It's been a banner year for Mark Wahlberg. He flexed his comedic (and actual) muscles in the hits "Date Night" and "The Other Guys," and is getting some serious Oscar buzz for "The Fighter," a boxing flick that's been one of his passion projects for years. Plus, Wahlberg was recently named one of MTV's actors we're most thankful for in 2010 (quite prestigious).
As Wahlberg is finding, his 2010 successes are paving the way for a very promising 2011: He's already set to headline a surefire blockbuster (hello, "Uncharted"!) and he's poised to star in another one of his cinematic labors of love, the neo-noir "Broken City," for director Allen Hughes (a.k.a. one-half of the Hughes Brothers responsible for "Menace II Society," "From Hell" and "Book of Eli").
"There's this other thing, 'Broken City,' that I want to do... at the end of next year with Allen Hughes directing," Wahlberg told MTV at the junket for "The Fighter." "[It's] on the Black List. It's one of the best unproduced screenplays... [It's] an amazing piece of material that should attract amazing talents. Hopefully we'll get that thing together." Read More...
The Hughes brothers have a way of attracting top-notch Hollywood talent to their films: Johnny Depp in "From Hell," Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman in the upcoming "Book of Eli." At the top of their movie wish list, though, is one artist known far more for his music—and for his spectacularly sordid final days—than for his acting.
"The Book of Eli" officially has my interest. We've watched the film rack up a pretty nice casting line-up in Denzel Washington, 
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