Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan who plays 'The Comedian' in Zack Snyder's Vancouver-lensed comic book-to-film "Watchmen" is in negotiations to star in director Sylvain "Stomp the Yard" White's comic book adaptation "The Losers," based on the DC-Vertigo series.
Written by Andy Diggle, illustrated by Jock, "The Losers" ,based on a previous 1970's DC comic book team of WW II soldiers, will be produced by Silver Pictures for Warner Bros. Screenplay is by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt.
The update follows a squad of special forces soldiers who declare war on the government after their Agency 'handler' tries to assassinate them.
The group consists of 'Clay' (Morgan), referred to as 'the Colonel', 'Roque, second-in-command, 'Jensen' the hacker, 'Cougar' the sniper, 'Pooch' the pilot, and 'Aisha', reconnaissance. 
Other main characters include 'Max' and 'Marvin Stegler'... BUY ANY OF THESE COMIC BOOKS HERE
