Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Moved Back a Year to 2020

Warner Bros.

has pushed back the release date for Mark Wahlberg’s sci-fi action film “The Six Billion Dollar Man” by a year, moving the opening from May 31, 2019, to June 5, 2020.The change, announced Wednesday, comes two weeks after Damian Szifron departed as director.

The studio bought the rights to the project late last year from the Weinstein Company, which had been developing the movie with Szifron — best known for directing the Argentinian drama “Wild Tales.”Warner Bros.

is seeking a replacement for Szifron.

“The Six Billion Dollar Man” is based on the sci-fi TV series “The Six Million Dollar Man,” about a former astronaut, Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors.

Austin’s character, employed as a secret agent, had superhuman strength due to bionic implants.

The series ran for five seasons on ABC between 1973 and 1978, and was based on Martin Caidin’s novel “Cyborg.”In November of 2016, Wahlberg and

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