Mark Wahlberg and Connie Britton will star alongside up-and-coming actor Reid Miller in Reinaldo Marcus Green new film ?Good Joe Bell,? written by Academy Award-winning ?Brokeback Mountain? scribes Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry.
?Good Joe Bell? tells the true story of Oregonian father Joe Bell (Wahlberg) who sets out on a walk across America with his son, Jadin (Miller).
The film is Green?s follow-up to ?Monsters and Men,? his feature film directorial debut that was released last year.
Production on the ?Good Joe Bell? is set to begin April 15 in Utah.
Producers on the film include: Daniela Taplin Lundberg (?Honey Boy?, ?The Kids Are All Right?) of Stay Gold, Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal of Nine Stories, Eva Maria Daniels of Vision Chaos, Cary Fukunaga of Parliament of Owls, Ryan Ahrens of Argent Pictures (?Hacksaw Ridge?), Wahlberg, and Stephen Levinson.
Argent Pictures and Hercules Film Fund are co-financing the film, with Argent Pictures? Jill Ahrens, Ben Renzo, Tony Parker, Derick Brooks, Michael Finley and Drew Brees executive producing.
Ossana and McMurtry will also serve as executive producers, and Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis, Terry Dougas and Jean-Luc De Fanti will executive produce for Hercules and Rhea Films.
Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales for the film.