One of Mark Wahlberg’s finest movies is “The Departed”, the Martin Scorsese-directed crime thriller in which he was part of an A-list cast that included Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon.
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The trailer for Mark Wahlberg‘s new movie has been released!
The 50-year-old actor plays the titular character in the movie Father Stu, alongside Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver, and Teresa Ruiz.
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Based on a true story, Father Stu is an unflinchingly honest, funny and ultimately uplifting drama about a lost soul who finds his purpose in a most unexpected place. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long (Wahlberg) moves to L.A. dreaming of stardom. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen (Ruiz), a Catholic Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm.
Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. But surviving a terrible motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others find their way, leading to the surprising realization that he is meant to be a Catholic priest. Despite a devastating health crisis and the skepticism of Church officials and his estranged parents (Gibson and Weaver), Stu pursues his vocation with courage and compassion, inspiring not only those closest to him but countless others along the way.
Directed and written by Rosalind Ross, Father Stu will be out in theaters on Good Friday, April 15, 2022.
One of Mark Wahlberg’s finest movies is “The Departed”, the Martin Scorsese-directed crime thriller in which he was part of an A-list cast that included Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon.
KFC Radio earlier this week for an interview in which he revealed that he pitched “The Departed 2.” The sequel would have potentially also starred screen legends Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt.But alas, Warner Bros. didn’t go for it and the rest is history.
UPDATED, 12:55 PM: Sony today moved the release date of it Mark Wahlberg film Father Stu up by two days. The story of boxer-turned-priest Father Stuart Long now will open wide on Wednesday, April 13; it had been set for Friday the 15th.
Mark Wahlberg is not afraid of working on sequels. We’re talking sequels in franchises like “Transformers,” “Ted,” and “Daddy’s Home,” just to name a few.
If there's one thing to know about Mark Wahlberg, it's that he's incredibly disciplined. The "Father Stu" actor, 50, opened up about what a typical day in his life is like while he was making moves in New York City this week. While rushing to his car, the movie star took some time to discuss how he balances his acting career and active lifestyle.
Mark Wahlberg missed his family's Christmas vacation after testing positive for COVID-19. The 50-year-old actor - who has Ella, 18, Michael, 15, Brendan, 13, and Grace, 12, with his wife Rhea Durham - was stuck at home over the festive season after being diagnosed with the virus. He said on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show': "We always go on holiday at Christmas and I'm down in the basement a couple days before Christmas, I don't get to open any gifts with anyone or anything and next thing you know, they're still going on holiday.
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Mark Wahlberg's family got a little savage when it came to their holiday vacation. The 50-year-old actor opens up on Thursday's episode of about contracting COVID-19 over the holidays, and how his wife, Rhea Durham, and four kids reacted. «We always go on holiday at Christmas, and I'm down in the basement a couple days before Christmas. I don't get to open gifts with anybody or anything,» he shares.
Just because Mark Wahlberg got COVID, his family wasn’t about to give up their vacation.
Mark Wahlberg has opened about his Valentine’s Day festivities and how he “got in trouble” with his wife, Rhea Durham, during the holiday. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on 15 February, Wahlberg, 50, detailed how he and his wife, 43, typically celebrate Valentine’s Day. “I’ll send flowers from each child, leading up to Valentine’s Day,” he explained, in regards to what he usually gives Durham as a gift.
Putting on weight wasn’t easy for Mark Wahlberg.
For Mark Wahlberg, gaining weight to play a boxer-turned-priest packed a major punch. On Tuesday, the actor appeared on "The Kyle and Jackie O Show" in Australia where he detailed how he physically prepared for the upcoming film "Father Stu." "I would say it’s easier to stay in shape than it is to get in shape," the former Calvin Klein model admitted. "I put on 30 pounds… that was really difficult.
th-century explorers; he grows up to become a bartender and pickpocket after his older brother Sam (Rudy Pankow) abandons him in childhood to avoid arrest. While living vicariously through the postcards Sam sends him from exotic, far-away lands, Nathan gets contacted by Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Wahlberg), a fortune hunter seeking his help to locate a treasure supposedly lost during Magellan’s trip around the world.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticI try to go into every movie with open eyes and an open mind, but I confess that this Buddhist goal can be seriously tested by the prospect of sitting through a video-game movie. Sorry, but I’ve been burned too often — by “Super Mario Bros.” (the first one out of the gate, back in 1993), by “Street Fighter” and “Mortal Kombat” and their sequels, by the 637 “Resident Evil” films, by the operatic death-plunge bombast of “Assassins’ Creed,” which looked like it was adapted from the 100 greatest prog-rock album covers.
The trailer for Mark Wahlberg’s new movie “Father Stu” has been released.
It’s your Christian duty to know and understand that Mark Wahlberg is not only a devout husband, father, and family man (and fitness workout enthusiast) but also a devout man of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. While Wahlberg’s holy passion and religious views generally do not crossover into his movie life, these Christian proclivities do come together rather serenely in the new Sony/Columbia drama “Father Stu.” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2022 “Father Stu” follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a boxer-turned-priest—boxing another one of Wahlberg’s passions— who inspired countless people during his journey from self-destruction to redemption.
Mark Wahlberg is bringing another real-life story to the screen. After biographical films like, and, the actor is portraying Father Stuart Long in the upcoming drama.