'The Departed' co-stars Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg are to be reunited in the upcoming flick 'The Fighter', about boxing.

The film is based on a true story about two boxers, ‘Irish’ Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and half-brother Dicky Eklund (Damon). The movie will follow Eklund, throwing away his own boxing career after being thrown in jail for drugs; his younger brother Ward, quitting his career when he was 26-years-old after some brutal bouts; and Eklund’s encouragement of Ward to get back in the game, and coaching him to eventually become a lightweight champion, after he was released.

Wahlberg says he's been wanting to do a movie about boxing his entire career. “It’s something I’m very excited about.”

Matt Damon beat out Wahlberg's brother Donnie for the role.

No director has been tapped for the project, but Wahlberg wants Martin Scorsese, who directed 'The Departed'.

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