Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in Infinite, an action thriller that Antoine Fuqua is directing for Paramount.
The actor is stepping into the shoes previously worn by Chris Evans, who dropped out of the project in recent weeks. Sources say that the Avengers: Endgamestar, who boarded the project in February, ran into scheduling issues with his Apple TV series Defending Jacob.
Infinite, with a script by Ian Shorr, is an adaptation of the 2009 novel The Reincarnationist Papers, which centers on a group of near-immortal men and women who are reincarnated over the centuries and known as “the Infinite.” To defeat an evil mastermind, the group must rely on a man who suffers from schizophrenia and who will have to learn that all his vivid dreams are actually memories from past lives in order to defeat the villain.
If a deal is made, Wahlberg will stars as the schizophrenic-turned-hero.
