Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana are in negotiations to join the cast of “The Losers,” Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures’ adaptation of the Vertigo/DC Comics book directed by Sylvain White.
The actors will join Jeffrey Dean Morgan for the action film, which follows a Special Forces team betrayed by its handler and left for dead. The “losers” regroup in the interest of revenge, the opportunity to remove their names from a secret CIA death list and to conduct covert operations against the CIA and its interests.
Elba will play a character named Roque, the group’s scarred second-in-command who is motivated by money. Saldana will be Aisha, a cold-blooded loose cannon.
Elba, who recently appeared in “The Office” and “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” is best known for his work on HBO’s “The Wire.” His feature films include “RocknRolla” and “American Gangster.”
Saldana appears in the new “Star Trek” movie, in which she portrays Uhura, and is starring in James Cameron’s “Avatar.”
