Mark Wahlberg in talks to replace Chris Evans for Antoine Fuqua’s Infinite

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Back in May, Paramount had dated Chris Evans' past-lives thriller, INFINITE, for an August 7, 2020 release. However, word has come down the wire today that BOOGIE NIGHTS actor Mark Wahlberg is in talks to replace Evans as the star of director Antoine Fuqua's next big project. Evans' departure from the endeavor comes after discovering some scheduling issues with the film's production. As such, the role of Evan Michaels for the film based on D. Eric Maikranz’s novel “The Reincarnationist Papers,” will become Wahlberg's as soon as he signs on the dotted line.

As per the project's description, INFINITE centers on the Cognomina, a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives. When a troubled young man haunted by memories of two past lives stumbles upon the centuries-old society, he decides to join their ranks.

Adapting the story for Fuqua's version is Ian Shorr, who in the past has scripted the 2018 horror comedy OFFICE UPRISING, in addition to several episodes of the TRENCHES television series, among others.

John Zaozirny is producing INFINITE alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian at Di Bonaventura Pictures, with Rafi Crohn acting as the film's executive producer.

Before directing the documentaries WHAT'S MY NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI and AMERICAN DREAM/AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, Fuqua helmed THE EQUALIZER 2 starring Denzel Washington, a sequel to the original 2014 action thriller that centers on a man working to put his mysterious past behind him and live a quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by – he has to help her. He must become The Equalizer. Dun dun dunnn!

For now, INFINITE is still scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 7, 2020.