Casting Couch: Wahlberg Saddles Up; Hairspray Sequel Spritzed Up; Burton Finds His Alice
Published 7/24/2008 at Celebrity Fix
Today's installment finds Mark Wahlberg swapping those Boogie Nights for the Miami heat, John Waters breaking out the beehives again for a Hairspray sequel and Tim Burton finding a girl to take a spin through the looking-glass in his Alice in Wonderland.First up, Wahlberg is attached to executive produce and costar with Peter Berg in Cocaine Cowboys, a drama Berg is slated to direct based on the true story of a Vietnam vet who ran a powerful cocaine syndicate in South Florida in the 1970s.
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