MUMBAI: Principal photography is under way on Dark Castle Entertainment’s action adventure The Losers, which will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The film is based on the comic book series published under DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, and is being directed by Sylvain White.

The Losers stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada and Jason Patric.

The Losers centers upon the members of an elite US Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission.

White directs The Losers from a screenplay by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt, based upon comic books written by Andy Diggle and illustrated by Jock. The film is being produced by Joel Silver and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman.

The Losers will shoot entirely on location in Puerto Rico and is scheduled for release in April 2010.