While promoting the recent DVD and Blu-ray release of 'Cadillac Records,' for which he won an NAACP Image award for his portrayal of Little Walter, Short told Blackfilm.com that he will be working with Sylvain White again on his latest film, 'The Losers,' an adaptation of a gritty DC-Vertigo comic book.

White will play the role of Pooch. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is already attached to play Clay, the leader. Morgan is currently on screen as the Comedian in 'Watchmen.'

White directed Short in 'Stomp the Yard' in 2007 and is slated to direct Frank Miller's 'Ronin' and 'Castlevania.'

'Losers' centers around a special forces team that is set up and betrayed by its enigmatic handler, Max, who soon discovers that you should never leave a bunch of black ops commandos for dead. 'The Losers' regroup for revenge and to get their names off a pesky CIA death list. They conduct covert operations against the CIA and seek to uncover the plans and conspiracies of the powerful, secretive Max.




Columbus Short: It's going to be a great action comedy.

Have you read the comic books?

CS: No, I never did, but then I got them, and I have been getting into it. It's going to be a cool project that Sylvain will put his foot into it. When he gets involved with a film, it comes out great. Look at 'Stomp the Yard.' His direction tells you a different story. For a dance movie, people didn't expect to see any cinematic flare, and he made it an art piece. And with 'Losers,' which comes with a big budget and a cool A cast, he's going to go to work.

Are you excited to work with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and has anyone else been cast?

CS: I know there are a lot of people that they are talking to, and with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, they are working it out right now. Then they will figure out the rest.