Mark Wahlberg s Infinite Movie Gets Release Date on Paramount+
Antoine Fuqua s new sci-fi action movie
Infinite, starring Mark Wahlberg, will skip theaters and head straight to streaming exclusively on Paramount+ on Thursday, June 10. The film envisions the concept of reincarnation through high-end visual effects and characters who must use their inherited skills and memories from their past lives to protect the future. Wahlberg leads a cast that also includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson, Jason Mantzoukas, Rupert Friend, and Liz Carr, with Toby Jones and Dylan O’Brien. The film is based on the book
The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Makranz, adapted in a screenplay by Ian Shorr from a story by Todd Stein. Here s the official synopsis:
Mark Wahlberg s Infinite Goes Straight-To-Streaming on Paramount+ This June
Mark Wahlberg s Infinite Goes Straight-To-Streaming on Paramount+ This June
Mark Wahlberg and director Antoine Fuqua s sci-fi action flick, Infinite, will skip theaters and instead premiere on Paramount+.
The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua s sci-fi action flick,
Infinite, which will now premiere on Paramount+ in June 2021. Due to the ongoing global situation, big studio releases moving away from the traditional theatrical release and opting instead for a streaming one has become a familiar site over the past year.
Based on the book
Infinite follows
Mark Wahlberg as Evan McCauley, a guy who is haunted daily by skills he has never learned and the memories of places he s never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, he is rescued by a secret group whose members call themselves Infinites.
Infinite, starring Mark Wahlberg and the latest adaptation of
Cinderella, which marks the film debut of singer Camilla Cabello, will both be headed to streaming services.
In the case of
Infinite, which Antoine Fuqua directed from Ian Shorr s script, the film, originally dated for September, is moving to the Paramount+ service across the pond, and is now targeting a June debut.
Based on D. Eric Maikranz book
The Reincarnationist Papers,
Infinite follows Evan McCauley (Wahlberg), a guy who is haunted daily by skills he has never learned and the memories of places he’s never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, he is rescued by a secret group whose members call themselves Infinites. They reveal to him that his memories are real – but they are from multiple past lives.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, this summer.
The Hollywood Reporter has news on Paramount+ planning to expand their original programming line-up in a big way starting in 2022. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish didn’t expand upon details regarding the roster of titles that will be part of this initiative, but he did say, “It will be a range of different kinds of movies” including blockbusters and movies made specifically for Paramount+ under the Paramount Players banner. There will also be titles coming from the Nickelodeon and Awesomeness banners.
Based on that statement, I’m wondering if Paramount will count major theatrical releases that also head to Paramount+ among the titles that will help them meet their goal of releasing one original movie each week. Previously, we heard that movies like