Winston Duke To Star With Mark Wahlberg In Netflix’s Crime Drama ‘Wonderland’ Posted by Wilson Morales
October 2, 2018
Source: Variety
Variety is reporting that Black Panther’s Winston Duke is set to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the Netflix crime drama “Wonderland.
The film is being adapted from the novel “Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland,” written by Ace Atkins. The book is part of the Spenser series — named after a fictional character in the series of detective novels initially written by American mystery writer Parker and later by Atkins.
The story follows Spenser who, fresh out of prison, is sucked back into Boston’s underbelly as he uncovers the truth about a sensational murder and the twisted conspiracy behind it.
Duke will play Hawk, Spenser’s close friend and an equally tough but somewhat shady image of Spenser himself. Production is expected to start this fall.
Pete Berg is set to direct with Neal H. Moritz producing via his Original Film banner, alongside Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Berg via his Film 44 company. Sean O’Keefe is adapting the script. Toby Ascher will executive produce alongside Film 44’s John Logan Pierson.
Duke had a breakthrough role in “Black Panther” as M’Baku. He recently landed one of the leads in “Us,” Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-winning pic “Get Out.” He’s also been tapped to star in the Paramount Players pic “Heroine.”
