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The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team


IMDB | 2010

Directed by Sylvain White. Starring Idris Elba . Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jason Patric, etc. Filming currently in Puerto Rico.

Here's a set photo:



More here.

This is one of my favorite graphic novels of the past few years. A good blend of The Unit meets 24 meets Syriana. Peter Berg is writing the script.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Andy Diggle Jock
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I thought the comic book series got really week near the last quarter of it's run, but this has still been my most anticipated comic book adaptation of those coming out in the near future. Mostly b/c it has some awesome casting, which is largely what has ruined most comic book movies. Really looking foward to the great casting of Idris Elba as Roque, hoping this movie makes him the star he should be by now. Totally dig the casting of The Comedian (don't know the actors name), Zoe could be great if she plays Aisha cool.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

I tried getting a job as en extra on this but no dice.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

IMDB and ComingSoon.net have this for April, but no trailer yet.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

You lost me at Peter Berg. Still it appears interesting.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Originally Posted by Tarantino
Andy Diggle Jock
Andy Diggle is the writer, and Jock is the artist. "Jock" is the pen name the artist works under.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

I bet they are re-editing & possibly even re-shooting a lot of footage to give Zoe Saldana a bigger role & more screen time since she has blown up pretty big since she was cast in this movie. Her character is minor & fairly insignificant in the comic book.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

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He is no Arthur Digby Sellers, but then again who is.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Looks bad ass. Almost has a Smokin' Aces vibe to it.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

I saw the trailer of this last night and noticed the Comedian in it.

I wondered if there was a thread about it here while I was watching.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Meh, that trailer looks like what I was afraid they would do with the movie. It's cool that the "finger-gun" scene is in it (straight from the comic), but the movie looks full of typical cliches of this type of film. Zoe looks super hot although her character seems drastically different from the comic. Looks like every decent scene is in the trailer also.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

looks pretty cool.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Looks good. Zoe!
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Look too much like Smokin' Aces for me; I hope it's better than that movie.
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This looks like an awesome Zoe Saldana film! Bring on more action movies for her! She needs her own Underworld/Equilibrium/Aeon Flux type film now.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

I love the trailer.
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Looks like a lot of fun. Are the comic books worth checking out?
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Can't believe they're ripping off Crank with the "finger gun" gag.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Looks good. A lot like The A Team though.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Originally Posted by Robert
Can't believe they're ripping off Crank with the "finger gun" gag.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. That is a scene directly from the comic, which came out way before Crank did.
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

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Looks good. A lot like The A Team though.
Very similar, yes, but looks much more entertaining than The A-Team, at least when comparing trailers. And the presence of Zoe Saldana makes it all the more appealing.

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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

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I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. That is a scene directly from the comic, which came out way before Crank did.
Theyre all ripping off "Real Men".
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Re: The Losers (S. White, 2010) — Vertigo book about betrayed ex-Special Forces team

Release date just got pushed back to June 4th, one week prior to The A-Team

From comingsoon.net

With Warner Bros. Pictures moving Clash of the Titans back a week to April 2nd so that the film can be released in 3D, the studio has now decided to move Sylvain White's comic book adaptation The Losers away from its previous April 9th date as well. The film will now be released on June 4th.

The move is interesting for several reasons. It now leaves Fox's comedy Date Night as the only wide release on April 9. Also, moving The Losers to June 4th puts the movie in theaters just one week before Fox's The A-Team, the movie to which The Losers has been compared to the most.

The other wide releases scheduled for June 4 right now are Get Him to the Greek, Killers and Marmaduke.

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