In 2003, Mark Wahlberg walked into the Santa ... Wahlberg and Levinson, lead producers of “The Gambler,” chose Wyatt. Wahlberg’s character, Jim Bennett, represents a type he’s never ...

(Paramount Pictures) Mark Wahlberg doesn't know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. Wahlberg's remake of the 1974 classic "The Gambler" is meant to be a breakout, a meaty role that showcases ...

“The Gambler” is an agreeable if ridiculous ... who read books and write the stories of their own destruction. Mark Wahlberg, of all actors, plays a college professor named Jim Bennett ...

Mark Wahlberg isn’t the first guy you would ... to do it,” says the 43-year-old actor about his role in “The Gambler.” Wahlberg also loved the script by William Monahan (“The Departed ...

Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Jessica Lange star in a remake of the 1974 crime drama By Ashley Lee The Gambler bets on Mark Wahlberg to produce and star in ...

Mark Wahlberg comes off as more of an entitled jerk. Bratty and self-destructive make for a bad combination, and it’s what we get from the title character this time around. This new “Gambler ...

Mark Wahlberg has played cops, soldiers, a deep-sea fisherman, a porn star and a family man fighting alien robots. But "The Gambler" is the first time he has been cast as a college English teacher.

“No energy, no nutrition, and the studio, there was a complaint about that, that my lips were always looking blue,” Wahlberg said. “What the f—k do you want me to do? I haven’t eaten anythin ...

The new thriller “The Gambler’’ is unmistakably set in ... self-destructive English professor Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) – but it belongs as much to Boston as it does to the City of ...

Mark Wahlberg might’ve lost 60 pounds to play English professor and degenerate gambler Jim Bennett in his latest film, “The Gambler,” but he looked mighty fine at the premiere at AFI Fest ...

Mark Wahlberg‘s “The Gambler” will have its world premiere at the AFI Fest on Nov. 10. The Paramount film, directed by Rupert Wyatt and written by Oscar-winner William Monahan, follows a ...