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Mark Wahlberg And Riz Ahmed To Star In Crime Thriller ‘The Big Fix’ From Baltasar Kormákur, Chernin Entertainment And Netflix

The Big Fix depicts a former Interpol officer uncovering a global football match-fixing scandal involving Chinese Triads, driving a high-stakes investigation, Netflix and Chernin said.

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EXCLUSIVE: Before its highly-anticipated Charlize Theron thriller, Apex bows later this spring, Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have already found their next project for director Baltasar Kormákur which will team him up with a familiar face. Sources tell Deadline, Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed are set to star in the Netflix and Chernin thriller The Big Fix, with Kormákur on board to direct. Guy Bolton and Justin Haythe are penning the script wit…

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Baltasar Kormákur's next film is the Netflix thriller The Big Fix about a FIFA clerk who uncovers a major betting scam linked to the Chinese mafia and ends up in a chase with an ambitious con artist. Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed star.

Netflix doesn't like it when talent sits idle. No sooner had director Baltasar Kormákur finished streaming the survival thriller "The Summit," starring Charlize Theron, which is set to release on the platform on April 24, 2026, than he's already being approached about a new feature project. It will also be a thriller, titled "The Big Fix," and it's highly likely.

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Deadline broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
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