Christian Bale joins Mark Wahlberg in PRISONERS

Now this is a match up I never thought I would see. Christian Bale in a movie starring along side Mark Wahlberg. According to The Hollywood Repoter's Risky Busines Blog, Christian Bale has attached himself to a film project called Prisoners. Apparently Prisoners is one of the hottest scripts in Hollywood right now. Mark Wahlberg has been on the project from the beginning and Bryan Singer has said that he want's to direct the film, but he is not officially attached. And neither is Christian bale for that matter. For all I know this could be one big rumor.

So what is the story of this edgy impressive script everyone is talking about?

After his 6-year-old daughter and her friend are kidnapped, a small-town carpenter butts heads with a young, brash detective in charge of the investigation.  The father is a Bible-reading, deer-hunting survivalist. The cop, meanwhile, can’t wait to get to the city. Feeling failed by the law, the father captures the man he believes responsible and begins to torture him in a desperate attempt to find out what he did with the girls, whom he’s convinced are still alive.

That's the basic setup. There's a lot more there, but we won't spoil it except to say the two leads have great arcs and the supporting players, especially the mothers, have juicy parts. The script is dark -- Disney ain’t touchin' this one -- and a real page-turner.

So there you have it folks. This could end up being a good movie if Wahlberg can get his act together. The guy did a great job in The Departed but was horrific in 'The Happening' and 'Max Payne'. Maybe his acting abilities all come down to who directs him. Not sure what singer can do with him if he takes it. Christian bale on the other hand just has a natural talent. So what do you think about this new movie/