Streaming service Netflix has released the first trailer for “Spenser Confidential,” an upcoming action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke. The film is based on the best-selling novel “Wonderland” by Ace Atkins, and on the Spenser character created by Robert B. Parker. The late Robert Ulrich played the first on-screen version of the character in the “Spenser: For Hire” television series, broadcast on ABC from 1985 until 1988.
The new Netflix film stars, which is scheduled to be released on March 6, 2020, co-stars Post Malone, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Bokeem Woodbine, Cassie Ventura, and Donald Cerrone.
Wahlberg stars as ex-Boston cop Spenser — better known for making trouble than solving it — who teams up with his brash, no-nonsense MMA fighter partner Hawk (Duke) Wahlberg is a producer on the film, alongside director Peter Berg, and Neal H. Moritz.
Watch Netflix’s first trailer for “Spenser Confidential” at the link here.
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