Mark Wahlberg‘s upcoming crime thriller has opted to forgo a theatrical release and will release on streaming later this year. The heist film hails from the creative mind behind The Nice Guys, who is set to release his first movie in seven years since The Predator flopped in theaters. Wahlberg is set to portray a fictional criminal that has been played by several notable movie stars over the past few decades.
According to The InSneider, Prime Video is preparing to release Play Dirty on the platform on October 1. Shane Black’s new crime drama stars Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield (Atlanta) and Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel). The film follows a thief and his crew who come across a major heist that, per reports, pits them against “a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man.” Wahlberg will portray Parker, the main character from the Donald E. Westlake novel The Hunter, which has been adapted several times, including 1998’s Payback starring Mel Gibson.
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Play Dirty has been in development since 2022, when Black partnered up with Amazon MGM Studios to write and direct the heist adaptation. While some of the most recent adaptations of Westlake’s work have not seen much success, including Jason Statham’s 2013 panned action thriller Parker, the latest film could find success on streaming. In addition to Wahlberg, Stanfield and Salazar, the cast of Play Dirty features Dermot Mulroney, Tony Shalhoub, Keegan-Michael Key, Nat Wolff, Chukwudi Iwuji, Thomas Jane, and Saskia Archer. Read a plot description provided by Deadline:
“In Play Dirty, Wahlberg plays professional thief Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But even with the help of his partner, actor-slash-con artist Grofield (Stanfield), he’ll still need to outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to stay alive.”
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Source: TheInSneider, Deadline
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