Boston’s own Mark Wahlberg is set to star in “Patriot’s Day,” one of two films in the works about the 2013 Bostom bombings.
Mark Wahlberg may star in Boston Bombings film for CBS Films
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:11 pm · March 31st, 2015
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Real life 'Lone Survivor' and Mark Wahlberg discuss the cost and depiction of war
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:12 pm · October 30th, 2013
“Lone Survivor” tells the harrowing story of SEAL Team 10 and Operation Red Wings, a tragic story of Afghanistan warfare captured with grit and realism by director Peter Berg. Berg, two of the film’s stars, Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch, and real life “lone survivor” Marcus Luttrell reflect on the event, the film, the cost of war and the responsibility of immortalizing it on film.
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Mark Wahlberg and friends go to Afghanistan in the trailer for Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:14 pm · July 31st, 2013
Back in June it was announced that Universal would be slating Peter Berg’s Afghanistan drama “Lone Survivor” for an Oscar qualifying run. With only Ron Howard’s “Rush” to work with otherwise (a film I hear is a knock-out), the studio needed the extra firepower. Today a trailer for the film arrived.
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Universal slates Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg Afghanistan war drama 'Lone Survivor' for Oscar play
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:28 pm · June 5th, 2013
Peter Berg’s “Lone Survivor” tells the story of four Navy SEALS ambushed in an ill-fated covert mission to thwart a high0level Taliban operative. It’s apparently solid enough for the studio to position it in the thick of the awards hunt with a 12/27 qualifying release platformed out to other markets in January of 2014. After the disaster that was “Battleship,” Berg could sure use a bounce back.
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Oscarweb Round-up: How about cutting the double-dippers a break?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:04 am · October 18th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Mark Harris points out a few ridiculous stipulations in Oscar’s rulebook that are frequently singled out, David Fincher talks about Scarlett Johansson’s audition for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and why he didn’t cast her and Beck is remixing…Philip Glass?
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