Editing The Six Million Dollar Man (section)

===Film===
[[Universal Pictures]] developed a screenplay in 1995 with [[Kevin Smith]], but the outing never materialized. In December 2001, it was announced that Universal had pacted with [[Dimension Films]] on the project after Dimension president [[Bob Weinstein]] saw its potential as a franchise.<ref name="billion"/> Universal retained film rights to the original TV show, while Dimension purchased the rights to the ''Cyborg'' novel,<ref name="Carrey">{{cite news|author=Fleming, Michael|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/bionic-buddies-for-dimension-1117894362|title=Bionic buddies for Dimension|work=Variety|date=October 21, 2003|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> as well as Caidin's three other novels in the series: ''Operation Nuke'', ''High Crystal'' and ''Cyborg IV''. Larry Gordon and Scott Faye were going to produce with Paul Rosenberg's Collision Entertainment.<ref name="billion">{{cite news|author1=Lyons, Charles |author2=Harris, Dana |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/dimension-u-rebuild-man-1117857303|title=Dimension, U rebuild 'Man'|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2001|access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> Smith's screenplay was later adapted for ''The Bionic Man'', an ongoing comic book series launched in 2011 by Dynamite Comics.

In October 2002, Trevor Sands was hired to write a new screenplay, titled ''[[The Six Billion Dollar Man]]'',<ref>{{cite news|author=Lyons, Charles|title=Pic worth a 'Billion' |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/news/pic-worth-a-billion-1117873704 |work=Variety|date=October 2, 2002 |access-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> but Dimension scrapped it when actor [[Jim Carrey]] pitched a comedic take on the material for him to star in, with [[Scot Armstrong]] as writer and [[Todd Phillips]] as director/co-writer. Filming was expected to begin in 2004.<ref name="Carrey"/>

In a July 2006 interview at [[San Diego Comic-Con]], [[Richard Anderson]] (who played Oscar Goldman in the series) stated that he was involved with producing a movie of the series,<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Anderson at Comicon '06 by ZabberBOX |url=http://revver.com/video/43736/15606 |website=Revver Online Video Sharing Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231195502/http://revver.com/video/43736/15606 |archive-date=December 31, 2007 |date=August 3, 2006}}</ref> but the rights were at the time in [[litigation]] between [[Miramax Films|Miramax]] and Universal.

On November 6, 2014, it was announced that a feature film, tentatively titled ''The Six Billion Dollar Man'', would go into production. [[Mark Wahlberg]] was set to play Colonel Steve Austin, with [[Peter Berg]] as director. Filming was to begin in early 2015, for a theatrical release the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/mark-wahlberg-six-billion-dollar-man-movie-peter-berg-1201274727 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141130050135/http://deadline.com/2014/11/mark-wahlberg-six-billion-dollar-man-movie-peter-berg-1201274727 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 30, 2014 |title=Mark Wahlberg & Peter Berg Are Bionic Duo On 'Six Billion Dollar Man' (Inflation) |date=6 November 2014 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=2014-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/mark-wahlberg-the-gambler-interview/ |title=Mark Wahlberg Talks THE GAMBLER, Shedding Sixty Pounds For The Role, THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN, DEEPWATER HORIZON, and More |website=Collider |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=2014-12-24}}</ref> On November 2, 2015, it was reported that Berg had left the film and had been replaced by [[Damian Szifron]], who will also write the film. Filming was to begin in September 2016 with a December 22, 2017 release date.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/six-billion-dollar-man-mark-836107 |title=Mark Wahlberg's 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Gets December 2017 Release Date|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=November 2, 2015}}</ref>

In December 2017, [[The Weinstein Company]] sold the film's rights to [[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/2017/12/06/warner-bros-six-billion-dollar-man-weinstein-company|title=Warner Bros. Buys 'Six Billion Dollar Man' From Weinstein Company|website=moviefone.com}}</ref> As of January 2018, they hoped to start filming the movie in mid 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/six-billion-dollar-man-wahlberg-filming-summer-2018/|title=Mark Wahlberg's Six Billion Dollar Man Starts Filming This Summer|website=Screen Rant|last=Burke|first=Carolyn|date=January 5, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, they set an early to mid 2019 release for the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/mark-wahlberg-six-billion-dollar-release-1202716312/|title=Mark Wahlberg's 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Set for 2019 Summer Release|date=March 2, 2018|website=Variety|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> The film was moved to June 5, 2020, until ''[[Wonder Woman 1984]]'' took over the release date,<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/six-billion-dollar-man-shining-sequel-doctor-sleep-1202396965/|title= 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Pushed To Summer 2020 As Pic Looks For New Director; 'The Shining' Sequel Finds Date; 'Godzilla 2' & Others Shift|date=23 May 2018|website=Deadline|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> and in April 2019, [[Travis Knight]] and [[Bill Dubuque]] replaced Szifron as director and writer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/six-billion-dollar-man-travis-knight-mark-wahlberg-1203191267/|title='Bumblebee' Director to Tackle 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Adaptation for WB, Mark Wahlberg (EXCLUSIVE)|date=16 April 2019|website=Variety|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>