic “The Losers”. “The Losers”, from Jock and Andy Diggle released by Vertigo from 2003 to 2006, is about an elite group of black-ops commandoes who are betrayed and left for dead by their CIA handlers and the mysterious man known as Max. Surviving the setup, they wage war against their former bosses and fight to clear their own names and find out why they were selected for being dumped. Mania.com’s sources report that Evans is in negotiations for the role of Jensen, the fast-talking blonde  [ Read More ]

Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana are in negotiations to join the cast of “The Losers,” Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures’ adaptation of the Vertigo/DC Comics book being directed by Sylvain White and written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt. The two will join Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Columbus Short for the action film based on the 2003-2006 action comic by Andy Diggle and Jock. “The Losers” follows a Special Forces team betrayed by its handler, the mysterious Max, and left for dead during a mission. They regroup in the interest of vengeance against the CIA and its illegal interests, the opportunity to remove their names from a secret CIA death  [ Read More ]