Mark Wahlberg is the Six Billion Dollar Man

[Fallen Angel]

Mark Wahlberg's #SixBillionDollarMan Gets Release Date http://thr.cm/5RsoMi

The Six Billion Dollar Man, starring Mark Wahlberg, will hit theaters Dec. 22, 2017, TWC-Dimension announced Monday.

Additionally, Damian Szifron, who wrote the script for the film adaptation of the classic 1970s TV series, is replacing Pete Berg as director.


Szifron is set to begin shooting in September 2016. The story follows military officer, Steve Austin, who becomes part of a top secret government program after a horrific accident leaves him near death. With the help of cutting edge technology, Steve is brought back to life with extraordinary abilities, making him the world’s first truly bionic man.

 

[Octoberist]

When the Weinsteins are involved with tentpoles and genre flicks, they tend to suck.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Been looking forward to a Six Million Dollar Man reboot for years, so definately interested in this. Wahlberg fits Austin like a glove. Only one thing left to do, cast Clooney as Oscar Goldman.

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't think Clooney really fits Oscar Goldman since Clooney is more of a leading man than Walberg. I might suggest someone like Bruce Greenwood, but if there's someone better then I'm all ears.

I hope they have Jaime Sommers as well. Don't know who could play her. I'm sure I've seen people who would work but they escape me right now.

Is this going to be a comedy or more of a serious action adventure? I hope it's the latter. I don't really want a spoof of it.

 

[3dman27]

I hear it IS a comedy

 

[Brian Braddock]

I thought it was a comedy only when the likes of Carey and Rock were attached. Couldn't sworn when Wahlberg came on board that there was not only talk of them doing this straight but also of going a bit darker, like the 'Cyborg' books.

 

[superboy13]

I thought it was a comedy only when the likes of Carey and Rock were attached. Couldn't sworn when Wahlberg came on board that there was not only talk of them doing this straight but also of going a bit darker, like the 'Cyborg' books.

Damian Szifron makes a good blend of both, really. I doubt he's going for a full-on comedy, but most of his TV shows here have a strong comedic element about them (even when they are a noir-esque drama about an underground group of con artists for hire).

 

[marcvader]

Been looking forward to a Six Million Dollar Man reboot for years, so definately interested in this. Wahlberg fits Austin like a glove. Only one thing left to do, cast Clooney as Oscar Goldman.

Wait how about Sasquatch?

 

[Brian Braddock]

I'll be honest - I missed the whole Sasquatch period of SMDM and in retrospect its always seemed a bit hokey to me. But a work colleague who watched it at the time maintains it was awesome, and scary.

 

[Dark Raven]

Jaime Sommers fought him as well. There were all the fembots as well with the faces which could come off and were rather creepy. There was also the 7 Million Dollar Man, who was unstable.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Can we talk about the inflation, people? I mean from six million to six billion is a lot.

 

[Dark Raven]

Yes it is, but it sounds better than 60 Million Dollar Man, which is a bit awkward.

 

[superboy13]

Can we talk about the inflation, people? I mean from six million to six billion is a lot.

Throw some bling on it and that's it.

 

[Octoberist]

Do you think a procedure like that would still be 6 million? Maybe..it's hard to say.

 

[Dark Raven]

Maybe six hundred million at most.

I wonder how much this film would take at the box office. Would it be even 60 million in its opening weekend? Or would it be more like 6 million, and maybe only 60 million in its overall run?

 

[Octoberist]

I don't think it'll be a huge hit. It really depends how much they're going to rely on the nostalgia factor. The more further we get from the original release date of the original shows, the harder it is to make money from the young generation. The show was around before I was born. I've never seen it but I've heard of it, and I know its famous sound effects.

So you could say that the 90's would've been a great time to release a movie adaptation. Or at least the early 2000's but now? It's been more than 40 years since the show aired, there hasn't been any later versions of it in recent memory besides the failed Bionic Woman show.

BUT if they promote it almost as if it's an faux-original concept, and not use the show as a crutch..maybe it'll do good.

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't think it'll be a huge hit. It really depends how much they're going to rely on the nostalgia factor. The more further we get from the original release date of the original shows, the harder it is to make money from the young generation. The show was around before I was born. I've never seen it but I've heard of it, and I know its famous sound effects.

