▁which ▁is ▁a ▁bit ▁tongue - in - che ek , ▁where ▁the ▁characters ▁have ▁a ▁little ▁fun ▁with ▁each ▁other ." ▁Co inc iding ▁with ▁Story ' s ▁arrival , ▁Peter ▁Berg ▁was ▁declared ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁for ▁The ▁Los ers . ▁Berg ▁was ▁originally ▁responsible ▁for ▁conce iving ▁the ▁film ' s ▁script — ult imately ▁having ▁intent ions ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁film — but ▁later ▁concluded ▁his ▁endeav ors ▁in ▁lieu ▁of ▁creating ▁Han cock ▁( 2 0 0 8 ). ▁Al ong side ▁Ak iva ▁G olds man ▁and ▁Ker ry ▁F oster , ▁Berg ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁long time ▁partners ▁Sarah ▁A ubre y ▁and ▁John ▁Camer on . ▁Syl v ain ▁White ▁replaced ▁Story ▁as ▁director ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁revel ation , ▁White ▁was ▁developing ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁R ō n in . ▁ ▁A ▁native ▁of ▁Paris , ▁France , ▁White ▁assert ed ▁that ▁his ▁fasc ination ▁of ▁The ▁Los ers ▁became ▁evident ▁after ▁drawing ▁par alle ls ▁to ▁the ▁graph ic ▁nov els ▁he ▁read ▁as ▁a ▁child . ▁" What ▁appe aled ▁to ▁me ▁about ▁The ▁Los ers ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁the ▁typical ▁super h ero - with - super pow ers ▁thing . ▁It ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁real ▁characters — real istic ▁characters — and ▁based ▁in ▁reality , ▁like ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁graph ic ▁nov els ▁that ▁I ▁had ▁grown ▁up ▁reading ." ▁J ock ▁and ▁Andy ▁Dig gle