THE LOSERS

The Losers is an upcoming action picture , and an adoption of Vertigo and DC Comics comic book series of the same name. Directed by Sylvain White, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans. The Losers is due for release in North America on April 23, 2010.

An charged story of backbite and vengeance, "The Losers" centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and wipe out assignment. Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Roque ( Idris Elba ), Pooch (Columbus Short), and Cougar (Óscar Jaenada) were on a black-ops assignment in the Bolivian jungle when rogue CIA agent Max (Jason Patric) hung them out to dry. After beating the odds and surviving their tribulation, the band decides to strike back against Max even if it means giving up their own lives to do so. Helping them on their risky suicide assignment is sexy operative Aisha (Zoe Saldana), who has her own reasons for wanting to see Max get his just deserts. But getting to Max won't be easy, because in addition to having the CIA on his side, he's about to flicker a warfare that could pitch the entire earth into chaos. Their time quickly running out as Max's intend kicks into overdrive, the Special Forces unit that everyone thought dead arms themselves to the teeth and prepares to strike back with a revenge.

In June 2009, Warner Bros. set a tentative release date of April 9, 2010 for the picture. The release date was subsequently pushed back to June 4, 2010. The preview for the picture was released online January 29, 2010, and was shown in theaters with Edge of Darkness. The release date was subsequently moved up to April 23, 2010. The movie is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "sequences of extreme action and violence, a scene of sensuality and language." This makes it the first movie released by Dark Castle Entertainment (as well as the first Vertigo film adoption) not to receive an R rating.