Mark Wahlberg's Six Million Man film lands release date

From Digital Spy

There's finally a bit of good news for Mark Wahlberg's planned reboot of The Six Million Dollar man as it officially lands a new release date.

Wahlberg has been attached to star in the TV reboot of the 1970s TV series since 2014, but in 2015 the planned release was delayed a year and given a premiere date of December 22, 2017.

Obviously that release window didn't happen either, so now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros has given The Six Billion Dollar Man another release date – May 31, 2019.

Here's hoping this is the one that sticks.

Warner Bros bought the rights to the project from the Weinstein Company late last year, and Argentinean filmmaker Damian Szifron is directing the reboot, which will see Wahlberg star as Steve Austin.

The story follows a man who is saved by cutting-edge technology that turns him half-machine following a horrible accident.

Lee Majors played the role in the original TV series, in which former astronaut Austin has superhuman strength due to his bionic implants and is employed as a secret agent by a fictional US government office.

[Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man]

Wahlberg recently starred in Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World and was at the centre of public outrage after it was revealed that the actor had made $1.5 million for re-shooting scenes after Kevin Spacey was replaced last minute, while his co-star Williams made only 1% of that with a standard expenses fee.

The actor later announced he would be donating his entire reshoot fee to the Time's Up movement, and speaking last week he reflected on the whole saga, saying donating the money was "the right thing to do" in the face of an "awkward" situation.

"It didn't take much to make the decision [to donate the money]," Wahlberg said. "It was just the right thing to do, you know?

"It's not me who decides who gets paid what. Your value's based on what the marketplace dictates, and with that particular situation, it was very awkward."

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