Mark Wahlberg Eyes a Lead in Boston Bombing Film <i>Patriots’ Day</i>
Mark Wahlberg Eyes a Lead in Boston Bombing Film Patriots’ Day
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Actor Mark Wahlberg attends the screening of "The Gambler" during the AFI FEST 2014 presented by Audi at Dolby Theatre on Nov. 10, 2014 in Hollywood, Calif.Valerie Macon—Getty Images
Actor-producer Mark Wahlberg is said to be eyeing a starring role in a newly unveiled film about the Boston Marathon bombing.
CBS Films’ movie, Patriots’ Day, will tell the firsthand story of the citywide manhunt for the suspects in 2013 led by Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, whom Boston-native Wahlberg hopes to play, Deadline reports. Wahlberg will also help produce the film alongside Scott Stuber, Dylan Clark, Stephen Levinson and Michael Radutzky, with Nicholas Nest serving as executive producer.
Deadline’s report reveals the film project for the first time, which places CBS Films in competition with 20th Century Fox, as the studio announced last year it would produce the film Boston Strong.
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Prosecutors presented this image of a blood-stained, bullet-ridden message, allegedly written by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the inside of a boat, to jurors as evidence in Boston on March 10, 2015.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersProsecutors presented this image of a blood-stained, bullet-ridden message, allegedly written by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the inside of a boat, to jurors as evidence in Boston on March 10, 2015.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersProsecutors presented this image of a blood-stained, bullet-ridden message, allegedly written by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the inside of a boat, to jurors as evidence in Boston on March 10, 2015.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersThis still image, presented as evidence at trial, shows the boat where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hid after a gunfight with police.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersThis still image captured from video shows brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev crouched behind a car during their April 2013 shootout with police. U.S. Department of Justice/CorbisEvidence markers are seen on a street where Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev engaged in a gunfight with police.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersA 9mm Luger clip and bullet package sit next to a backpack and bag on a street where Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev engaged in a gunfight with police.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersA wallet containing Tamerlan Tsarnaev's drivers license is seen in a still handout image entered as evidence in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersA large fragment of a homemade pressure-cooker bomb that accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with throwing at police officers during a gunfight in Watertown, Mass. on April 19, 2015, is seen embedded in the side of a Honda Civic that was parked near the site of the disturbance.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersAn unexploded metal bomb filled with explosive powder and lined with metal pellets was entered as evidence in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersAn unexploded metal bomb was entered as evidence in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersThis still image capture from video, which was released as evidence in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, shows the chaos as a bomb explodes during the 2013 Boston Marathon.U.S. Department of Justice/EPAA still image captured from surveillance video at the Boston Marathon shows the scene moments before a second bomb exploded as a man, marked with a circle by prosecutors (top R) and identified by them as defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, moves rapidly away from the spot near the finish line of the race on April 15, 2013 in Boston.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersA still image captured from surveillance video at the Boston Marathon shows the moment when a second bomb exploded as a man, marked with a circle by prosecutors (top R) and identified by them as defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, moves rapidly away from the spot near the finish line of the race on April 15, 2013 in Boston.U.S. Department of Justice/ReutersA still image captured from surveillance video at the Boston Marathon shows the moment when a second bomb exploded as a man, marked with a circle by prosecutors (top R) and identified by them as defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, moves rapidly away from the spot near the finish line of the race on April 15, 2013 in Boston.U.S. Department of Justice/Reuters
