Mon Apr 20, 2009

Bale in ring with Wahlberg for 'Fighter'

Variety
David O. Russell to direct film By MICHAEL FLEMING, TATIANA SIEGEL

Christian Bale and director David O. Russell are poised to get into the ring with Mark Wahlberg on "The Fighter."

Relativity Media has stepped up to fully finance the film. Paramount Pictures, which initiated the project, will now be limited to distributing domestically.

The picture is expected to begin production in July, though Relativity stressed that the principals’ deals are still being negotiated.

Pic tells the story of Boston fighter "Irish" Mickey Ward and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund. Eklund once decked Sugar Ray Leonard and went the distance against the boxing legend before forfeiting his career to drugs and crime. He redeemed himself by training Ward through his Rocky-like run to the title. More...

Posted on Apr 20, 09 | 10:48 pm | Permalink | The Fighter

Tue Apr 14, 2009

Wahlberg, Franco join 'Date Night'

Variety
Actors added to Steve Carrell, Tina Fey film By MICHAEL FLEMING, TATIANA SIEGEL

Mark Wahlberg and James Franco are set to crash Steve Carell and Tina Fey's "Date Night."
Wahlberg and Franco have signed on for supporting roles in the Shawn Levy-helmed comedy for 20th Century Fox. Leighton Meester, Common, Taraji P. Henson and Kristen Wiig have also boarded the project.

Levy said that after landing a top-end ensemble for his upcoming "Night at the Museum" sequel, he aimed high in casting "Date Night" with the goal of populating all the supporting roles "with formidable actors." More...

Posted on Apr 14, 09 | 8:15 am | Permalink | Other

Mon Apr 06, 2009

Bale takes 'Prisoners' By Borys Kit and Steven Zeitchik

Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog
Hot Endeavor project "Prisoners" just got hotter.

Insiders say that Christian Bale has attached himself to the project, joining Mark Wahlberg on the thriller and making the package for Aaron Guzikowski's spec even more desirable. That follows word from Bryan Singer that he'd like to direct the pic, though there's no official confirmation from his reps yet that he's come on board. More...

Posted on Apr 06, 09 | 12:30 am | Permalink | Other

Thu Apr 02, 2009

Mark Wahlberg picks Pacquiao over Hatton

GMA News
Hollywood celebrity Mark Wahlberg believes Ricky Hatton is in for a tough match when he battles Filipino prized fighter Manny Pacquiao on May 2 (May 3 in Manila).

“You saw what (Pacquiao) did to (Oscar) De La Hoya, he’s going to do the same to (Ricky) Hatton," Wahlberg said in a video interview posted at Los Angeles Times.com.

Wahlberg credits Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer and coach, as the one who helped turn the Filipino boxing icon into the fighter that he is today. More...

Posted on Apr 02, 09 | 12:32 am | Permalink | Other

Fri Mar 27, 2009

Mark Wahlberg owes Penny Marshall By April MacIntyre (monstersandcritics.com)

Video: Extra
Marky Mark was saved by Laverne.

Long before movie stardom, rapper fame and those steamy Calvin Klein underwear ads, Mark Wahlberg was a high school drop out causing trouble on the streets of Boston.

He revealed to Extra the moment that changed his life and opened up about his teenage years, saying, “I made a lot of mistakes when I was younger…I got incarcerated when I was 17, got sent to an adult prison. That was not where I wanted to be.”

While Wahlberg was spending his time behind bars, his brother, Donnie, was climbing the music charts as a member of New Kids on The Block. Wahlberg admits, “I didn’t think [NKOTB] was a cool thing to be involved with. I was a street kid. I was into the hip hop thing. Wasn’t going to be singing love songs…Then I end up sitting in the TV room [in] Plymouth House of Correction trying to convince people that that’s my brother. [That] I could’ve done that. They’d tell me how dumb I was to have not taken that opportunity.” More...

Posted on Mar 27, 09 | 12:35 am | Permalink | Other

Sat Mar 21, 2009

Bryan Singer eyeing hot revenge thriller project starring Mark Wahlberg by Christine Spines

Entertainment Weekly
After the success of Taken and Gran Torino, Hollywood has been on a vigilante kick. And right now, Bryan Singer (along with studio execs all over town) has been seriously considering getting his revenge on with The Prisoners, a much-sought-after thriller script to which Mark Wahlberg is attached to star as a Boston dad who takes the law into his own hands when his young daughter is kidnapped. The screenplay, which has been compared to The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, has been buzzed about as a calling card for its unknown writer, Aaron Guzikowski, and as a rare project targeted at adult audiences but with real commercial potential. When asked whether The Prisoners will be his next movie, Singer told EW: "I don't know yet. But I'm definitely intrigued. It's a great script. And I'd love to work with Mark."

