ZOE SALDANA - COLUMBUS SHORT SIGNS UP FOR JOEL SILVER PRODUCTION

COLUMBUS SHORT SIGNS UP FOR JOEL SILVER PRODUCTION

COLUMBUS SHORT has signed up for JOEL SILVER produced THE LOSERS, it has been revealed.

The actor will play the role of Pooch in the movie which is based on the Vertigo comic book of the same name.

Pooch is the gunner in a black-ops unit which is betrayed by the government and then left for dead.

JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN, ZOE SALDANA and IDRIS ELBA are already signed up for the project, which, it is claimed, features some larger-than-life characters.

The picture will be directed by Sylvain White, who previously worked with Short on STOMP THE YARD.

Among other projects that producer Silver is currently working on is a new live-action version of the He-Man franchise.

The film is said to be a reimagining of the Mattel toy offerings and will see the titular hero once again doing battle with the evil Skeletor.

A movie based on the range was made in 1987 and starred Dolph Lundgren, however it met with little success.