Upcoming Movie - The Losers

One of the best new things I've heard recently has been the announcement that they will be making a movie out of the DC Vertigo series, The Losers. Based on a WWII strip, the updated series by Brits Andy Diggle and Jock won a slew of awards, notably the Eisner that year for its writing and artistic style. Storyline-wise, its similar to the A-Team, except given a Hard R rating and with modern sensibilities, dealing with the war in the Persian Gulf, the Mujahadeen and your classic James Bond-style villain. A black ops team ends up getting screwed by their CIA handler and after surviving their intended assassinations declare war on the mysterious faceless entity who called in their deaths. Tagging along for the ride is a deathbitch killing machine from the mountains of Afghanistan named Aisha. Cool thing about the characters is that each person is a Jason Bourne, and given very strong personalities. I found it compelling, much moreso than many other titles and considering the amount I've read, to find myself literally sitting at the edge of my seat over a comic book is saying something. The movie apparently has Jeffrey Dean Morgan as sardonic commander Clay, Chris Evans as the motormouth special forces hacker Jensen and Zoe Saldana as the castrating, ear-cutting, machine-gunning zealot Aisha. I believe this flick is gonna come out at approx the same time as the actual movie rendition of the A-Team but if they stick to the original Andy Diggle script, they may actually win.