Holt McCallany Joins Losers Cast

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Holt McCallany Joins Losers Cast

July 13, 2009

The Hollywood Reporter says that veteran actor Holt McCallany will star in Silver Pictures' The Losers, which Warner Bros. is distributing.

Sylvain White is directing the action film, which is adapted from the well-known DC Comics/Vertigo property. The contemporary-set tale revolves around a group of Black Ops forces who, after being betrayed by their handler, regroup to seek revenge and conduct operations against the CIA.

McCallany will play Wade, a special-forces officer who has left the group.

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Posted by: finalflash502 on July 13, 2009 at 02:13:19

what??? no one has said first to this yet?

Posted by: NightCrawler027 on July 13, 2009 at 02:23:19

Well... I can't find much about the actor or his character. Other than Wade is a sychotic mercenary in the employ of Paradigm Security, another Goliath subsidiary. Involved in the Santa Maria massacre witnessed by the Losers in Colombia. Also McCallay played some guy named Ricky in Heroes - an Irish mobster, first appearing in the season premiere while searching for a shipping container with his partners Tuko and Will. They believed it to contain iPods, but instead found a half-naked Peter Petrelli handcuffed inside the empty container. Subsequently, Peter became both Ricky's prisoner and part of his team, including a romantic liaison with Ricky's sister Caitlin. Ricky was murdered by Elle after refusing to tell her where to find Peter.

Also, I thought I'd tell you the plot of 'The Losers' for those who don't know (i.e ME :D)
The Losers' reimagining was set against events surrounding and including the War on Terror. Originally a Special Forces team seconded to the Central Intelligence Agency. in the 90s, the Losers were betrayed by their handler, Max, and left for dead following the conclusion of their operation. Eager for revenge and the opportunity to remove their names from a secret CIA death list, the Losers regroup and conduct covert operations against the CIA and its interests, uncovering startling operations spearheaded by the enigmatic Max, whose influence within the CIA and U.S. government is unparalleled.

Sounds pretty awesum!

Posted by: NightCrawler027 on July 13, 2009 at 02:31:56

Oh! Also found out Wade only appears in 5 issues (#2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) out of the 32 published. The issues he's in is a 5 part story called 'Goliath', who I've found out is the name of "a multinational conglomerate with fingers in oil and mercenary pies".
Aren't I smart?

Posted by: NightCrawler027 on July 13, 2009 at 02:32:58

Also...I agree with mike. Pie rocks.

Posted by: Bilbo Baggins on July 13, 2009 at 03:34:05

Cream pies are better. cream pie fight !!!

Posted by: Superbatmon on July 13, 2009 at 04:01:24

Thanks for the information! :D I love the cast and the story sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to watching it!

Posted by: Scribe on July 13, 2009 at 05:40:06

Its not shown up there but he also did a great guest stint on Criminal Minds where he plays this vet who rampaging through the city, thinking he's still in Mogadishu.

Glad to see him on the big screen.

Posted by: The One on July 13, 2009 at 06:25:03

Not bad casting so far.I like pie too.

Posted by: Mantronix on July 13, 2009 at 07:01:30

This mobvie is looking very good, well done so far.

Posted by: Lobo on July 13, 2009 at 07:17:18

This movie is going to surprise a lot of people, and kick ass.

Posted by: Dean on July 13, 2009 at 11:18:01

Why is this on superherohype? I haven't seen any mention of superheros or powers involved in this movie at all.
Looks like a good movie, but wtf?

Posted by: Marmoset on July 13, 2009 at 18:10:34

Dean - The film is based on a DC/Vertigo comic book series. That's why it's here.

Posted by: gepeto on July 13, 2009 at 19:45:05

film sounds big looks like WB are taking source material serious again...cant wait

Posted by: Ender on July 13, 2009 at 23:29:34

I like this, something new for a change.

Ten years till they do a remake...

Posted by: delnegro on July 15, 2009 at 02:12:39

He is also the lead in the new FX pilot "Lights Out"....FX is going to pick it up when they can find out when Holt finishes "The Losers"....
The show is supposed to be pretty hot....He plays a boxer who starts collecting for the mob, it is supposed to have all the edginess and grittyness that is associated with FX.

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