By Land And By Sea

As someone who lives just outside of Philadelphia--I'm quite looking forward to seeing Invincible (opening on August 25th 2006) even as a non Philadelphia Eagles football fan. I am just old enough to remember Vince Papale, a down-on-his-luck teacher, and part-time bartender who tried out for the team in 1976--making the roster. For me the team may not be my favorite, but any flick that highlights Philly, deserves my attention.

In the movie, Mark Wahlberg plays Papale while, actor Greg Kinnear plays legendary coach Dick Vermeil.

While out promoting the film, The Movie Reporter caught up with Wahlberg... Surprisingly, the first question asked was regarding a rumored Aquaman movie...

With the huge success of Wahlberg’s HBO series “Entourage”, where he serves as executive producer, rumors have been flying around for a real feature film Aquaman. On the show, hot Hollywood actor Vincent Chase is set to portray Aquaman in a James Cameron directed big screen version of the superhero.

Subsequently, with the Aquaman spoof on the hit show, there has been a lot talk of an actual feature film. When asked about it...He denies that such a project exists that has him filling out the wetsuit

Although, he does acknowledge there has been talk from multiple sources he says he would be more interested in producing such a project rather than star in it.

So who would be his first choice to star as the underwater superhero? Why Adrian Grenier of course who portrays Vincent Chase in Entourage who is portraying the Aquaman in the fictional feature film of the storyline. Confused? He isn't, he says Adrian is already Aquaman for him and he would be his choice.

So where do we stand? It’s all talk right now, but we may see something in the future, but Wahlberg will not be starring perhaps behind the camera instead and his first choice, well his only choice actually, would be Vince, Adrian Grenier, the star of Entourage.

Live action Aquaman has had a tough go of it lately. The CW Television Network passed on a TV series, based on the comic book hero, called "Mercy Reef" this past spring. Developed by the team that created Smallville, at least the pilot is making some waves. For quite some time, the aborted Aquaman pilot was the top TV show download, on iTunes. In fact, the August 11th, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine had a half-page article about the iTunes success of the Aquaman pilot and what it might mean for the possible future of the project.

From AquamanTV:

"If some network wanted the show, we'd find a way to work it out," creator Alfred Gough told the magazine. Unfortunately, the magazine notes that the CW currently has "no plans to save Aquaman from his watery grave."

I have seen the pilot in question and, it's OK, at best--That said, I see the concept of Aquaman working better as a weekly series, than a feature film franchise.