Mark Wahlberg preps for 'Date Night'

April 13, 2009 Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Common and Jimmi Simpson are making plans for "Date Night," 20th Century Fox's Steve Carell-Tina Fey comedy being directed by Shawn Levy. The script, by Simon Kinberg and Aline McKenna, follows a couple whose routine night turns into much more than dinner and a movie when they are mistaken for somebody else. Wahlberg will play a man working in private security, who deals with black ops and offers to help the couple, while Franco is a dim con man.

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