Monday, July 20, 2009 7:30AM - By Krystal Clark
DC and Marvel Comics have been having their books adapted to film for decades, but recently it seems as if they’ve really hit their stride. Even though Marvel has several formidable and popular properties, DC is currently holding the comic film crown due to the massive success of last year’s The Dark Knight. Ever since DC teamed up with Warner Bros back in 1969, they’ve put out one epic film after another. According to THR, these next few years will be no different with several hot DC properties set to hit the big screen between 2010 and 2012.
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Monday, July 13, 2009 11:55AM - By Laura Aguirre
Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White has added actor Holt McCallany to his next project, The Losers, an adaptation of the Vertigo comic series. The “Losers” include Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Losers’ leader), Idris Elba (Roque), Chris Evans (Jensen), Jason Patric (Max – the good guy who goes bad), Óscar Jaenada (Cougar), Columbus Short (Pooch) and of course we need some estrogen in there so we have Zoe Saldana (Aisha).
As if the cast wasn’t enough, this isn’t your typical heroic film where the good guys go against the bad guys, but how the good guys can turn evil for the right reasons. The story goes that a Special Forces team from the CIA are betrayed by their handler Max (Patric), and left for dead following the conclusion of their operation. The Losers then plot for revenge against Max.
It’s unclear how McCallany turns into a bad-buy yet. Perhaps he ends up working for Patric? Who knows?
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Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:00PM - By Krystal Clark
In February, we reported that Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan had signed on for a role in the comic book adaptation The Losers. Apparently, this film needed more fanboy material because they’ve tapped two more cult favorites to join the cast. According to LatinoReview, Zoe Saldana (above) and Idris Elba are in negotiations to co-star in the action film with Sylvain White directing.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:06PM - By Krystal Clark
Somebodies been bit by the superhero bug, and his name is Jeffrey Dean Morgan. We’ll have an exclusive interview up on him in the next few days for his role as The Comedian in next month’s graphic novel feature, Watchmen, but he’s already moving on the the next film! Although not very far. It looks like he will be signing on for another comic book film. According to Variety, Morgan is in talks to star in the DC-Vertigo comic adaptation, The Losers.
The Losers are a special black-ops team whose members originated from several different branches of the military. In their own units, each one of them at some point or another lost a soldier under their command, hence they dubbed themselves “The Losers.”
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