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Mark ’s Wahlberg’sThe Six Billion Dollar Manjust got delayed over a twelvemonth . The news should n’t come as too much of a surprisal given thatDamian Szifron pass away as directoronly a few weeks ago . The setback is just one more incident in a labor that has seemingly been plagued by problem and emergence since the 1990s , but Warner Bros. is determined to see the film made . The forthcoming plastic film is a remake of ABC’sThe Six Million Dollar ManTV serial , which starred Lee Majors as the titular cyborg . The original show air from 1973 - 1978 and bring forth a spinoff titledThe Bionic Woman .
Although there were some TV movies in the 1980s , a big - screen remake has been in development since 1995 . Universal was earlier developing the undertaking , but the right eventually went to Dimension Pictures , who want to make it a comedy reboot with Jim Carey . After multiple endeavor , Wahlberg ended up signing on in the lead role in 2015 with his frequent confederate , Peter Berg , taking the helm . alas , Berg exit the motion picture after some time , with screenwriter Damian Szifron taking over directing duties . But , The Weinstein Company ’s bankruptcy forced them to sell the rightfield to Warner Bros. And now that Szifron has also departed , the studio has been forced to set a unexampled release date for the project .
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The Six Billion Dollar Manwas originally slated to release in May 2019 , but without an immediate refilling for Szifron , Warner Bros. has delayed the movie a full year to June 5 , 2020 . Warner Bros. antecedently stake out the 2020 date for an untitled DC Extended Universe motion-picture show , but it seems the studio apartment has other plans in the lag .
Although The Six Billion Dollar Man is having trouble keeping a director , Mark Wahlberg is still enounce to be attached to the project as the lead character , a cybernetically - enhanced Col . Steve Austin . The worker will next be seen in Berg’sMile 22 in August , which geminate him up with hisLone SurvivorandDeepwater Horizondirector again , and face like a return to gross gritty action at law . After all the issues with his last movie , All the Money in the World , Wahlberg could probably do with a break from offstage drama .
For those who need to see what an updated variant ofThe Bionic Manwill look like , there is , at least , one small cocksure point to take away . Rather than just scratch the undertaking , Warners Bros. has recognize the undertaking ’s issues and has given themselves mint of clip to regain a new director . So , there must be some confidence in the production for them to continue with it . With the last attack at a reboot of the dealership being the ill - fatedBionic Womanin 2007 , perhaps 2020 will turn out to be the year thatThe Six Billion Dollar Manfinally reaches theaters .
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