The Six Billion Dollar Man movie just lost Damian Szifron, the director of the Mark Wahlberg movie.

If you didn’t already know, Mark Wahlberg is starring in the movie adaptation of the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man. Read on to see why the director just got booted from the project…

CelebNMovies247.com has learned that Six Billion Dollar Man movie needs a new director ASAP!

Warner Bros. bought the rights to the Six Million Dollar Man project, which stars Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson, late last year from the Weinstein Company.

Deadline reports:

Damian Szifron has been fired from The Six Billion Dollar Man movie due to creative differences and, possibly, a “language barrier.” Szifron is an Argentine film and television director and screenwriter who was set to make his American debut with the big budget Six Billion Dollar Man starring Mark Wahlberg.

Unfortunately, that ain’t happening and now the movie NEEDS a new director ASAP!

The story focuses on Colonel Steve Austin (not to be confused with Stone Cold Steve Austin). Austin is a pilot who gets shot down and nearly killed. To save him, a secret government agency gives Austin bionic implants to make him part man, part machine. In other words, it’s like RoboCop, without all the subversive stuff. Mark Wahlberg is set to play Austin.

Szifron joined the film in 2015, when he was first hired to write for director Peter Berg. At some point, Berg left the project, and Szifron was tapped to direct.

Szifron said at the time:

The themes surrounding this beloved property allow for the creation of a memorable sci-fi actioner as well as a bold spy thriller. Expectations are high and I’ll do my best to deliver the strongest basis for an amazing cinematic experience.

THR indicates that there might already be a candidate for the position: Mel Gibson. Gibson is being courted to play Austin’s mentor Oscar Goldman in the film. Gibson, of course, has a background in filmmaking.

Meanwhile, Wahlberg has remained with the project despite the many roadbumps.

He weighed in saying:

[I’m] very, very excited. Damian [Szifron] has written an amazing script, and I can’t wait. I think it’s going to be a game changer. It’s action, but it’s very character driven. I would say it will be more like a Bourne than like a Marvel movie. Grounded. Real. Edgy.

At least Szifron will still be getting his writing credit from the production despite being canned from the directors seat.

The Six Billion Dollar Man is set to hit theaters May 31, 2019.

Are you excited for the movie version?