Mark Wahlberg May Get Back in the Ring for 'The Fighter' Sequel

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Mar 15th 2011 12:35PM

Ding ding: round two. Following the success of 'The Fighter,' Mark Wahlberg is putting ideas of a sequel into the ring.

According to Entertainment Weekly's interview with the producer and star of the boxing biopic, Wahlberg is championing a return to the screen to complete boxer Micky Ward's journey.

"I'm trying to plant the idea in everyone's head that we should do -- not five or six 'Fighters' like 'Rocky' -- but one more because the big thing that Micky Ward was famous for was his three epic battles with Arturo Gatti," Wahlberg tells EW. "So we're talking about possibly taking one more run at it."

Not only would a follow-up film fill out the legendary boxer's epic rise to champion but could potentially share the same epic box office numbers as the original. According to EW, the film has earned more than $93 million domestically.

And audiences aren't the only ones praising the film. 'The Fighter' earned seven Academy Award nominations, two resulting in Best Supporting Actor and Actress wins for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, respectively. Wahlberg is counting on the fact that his cast of award winning and nominated actors would also jump at the opportunity to get back in the ring.

"Everybody had such an amazing experience making the movie that I can't imagine they wouldn't want to go back," Wahlberg said. "But it's still kind [of] in the early stages."

Would you head back to the theater to see Mark Wahlberg reprise his role as Micky Ward, or has the flick sweated out all it's worth at its first go-around?

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Tuesday 15 March

By kristine

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By David

Have not seen "The Figther" yet and have no desire to. Not a fan of boxing movies or Marky Mark.

By Ashlee

You are missing out. "The Fighter" is an incredible story and Mark Wahlberg does a fantastic job.

By dorkface

no no no...do NOT mess with a great movie..sequels almost always suck

By azzmaneast

is it going to be called mickey 2 , like the rocky sequels

By Nicole

I liked The Fighter, not loved it like everyone else did. Both Bale and Walberg did great jobs but the movie was a little slow and didn’t show the fights with Gatti which were the best!

By luis

Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg work great together,Christian Bale was funny as hell everytime jumping out the window. The whole cast was great.Great Movie 2 thumbs way up.

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