On the Mark (Wahlberg): What’s Next for the Max Payne Star

Mark Wahlberg, looking a bit glum.

ComingSoon has a new interview with Mark Wahlberg, who in between his TV producing duties, likes to make a film now and then. He stars in this week’s Max Payne, but talks mostly–okay, actually only–about films he is planning for the future, most notably Darren Aronofsky’s The Fighter, which appears to be in limbo. Aronofsky has been tapped to work on the new Robocop movie and Brad Pitt has likely dropped out of the boxing movie. Let’s see what Mr. Wahlberg has to say:

ComingSoon.net: Have you started shooting that [The Fighter] yet?

Mark Wahlberg: No and I don’t know if we’re going to start.

CS: What do you mean? There’s so much buzz about it.

Wahlberg: I know. I keep on training and I don’t know. We’ll wait and see. Hopefully we’ll get a start date one of these days and we can make the movie.

And what’s up with a rumored sequel to The Italian Job and The Departed?

CS: What’s going on with “Departed 2″?

Wahlberg: I don’t know. They’re still trying to make “Italian Job 2″ so who knows. If it’s worth doing and it’s better than the first than it’s worth entertaining. People loved the first one. If we can make it better than the first then we’ll go on to do the prequel and go on to bring everybody back for that.

CS: Is there a script or have you heard anything about it?

Wahlberg: No, they’ve tried many scripts on the “Italian Job”, but we’ll see. I’m never holding my breath.

CS: What about a script for “The Departed 2″?

Wahlberg: I don’t know if they’re working on it yet. I have no idea what’s going on. I’m so focused on “Fighter” and that’s not even happening so it’s all depressing. I’m just looking for the next thing. I’m always looking for the next thing. I’ve done three or four movies since I’ve been training for “Fighter.”

Seriously, Mark, I don’t know if your relationship with The Fighter is healthy. Might be time to have a talk.

Make sure you read the rest of the interview here to find out about things like Cocaine Cowboys.

CS: What’s the hold up?

Wahlberg: A whole bunch of things. It’s too depressing to talk about. I get up everyday at 5:00AM to train for a movie that might not even happen. It’s depressing.

Wow, buck up, little camper. It’s not that bad. At least you can fall back on boxing if this acting thing doesn’t work out.