Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg to reboot "The Six Million Dollar Man"...

[Tom_Foolery]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Mark Wahlberg will star in The Six Billion Dollar Man.

The film is based on 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man, and will see the 43-year-old actor reunite with Lone Survivor director Peter Berg. Berg, Bob Weinstein, Sarah Aubrey and Stephen Levinson will produce.

The Six Million Dollar Man was based on the 1972 novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and premiered on ABC in 1973. The series starred Lee Majors as Steve Austin, a former astronaut outfitted with bionic implants after he is injured in a crash. The enhancements give the character increased strength, speed and vision, and he is recruited as a secret agent by the Office of Scientific Intelligence.

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2014/11/06/Mark-Wahlberg-to-star-in-The-Six-Billion-Dollar-Man/6281415310865/

[Algernon Moncrieff]

1. On one hand, modern prosthetic technology has this a lot closer to reality

On the other hand, $6M wouldn't cover his first month in the hospital. They'll have to adjust the title for inflation.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I think it's now the $6 Billion Dollar Man

to adjust for inflated hospital costs...

[Yavin4]

11. $6 Million would cover a couple of asprins and one x-ray

Co-pay will be a mother as well.

[OriginalGeek]

2. As a fan of the show

I can say I am interested in this. I can't say I am huge fan of his but I thought he was great in Boogie Nights and the reality show he does with his brothers is pretty funny.

[Tom_Foolery]

4. I'm a big fan of the show, too...

I wasn't a big Wahlberg fan either until I saw him in a few movies. He should do a good job as Steve Austin.

[NewJeffCT]

6. I loved the show as a kid

Wahlberg is well cast in the role

[zonkers]

3. Yay. Another mershy cinematic rehash of a 70's TV Show. Hoe does

Hollywood do it? Can't wait till my head explodes from the million dollar mark marketing campaign.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Who do they cast as Oscar Goldman?

I was thinking David Straitharn. If he's available, maybe Bryan Cranston? Or, maybe they go bold and change Oscar to a woman?

[geardaddy]

12. Can't they just get any old chicken?

[Orrex]

8. This film can't succeed unless it includes The Bionic Bigfoot.

[MicaelS]

9. I remember Wahlberg when he was "Marky Mark".

Now he's an accomplished and respected actor. And every time I watch him on film, I enjoy his work.

[Frank Cannon]

10. Was a huge fan of the original book and the TV show when I was a kid.

If they could explore the psychology of the Steve Austin character from the book, this could be interesting. The book's Austin does not have an easy time becoming a "cyborg". Although he has some enhanced abilities, he's not a superman and actually resents being made a high-tech assassin and errand boy for the government. Even the TV show started off exploring these issues, until it slowly started getting less realistic and more ridiculous.

But no, I'm sure this will just be another bloated, brainless action movie. Another icon from my youth thoroughly destroyed.