So you could say that the 90's would've been a great time to release a movie adaptation. Or at least the early 2000's but now? It's been more than 40 years since the show aired, there hasn't been any later versions of it in recent memory besides the failed Bionic Woman show.

BUT if they promote it almost as if it's an faux-original concept, and not use the show as a crutch..maybe it'll do good.

But then it won't be faithful to the original and fans of the show who would've come to see it will not like it, which could lead to it not doing well. You can't completely reimagine it and only take the basic concepts, otherwise what makes it any different from FFINO?

 

[Octoberist]

But then it won't be faithful to the original and fans of the show who would've come to see it will not like it, which could lead to it not doing well. You can't completely reimagine it and only take the basic concepts, otherwise what makes it any different from FFINO?

It's tricky because it's been TOO long since the show was aired, and most of the fans are probably aging baby-boomers, or late tier Gen-Xers. The bigger market is the youth (18-35) so you gotta appeal to them.

I think there is a way to keep both parties happy. See with Mission Impossible, the movie series started off in the 90's and it sorta/kinda played with the continuity with the 80's version of the show. The nostalgia is there still (with the Syndicate) but there's enough creative licenses where they don't have to shoehorn relatives of the Great Paris (Leonard Nimory's character) or whoever into the franchise. The whole current cast of characters of MI are completely original, but the only constant thing is the IMS, the self-destruct messages, and the gadgets.

 

[Alien Anal]

FFINO? Man I cant keep up WTA. Its funny how a tv show has the ability to go either way..funny or serious. We get so many serious gritty reboots a yr and so many comedies that its hard to know what we want to see next.

What would you get out of a serious SBDM that you havnt seen in Bond or Iron Man?

 

[superboy13]

FFINO? Man I cant keep up WTA. Its funny how a tv show has the ability to go either way..funny or serious. We get so many serious gritty reboots a yr and so many comedies that its hard to know what we want to see next.

What would you get out of a serious SBDM that you havnt seen in Bond or Iron Man?

The struggle of a guy who has to learn to live with a disabilty that, ultimately, makes him more powerful, but less human at the same time.

Now, I don't particularly want to see that, and I'm all for the more humorous side of the story, but there's definitely untapped dramatic potential there.

 

[roach]

I think the SB$M has the potential to do very well at the box office. There is the nostalgia factor and also the fact that it's another superhero.
I wouldn't do this gritty realistic. I would make it the same tone as the Marvel movies. Not to light and not too dark. Somewhere between Iron Man and Winter Soldier.

 

[Alien Anal]

ahhhhh the same tone as marvel. Im not a marvel hater but surely we want something new and fresh. There was a time before "marvel" and there will be a time after it.

 

[Dark Raven]

FFINO = Fantastic Four in Name Only.

I think something like Bond would be a good balance for 6MDM to strike in terms of tone.

But it has to play on nostalgia because if it tries to pass itself off as a completely original concept then it's not that different from Robocop. The failed Bionic Woman show made the mistake of trying to be too different and only taking the basic elements. But Jaime Sommers was a completely different character and there was no OSI or any of the other things people loved.

What they need to do is reintroduce the classic elements to a new generation and have them discover for themselves what caught people's imagination the first time round.

 

[superboy13]

FFINO = Fantastic Four in Name Only.

I think something like Bond would be a good balance for 6MDM to strike in terms of tone.

But it has to play on nostalgia because if it tries to pass itself off as a completely original concept then it's not that different from Robocop. The failed Bionic Woman show made the mistake of trying to be too different and only taking the basic elements. But Jaime Sommers was a completely different character and there was no OSI or any of the other things people loved.

What they need to do is reintroduce the classic elements to a new generation and have them discover for themselves what caught people's imagination the first time round.

Tone-wise, I'd look at Kingsman. Minus the R-rating, that is.

 

[Alien Anal]

Wow so that's what people have been saying all this time, man I had no idea.

I get what you are saying and for sure a Bond type SMDM could be cool but its just the same **** over and over. Its pretty much any movie these days because everyone in movies is the SBDM even with out having "powers". Everyone fights like they are in the Matrix...its all a bit redundant when the latest Die Hard could be a SBDM movie. I think thats why turning these kind of ideas into comedies works best because the whole idea is pretty much a joke now. Batman..Robocop..Iron Man..its the same ****..expensive white guy can do whatever he wants.