Mark Wahlberg is thrilled to be returning for the sequel to 'The Family Plan'.
The 2023 Apple Original Films action-comedy was a huge hit for streaming service Apple+ and Mark can't wait to reprise his role as former covert assassin Dan Morgan alongside his on-screen wife Michelle Monaghan (Jessica Morgan) as the Morgan family embark on a festive vacation to Europe that doesn't go quite to plan.
Mark said in a statement issued to Deadline: “I am beyond excited to step back into the shoes of Dan Morgan again alongside my brilliant co-stars, and with Simon and David returning. Making ‘The Family Plan,’ and seeing it become an instant success with global audiences in the way that it did, has been incredibly rewarding. We can’t wait to collaborate with our partners at Apple and Skydance again on this next chapter for the Morgan family as their European holiday inevitably goes awry.”
Zoe Colletti is also back as Nina Morgan, Dan and Jessica’s daughter and eldest child, and Van Crosby will return as their middle child Kyle Morgan.
Director Simon Cellan Jones added: “I’m thrilled to be back with The Morgans as they tear through Europe in search of the perfect action-packed family Christmas.”
In the first film, Dan, a car salesman, is forced to go on the run with his family in Las Vegas after people from his past life track him down.
A release date is not known at this time.
Meanwhile, Mark recently confessed he was initially "terrified" of starring in 'Boogie Nights'.
The 53-year-old actor played adult film star Dirk Diggler in 1997 period drama, but Mark was hesitant about making the film because he wanted to distance himself from his Calvin Klein modelling career.
The Hollywood star told Variety: "I was terrified because it was like, the pitch was tough.
"It’s like Ted, a guy and a teddy bear smoking weed. That doesn’t sound very appealing, right? Or a porn star. I was like, ‘Ah, I don’t want to do that.’ I had just come from Calvin Klein and all that stuff. I was trying to get away from all that.
"'Showgirls' had just come out. That movie was not successful. I had never met [director Paul Thomas Anderson].
"I didn’t see 'Hard Eight', but everybody was telling me how amazing it was, so I read 25 or 30 pages of it, put it down, waited till I met with him. As soon as I met with him, it was like, ‘Okay, I get it.’ And then I finished the script, I was cast in the part.
"We were both 25 at the time. It was wild."
The movie proved to be a turning point in Mark's career.
But the actor acknowledges that it wouldn't be given the green light by a Hollywood film studio in 2024.
Mark - who first found fame in the 90s as part of the hip-hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - explained: "That movie ain’t getting made today. Not at a studio."
