Mark Wahlberg's Mile 22 Already Has a Sequel in the Works

Mile 22

STX is already developing a sequel to conductor Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg ’s latest thriller , Mile 22 . Berg and Wahlberg have previously worked together on a trilogy of dependable story - based thrillers that includesLone Survivor , Deepwater Horizon , andPatriots Day . However , for their fourth try together , Berg return to the case of fictional international thriller that he has n’t made sinceThe Kingdomin 2007 . For Wahlberg , Mile 22is also a return to fiction , after his turn belatedly last class in director Ridley Scott ’s docudrama , All the Money in the World .

Mile 22stars Wahlberg as James Silva , an U.S. intelligence agent who is tasked with protect a foreign police officer with vital information . The Raid ’s Iko Uwais star as the officer in question , Li Noor , whileThe Walking Dead ’s Lauren Cohan and MMA superstar Ronda Rousey play member of Silva ’s elite task force . TheMile 22trailerpaints the celluloid as being more of a crew - pleaser than Wahlberg and Berg ’s docu - thrillers , and it ’s all the clear now that STX ’s ambitiousness here go beyond a unmarried movie .

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According toTHR , STX has inscribe Umair Aleem ( descent ) to protrude working on the script for aMile 22sequel , before of the movie ’s exit this August . The release further observe that STX designate forMile 22to become a multimedia system brand from the get - go , and even hopes to launch TV and VR spinoffs down the line . air mile 22seems to have a relatively modest budget , so STX ’s Leslie Townes Hope could be to launch a mid - range enfranchisement that ’s comparable to something likeJohn Wick , in that regard .

With hisTransformersdays now behind him , Wahlberg has been taking steps to get a new dealership off the ground and running play . He ’s been attached to star inThe Six Billion Dollar Manfor a few years , but that picture show has since been check until 2020 , after going through multiple change in conductor . ShouldMile 22becomes a commercial success , it ’s potential that Wahlberg will prioritize development on a sequel overSix Billion Dollar Manand may even step off from that reboot altogether . Berg , who was plant directSix Billion Dollar Manat one point , will presumably give serious sentiment to returning for theMile 22sequel , should that happen .

It remains to be learn how open ( or not ) the general pile are toMile 22 , but all three of Berg and Wahlberg ’s previous photographic film together have been well - incur . The pair seem to have get a loyal grip on how to blend terse legal action set piece with human dramatic event and overtly political subject matter , after three movies so far . assume that remains on-key with their latest oblation , filmgoers and critic alike may even find themselves inquire for a continuation by the time the goal credits onMile 22are done rolling .

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