Mark Wahlberg to star, Peter Berg to direct The Six Billion Dollar Man
by Doc on Nov.06, 2014, under Movies
The Lone Survivor team of Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg will team up again for the big screen (and inflated) remake of the 70s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
Now called The Six Billion Dollar Man, it will star Wahlberg as astronaut Steve Austin, who becomes critically injured when a test flight of an experimental aircraft crashes. When he awakes, he discovers that both legs, one arm, and one eye have been replaced by “bionics”, artificial replacements with superhuman capabilities that allow him to run faster, have super strength, and see minute details. In exchange for receiving these replacements, he becomes an agent for the Office of Scientific Intelligence.
A movie adaptation has been batted around for years, including at one point comedic versions with Jim Carrey and Chris Rock rumored.