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Wahlberg and Damon to enter the fight ring

By M&C Movie News Feb 14, 2007, 13:32 GMT

Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon are reuniting for the first time since their Oscar® star vehicle ‘The Departed,’ for the Paramount fight drama ‘The Fighter.’ Dramatic story chronicles life of “Irish” Micky Ward’s road to the world lightweight championship. Irish was helped on his road to the title by his step brother Dicky, who was a boxer but was beaten by drugs and crime but returned to the ring as a trainer.David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are tapped to produce.Executive producer of the TV show “House” Paul Attanasio is working on a rewrite of a draft script by Lewis Collick. Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy wrote the original script.Shooting is sched to begin in early summer in Wahlberg & Damon’s home state of Massachusetts.

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