After ‘Family Plan 2’s Success, Mark Wahlberg’s Next Action Movie Finally Finds a Home

After ‘Family Plan 2’s Success, Mark Wahlberg’s Next Action Movie Finally Finds a Home Mark Wahlberg smiling at the premiere of Netflix's The UnionImage via Jeffrey Mayer/MediaPunch By  Adam Blevins Published 30 minutes ago Adam Blevins began working in the entertainment industry in 2022 as a Staff Writer for Agents of Fandom, where he progressed to Senior Editor and interviewed talent from Marvel Studios, House of the Dragon, and Planet of the Apes. He joined Collider as a News Author in April 2024, was promoted to a Senior position in December 2024, and has written over 3,000 articles for the site, including exclusives relating to Avengers: Doomsday, The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and more. He primarily writes about the latest box office numbers and the hottest movies and TV shows on streaming, while also covering superhero and sci-fi news. He has completed a set visit for The Chosen and even has several months of experience writing Gaming Features at ScreenRant. You can find him on X, LinkedIn, and Muckrack. Sign in to your Collider account follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Mark Wahlberg’s new sequel and its predecessor are both dominating streaming right now, but the action icon is already eyeing his next project. News broke yesterday afternoon that Wahlberg is attached to star in The Operator, a new action thriller following one of the CIA’s invisible clean-up men. Netflix has also acquired the film for distribution, meaning it will likely release straight on the streaming platform and not in theaters. Harrison Query wrote the script, but additional casting details are being kept under wraps. There is also no word on a potential production start date or a release window.

Wahlberg is also in line to produce The Operator, and it’s far from the first time he’s worked with Netflix. Wahlberg’s first collaboration with the streamer came in 2020 on Spenser Confidential, the action-comedy that co-stars Winston Duke. Two years later, he worked with Kevin Hart on Me Time, another comedy film that was written and directed by John Hamburg. His most recent team-up with the streaming goliath came just last year on The Union, which features mega-star Halle Berry in a leading role alongside Wahlberg. The Union spent weeks atop Netflix charts and was one of the biggest streaming movies of 2024.

Wahlberg’s latest action vehicles come in the form of Play Dirty and The Family Plan 2. The former is a heist thriller from director Shane Black, and the latter is an action-comedy sequel starring Game of Thrones veteran Kit Harington. The Family Plan 2 has been dominating streaming on Apple TV, and Prime Video has confirmed that Play Dirty is one of the streamer’s top 10 biggest movies ever. Wahlberg is something of a streaming champion when it comes to action movies.

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10 years ago, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell teamed up for Daddy’s Home, the comedy movie pitting a hardcore dad against a softer stepdad. The film was a hit, grossing $242 million at the box office against a $50 million budget, which prompted the duo to return for the 2017 sequel, Daddy’s Home 2. The sequel added Mel Gibson as the father of Mark Wahlberg’s character and John Lithgow as the father of Will Ferrell’s character, but it earned only $180 million against a $70 million budget. Still enough to be considered a financial success, though. Both films are streaming on Netflix.

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Mark Wahlberg’s future projects.

The Family Plan 2

Like Follow Followed PG-13 Action Comedy Release Date November 21, 2025 Runtime 106 Minutes Director Simon Cellan Jones Writers David Coggeshall Producers John G. Scotti, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison, Don Granger

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• Mark Wahlberg Dan Morgan
• Michelle Monaghan Jessica Morgan
• Kit Harington Aidan
• Zoe Colletti Nina Morgan

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