Washington, Jan. 22 -- Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed are set to headline the upcoming thriller 'The Big Fix', with Baltasar Kormakur attached to direct, according to Deadline.
The script is being written by Guy Bolton and Justin Haythe, while Kormakur will also produce alongside Peter Chernin and David Ready under the Chernin banner. Inspired by true events, 'The Big Fix' centers on a former Interpol officer now stuck in a bureaucratic post at FIFA who stumbles upon a sprawling international match-fixing operation.
As he digs deeper, he targets a driven hustler working with Chinese Triads to rig football matches for massive profits. What follows is a fast-paced, globe-trotting game of cat and mouse as the two men close in on each other.
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