Posted on Mar 21, 09 | 12:52 am | Permalink | Other

Wed Mar 11, 2009

Tom Brady films episode of Entourage


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DM/Mayer Photo (more pics at [PopSugar)
Tom Brady looked right at home shooting a golf scene with the stars of HBO's "Entourage" this week in LA. In the episode, the Pats QB and Mark Wahlberg both play themselves at a celebrity golf tournament benefiting Autism Speaks. Brady and Wahlberg - wearing a hat bearing Tom Brady's TB logo - have a laugh at Kevin Dillon's colorful character Johnny Drama as he tees off alongside Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). No word on when the episode will air. Brady's also appeared on "SNL," "The Simpsons," and "Stuck on You." (Boston Globe)

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Flynet
Super stud Tom Brady continues livin’ la vida La-La, where he can regularly huddle with the two most important men in his life: his trainer and his son, Jack!

Tom, who was spotted by the paparazzi filming a golf tournament scene for next season’s “Entourage” the other day, won’t be taking any long trips anytime soon, we’re told, and here’s why:

The Patriots [team stats]’ starting QB/QT receives physical therapy on his knee three or four times per week, so he has to stay close to his gym. (Boston Herald)

Posted on Mar 11, 09 | 12:55 am | Permalink | Entourage

Mon Mar 09, 2009

Sharky's Machine

Variety
Informant makes Diehl deal
Company options 'Hooligans' novel, script by Michael Fleming

Informant Media has optioned "Hooligans," a novel by the late author William Diehl, whose books include "Sharky's Machine" and "Primal Fear."

The sale includes both the novel and a script that Diehl wrote before he died. Novel is the story of a band of rogue cops who reassemble to settle an old score in a Southern coastal town that is changing as it legalizes gambling.

Informant Media's Judy Cairo and Michael A. Simpson will produce with AEI's Ken Atchity and Chi-Li Wong. Simpson, Diehl's longtime screenwriting partner, is refining the script. Informant Media most recently completed "Crazy Heart," which stars Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall and Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Butcher's Run Films and MTV Films.

Separately, Diehl's "Sharky's Machine" is set up for remake at Warner Bros., with Phil Joanou attached to direct and Mark Wahlberg exec producing.

AEI, which reps the Diehl estate, also recently optioned his 1990 novel "27" to Breaking Ball Films, whose Scott Abramovich is writing the script. AEI is producing a screen version of the Diehl novel "Eureka" with Neil Canton and Danny Davids.

Posted on Mar 09, 09 | 12:50 am | Permalink | Other

Donald Deline on The Brazilian Job

ComingSoon.net
On another note, we were curious whether there was any word on a sequel to De Line's 2003 hit caper remake The Italian Job, which brought together Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Ed Norton, Donald Sutherland, Jason Statham, Seth Green and Mos Def. Over the years, all of them have been asked about whether the proposed sequel The Brazilian Job might happen, and De Line gave hope for it finally rolling forward. "We're trying right now. They all want to do the sequel. We have a version at Paramount that we're talking very serious about, so hopefully, if we're lucky in the next year we can pull it together. They're all very successful and very busy, which is great, but they all have a real affection and passion for that movie, so they want to come back and do another, which is nice. We'll get them together hopefully."

Posted on Mar 09, 09 | 12:47 am | Permalink | The Italian Job 2

Fri Mar 06, 2009

Mark Wahlberg takes 'Prisoners'

Variety
Endeavor seeks director for project By DAVE MCNARY

Mark Wahlberg will star in kidnap thriller "Prisoners," a spec penned by tyro writer Aaron Guzikowski.

Story centers on a Boston man who turns vigilante after his daughter and her best friend are kidnapped. Madhouse Entertainment, which manages Guzikowski, is producing.

Endeavor, which reps Wahlberg and Guzikowski, is seeking to attach a director before taking the package out to studios.

Wahlberg committed recently to another project at an early stage as Sony Pictures acquired "The B Team," a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team him with Will Ferrell as cops (Daily Variety, Feb. 27). Chris Henchy and McKay will write the script. More...

Posted on Mar 06, 09 | 9:22 am | Permalink | Other

Thu Mar 05, 2009

Tom Brady guests on Entourage

E!
Tom Brady may have just become a husband to Gisele Bündchen, but he's also about to become a member of an entirely different union as well.

The handsome football star is set to appear on the next season of HBO's Entourage, which will film next week in Los Angeles.

"He will be playing himself at a celebrity golf tournament," a HBO publicist tells E! News. More...

Posted on Mar 05, 09 | 12:40 am | Permalink | Entourage

Wed Feb 25, 2009

Mark at the Northern Trust Pro-Am at Riviera Country Club


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J. M. Heller/Wireimage

Posted on Feb 25, 09 | 11:05 pm | Permalink | Other

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