Not a lot of action going on at the box office this weekend, we have 3 new wide releases, The Back-Up Plan, The Losers and Oceans.

Unfortunately none of this movies looks like something that might make it to number one so we might see How to Train Your Dragon again on top after missing last weekend in a photo finish with Kick Ass.

The Losers, a Warner Bros movie opening in 2936 theaters could go on to make between $12 and $16 million, and really, it seems it will be the only competition for How to Train Your Dragon.

The Back-Up Plan from CBS (their second film after the flop Extraordinary Measures that only made $12 million in North America with actors Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser) is opening in a few more theaters, 3280 but Jeniffer Lopez isn’t the same box office draw she once was so I only expect about 10-12 million for this one. Another flop for CBS Films? Might be, but I’m sure it will at least make more then Extraordinary Measures (probably in its first weekend).

Finally Oceans comes from Buena Vista (Disney) and is sort of the sequel to Earth, the 2009 documentary that went on to gross $32 million in North America and $108 million worldwide. Ocean is showing in less theaters (1206 versus 1804 for Earth) and seems like a smaller profile release then that movie so I don’t see it making more then $4-$5 million over the weekend (it opened on the 22th, Earth Day so that will cut from the total weekend also, might finish with $6-$7, maybe $8 million over the 4 days).

I’m hoping Kick Ass will start to kick some ass at the box office but I’m not going to hold my breath for that, I expect a 50% drop, at least.

How to Train Your Dragon on the other hand won’t drop more then 10-20% and will probably finish first.

1. How to Train Your Dragon (DW) $17 million ($179M)
2. The Losers (WB) $14 million (NEW)
3. The Back-Up Plan (CBS) $12 million (NEW)
4. Date Night (Fox) $11 million ($64M)
5. Kick Ass (LGF) $10 million ($35M)

Please guys, please go see Kick Ass, otherwise you will almost never see this kind of independent movies done by fans for fans get picked by a studio and open in theaters.

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Fans of the Captain America comic books may want to avoid reading this, as it may cause offense. The actor who was recently cast as Steve Rogers, Chris Evans, isn’t that into comic books (gasp!). This shocking revelation was revealed this weekend at WonderCon in San Francisco while Evans was promoting The Losers (another comic book movie).

He said that he doesn’t really have a history and a love for comics and he didn’t grow up reading them. They are “fantastic for films”, however.

Here’s more of what he had to say, from Sci-Fi Wire:

“The beautiful thing about comic books, even movies based on novels, you have a blueprint,” Evans added. “You have a tangible thing to say, ‘Listen, this is the story we’re going to work.’ Especially in comic books. You have a color palate. You have visual home base to kind of root yourself in. So, as an actor, it’s nice knowing the people behind the visual elements of the film have this kind of blue print to work off of.”

So why Captain America? “I don’t know,” he stammered, as the gathering of reporters laughed. “I don’t know. It’s just, … it was, … I don’t know.” He chuckled.

“I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now,” he said. “And it’s a fun character. Even if it wasn’t a comic book. I think the story of Steve Rogers is great. He’s a great guy. Even if it was just a script about anybody, I would probably want to do it. So it wasn’t necessarily about the comic itself. It was about … ”

At this point, Evans’ Losers co-star Zoe Saldana chimed in: “It was about the tights.”

Evans laughed. “Any time I can get in blue tights … . He’s a great character. He’s a great character to play. He just happens to be a comic book character.”

I’ve only read one comic book in my life so I’m not going to comment on his lack of love for them, although you would have thought a guy who has starred in so many comic book movies would have had some interest in them. Bryan Singer told his X-Men cast back in 2000 not to bother too much with the comics and just focus on the movie at hand, and I’m pretty sure Robert Downey Jr. wasn’t all that clued up on Iron Man before taking the role, so it’s not that big of a deal.

Evans, like most actors, probably took the role for the money and because it’s a good career move, but he may get into the comics as he gets more involved with the character during filming. All that really matters is that the people behind the camera know who Captain America is. Director Joe Johnston seems to know the character pretty well, so fans shouldn’t be too worried with Evans’ lack of knowledge.

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I take it this poster was made before the recent casting announcement of Captain America. As you can see below, Chris Evans has been reduce to a small cube on the latest poster for The Losers. It could be the case that his role isn’t that big compared to Zoe Saldana and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, but that doesn’t usually matter when marketing is concerned.

The Losers 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 interest.

The film will be released on April 23rd in the US and April 9th, and stars Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short and Holt McCallany.

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Warner Bros. recently decided to convert Clash of the Titans into 3D, and subsequently pushed the release date back to April 2nd from it’s original March 26th date. The Losers was originally set to be released on April 9th, however in order to give the both films a better shot at making bank Warner Bros. has pushed Losers back to June 4th.

This means The Losers will now be released one week before The A-Team. From both trailers it looks like the films have a similar plot (betrayed by Government, left for dead, revenge etc.) so there will probably be a bit of competeion between the two, however I think they can both co-exists alongside each other. I mean, nearly every romantic comedy released over the past five years has had the same basic plot structure, but that hasn’t stopped people flocking and throwing money at them.

You can check out the trailer for The Losers here, and the trailer for The A-Team here.

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Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for The Losers online. The film looks a bit similar to The A-Team, and 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 interest.

It’s good that the world finally has a chance to see Zoe Saldana kicking ass with very little clothing in non-Na’vi form. As well as Saldana the cast includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, and is directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard).

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Omelete got their hands on two new images from Warner Bros. graphic novel adaptation of The Losers. The film 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.

From left to right we have: Zoe Saldana (Avatar), Chris Evans (Push), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Columbus Short (Stomp the Yard), Idris Elba (Obsessed) and Oscar Jaenada (Che).

Another image showing Zoe Saldana holding guns in her underwear can be seen by clicking here.

The Losers will be directed by Sylvain White and will be released next April.

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Zoe Saldana (Star Trek, Avatar) and Idris Elba (The Unborn) are in talks to join The Losers, an adaptation of the Vertigo/DC Comics book. From The Hollywood Reporter:

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.

Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt worked on the script.

This sounds interesting, although Warner Bros have chosen a director who hasn’t really proven himself yet. Sylvain White previously directed Stomp the Yard and a few straight to video films, but I suppose everyone has to start somewhere. Peter Berg (Hancock) and James Vanderbilt (Spider-Man 4) have worked on the script so it should turn out okay.

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