Mark Wahlberg, the star of “Four Brothers,” hatched the sequel idea with that film’s writers, David Elliot and Paul Lovett.

The original movie, directed by John Singleton, revolved around four adopted brothers (Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin and Garret Hedlund) who come together to avenge their mother’s death in what at first appears to be a random robbery. Although not a massive hit, it still grossed a tidy $74 million at the domestic box office.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, and it is not clear which of the other actors, if any, would return. Hedlund would appear to be out, as his character was killed in the first movie. Wahlberg stars in Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones,” which opens nationally on Friday, and appears in the upcoming “Date Night” with Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
Source: Reuters

Mark Wahlberg tells Ellen DeGeneres about new baby Grace, his fourth child with wife Rhea Durham, born earlier this week.

“Yeah, I’m the youngest of nine. So, the more the merrier,” he says, “but my wife has always wanted four — two boys and two girls, so miraculously she got everything she wanted.”

Asks Ellen: “And, is she saying she’s done? You want more?”