Travis Knight Set to Direct ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ for

“Bumblebee” director Travis Knight has been tapped to direct “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” the modernized replace of the 1970s TV sequence “The Six Million Dollar Man,” for Warner Bros., a person with information of the challenge tells TheWrap. Both are primarily based on the novel “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin.

Sue Kroll, Bill Gerber and Stephen Levinson are producing. Bill Dubuque wrote the latest draft of the screenplay. The earlier draft was written by Argentinian filmmaker Damian Szifron, who was additionally beforehand connected to direct and left the challenge as a consequence of artistic variations.

Mark Wahlberg is ready to star as former navy officer Steve Austin, who turns into a undercover agent after he suffers a horrific accident and his life is saved by cutting-edge bionic implants that grant him extraordinary talents. Previously, Mel Gibson was provided the a part of Oscar Goldman, the navy liaison who mentors Austin.

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Warners purchased the rights to the challenge in 2017 after the Weinstein Company chapter.

Knight, who has earned vital popularity of animated movies like “Kubo and the Two Strings,” most not too long ago directed “Transformers” spinoff “Bumblebee” for Paramount.

Knight is repped by CAA.

Variety first reported the information.