
Remember Donnie Wahlberg? The “new kid on the block.” Or is it now “the old guy down the street?” Well, Marky Mark’s older brother is going to be starring in a new TNT Drama. Reuters has the story.
Donnie Wahlberg and director/producer Jon Avnet have teamed up with cable network TNT to develop a crime drama about a young war hero turned Drug Enforcement Administration officer working in his hometown of Boston.
Wahlberg, a Boston native, is expected to star in the tentatively titled “Morse Code,” which is being written by former “Law & Order” writer-producer Walon Green, with Avnet expected to direct.
I was watching The Sixth Sense the other day, and I was thinking “this guy has potential.” Too bad, the biggest acting gig he has gotten lately has been the Saw films. Maybe this show will be an outlet for him to show what he just might be able to do.


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I heard he was pretty good in Spike TV’s The Kill Point, although I haven’t watched it yet. He does have a lot of potential when it comes to acting. He just needs the right gig. Perhaps this will be it …