Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, better known by his stage name Marky Mark, is an American actor, producer, businessman, and former rapper who was born on June 5, 1971.
Joe Bell is a biographical road movie directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green in 2020, based on a screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller, and Connie Britton feature in the picture, which is based on the actual tale of a father and his gay son who set out on a cross-country walk to bond.
Joe Bell made its global premiere on September 14, 2020, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States by Roadside Attractions on July 23, 2021. Critics were split on whether the film was feel-good and uplifting or reductive and manufactured, giving it mixed reviews.
Cary Joji Fukunaga was named as the director of the picture in April 2015, based on a script by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Under their VisionChaos Productions and Parliament of Owls banners, Fukunaga would produce the film, while Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker, and Eva Maria Daniels would produce it under their respective VisionChaos Productions and Parliament of Owls banners. The film would be produced and distributed by A24. In its first weekend, the film earned $674,000 from 1,094 theatres, placing it 11th at the box office.
