Six Billion Dollar Man Moves Forward

It seems that upcoming rejig The Six Billion Dollar Man is indeed moving forward. We learned last fall that Mark Wahlberg was set for reteaming with his Lone Survivor director Peter Berg for a remake of the 1970s TV series, and now the update has landed an Oscar nominated writer to craft a screenplay. It was announced today that filmmaker Damián Szifron, who wrote and directed last year’s Best Foreign Language Film nominee Wild Tales, has been tasked with penning the screenplay for the aptly named Six Billion Dollar Man. 

Wahlberg would play former astronaut Steve Austin who, after a horrific crash of an experimental plane, is saved by doctors when he is fitted with bionic replacements including both his legs, his right arm and left eye.  He becomes a force to be reckoned with for the government as a secret agent for the Office of Scientific Intelligence.

This is risky stuff to get right.  But Peter Berg proved himself to be quite the action director with Lone Survivor.