Already in 2011, it was reported that
Justin Bieber has been tapped to star in an untitled basketball movie with Mark Wahlberg. Although the long-gestating project has not been so far ahead, Wahlberg has made it clear that the concert is still ongoing and is currently in the writing phase.
Share some updates on the progress of the MTV movie, the Oscar nominee said: "We are waiting for the script." That boy of 40 years of age, further explained, "waiting for the script. Every time I see [Bieber] or Scooter [Braun], I have to explain that a bit of a process that has the script written. "
The Sean Dignam "The Departed", said he wants to make sure the script is written correctly before the movie finally moves forward in production. "No doubt [should be] something that is good enough to go and have a green light and make right away," said the actor well before adding: "But I think it will be worth the wait."
The title of Justin Bieber basketball movie is designed as a street basketball film drama in the vein of 1986 Martin Scorsese pic, "The Color of Money". The husband of Rhea Durham will star as a basketball player who has weathered a younger player [Bieber] as his protege.
In addition to starring in it, the "contraband," the actor will produce along with Stephen Levinson and manager Scooter Braun Bieber. Serving as the scribe, meanwhile, is "How to Succeed in America," creator Ian Edelman.
Last December, Wahlberg shared that it was his intuition led him to issue the "Baby" hitmaker in his next film. "I'm pretty intuitive," he said. "I see the type and spent time with him and see what it does and how it does, then you really have a conversation with him, and it's there."
Sources: ABC
