It’s been a busy 48 hours for Netflix: The streaming service has acquired the rights to Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt’s “Ball and Chain” superhero film, Eric Andre’s “Bad Trip” movie and “Legalize Everything” stand-up special, and reportedly acquired the Mark Wahlberg-produced “Our Man From Jersey” in a seven-figure deal.Deadline reports that the lattermost project, a “blue-collar 007” that will be scripted by David Guggenheim, will be produced by Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, the duo whose recently-released “Spenser Confidential” was viewed by 85 million Netflix subscribers.
The duo has been virtually meeting with writers but other details about the project, including a prospective release date, are under wraps.A Netflix representative declined to comment on Deadline’s Wahlberg/”Our Man From Jersey” report.As for official Netflix news, the streaming service announced on Thursday that it acquired “Ball and Chain,” which will star Johnson and Blunt and
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