Mark Wahlberg Is the New Drug Lord of Hollywood!

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Source: Variety

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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Mark Wahlberg is set to play drug lord Jon Roberts, who after returning from Vietnam headed to Miami and formed a relationship with the Medellin cartel. There he makes billions of dollars until he is put in jail to serve a decade for his crimes. According to Variety, this untitled project will begin as soon as the writers' strike ends.

Peter Berg is directing the film. He last directed The Kingdom and is currently in post-production on the Will Smith super hero comedyHancock.

Walhberg and Berg's upcoming collaboration doesn't have a set start date at this time.

14 Comments & Responses

LarveeK

January 20th, 2008 11:57pm

Am a big fan of Mark Wahlberg since he was a member of the: "New Kids on the Block & Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch" Good old days and I loved it when he would drop his pants on stage and men o men that did drive the girls wild ha ha ha ha... Besides that, Mark is a talented actor and he will do a great job playing the role of a drug lord in this film and it's what he's good at...being a bad boy, it works great on him. Can't wait to see it.

PUNISHER

January 20th, 2008 6:20pm

Sounds like a great team, Berg and Wahlberg.

INXSfan

January 20th, 2008 7:54am

Sounds promising.... Will have to follow all the updates

The Fallen

January 18th, 2008 7:25pm

we'll see how it works out. mark won't fail.

THE VISIONARY

January 18th, 2008 2:36pm

I'm already liking it. Good director and actor... This sounds like it could be good!

err

January 18th, 2008 8:17am

oooh, jon roberts was the one guy in "cocaine cowboys",
now THAT was an entertaining bit of documentary.

seriously, if you havent seen cocaine cowboys, go rent it, its great.

err

January 18th, 2008 8:12am

this sounds similar to blow, and i friggin hated that movie... but what the hell, i like mark wahlberg (for some reason).

Space101

January 18th, 2008 6:46am

Funny how there making more and more movies about drug lords (Scarface, Blow, American Gangster, etc...) and they were all great acting with a great story. From the rise to the fall of the career, it was a mark in history. Mark Wahlberg hasn't let me down in his movies and I'm sure he isn't going to let me down in this one...I'm looking foward to more info on this movie...hope the stikes ends soon!

killahmovie24

January 18th, 2008 6:25am

yea this sounds tight and mark has been killin it in movies as of late, and berg is great the kingdom was a hell of a ride!

CelluloidDreams

January 18th, 2008 5:58am

Peter Berg...Mark Wahlberg..I'm there!!

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