Halle Berry joins Mark Wahlberg in new Netflix spy movie

Halle Berry in Kidnap
(Image credit: Aviron Pictures)

Halle Berry will star opposite Mark Wahlberg in Our Man From New Jersey, a new spy movie from Netflix.

The movie has been described as "a blue collar James Bond" – Berry is a Bond alum, starring alongside Pierce Brosnan in 2002's Die Another Day, so this sounds like it'll be familiar ground for her. Any further details about the plot or Berry's character are being kept tightly under wraps. 

Her co-star Wahlberg is also on board as a producer, with David Guggenheim writing the script. The screenwriter previously penned the thrillers Safe House, starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, and Stolen, starring Nicolas Cage. 

This isn't the first time Berry has worked with the streamer – Netflix recently acquired her directorial debut, Bruised, which she also stars in, playing a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter. Her last role was in the action thriller John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and she's no stranger to franchises – she played Storm in four X-Men movies, most recently, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and she played the title role in 2004's Catwoman. On top of these big name roles, Berry is also still the only Black woman to ever win the Best Actress award at the Oscars.

Meanwhile, we can next see Wahlberg on the big screen in the Uncharted movie, an adaptation of the video game of the same name. He plays Victor Sullivan, the mentor of Tom Holland's character, Nathan Drake.

While we wait for Our Man From New Jersey to hit the streamer, check out our list of the best Netflix movies to watch right now.

Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

Read more
Brittany Snow as Alice in The Night Agent season 2
The Night Agent star had no idea his season 2 co-star originally auditioned to play the Netflix show's female lead
Josh Hartnett in Fight or Flight
Trap star Josh Hartnett's wild new thriller Fight or Flight is designed to be "be an anti John Wick", but with the same killer action
Maria Sten as Francis Neagley in Reacher
Highly anticipated Reacher spin off adds The Night Agent and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood stars to its cast
No Time to Die
Daniel Craig breaks silence on Amazon taking over James Bond franchise, by raising a martini glass to the original producers
Josh Hartnett in Fight or Flight
Trap star Josh Hartnett is stuck on a plane full of assassins in first trailer for new action thriller from the team behind John Wick
Keanu Reeves and Brzrkr
Justin Lin to helm Keanu Reeves' comic book movie adaptation BRZRKR for Netflix
Latest in Action Movies
Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World
Brave New World box office crosses milestone for Captain America movies, even though it still might not break even
Michael Bay
Michael Bay and James Cameron had a call to commiserate over the state of the movie industry: "No one can greenlight anything anymore"
Daniel Craig in No Time to Die
James Bond will reportedly remain male and British under new Amazon management, as Pierce Brosnan says it's "a given" that the next actor must not be American
Batman and Catwoman talking
Robert Pattinson is hoping to team up with his The Batman co-star Zoe Kravitz on another project soon
Keanu Reeves and Brzrkr
Justin Lin to helm Keanu Reeves' comic book movie adaptation BRZRKR for Netflix
Black Widow post-credits
Avengers Tower will have a new name in Thunderbolts, and the movie's director says it's "a symbol of things taking a darker turn"
Latest in News
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
5 years after starting development, Neil Druckmann says Naughty Dog's new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "still evolving and changing as we're making it"
Silent Hill f
After 2 years of silence, the next mainline Silent Hill game is getting a dedicated stream this week with "the latest news"
Original Xbox console
Former Microsoft exec says the first Xbox was killed early in favor of 360 because it was "losing money left right and center," but luckily "we could afford to hemorrhage cash"
A Monster Hunter Wilds character holding binoculars.
Despite Monster Hunter Wilds suffering monstrous performance problems on PC, it still outsold the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions in the US
Jordan A. Mun looks at herself in a mirror in just a vest in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet screenshot
The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann says Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will also be about "being lonely," as if his zombie apocalypse wasn’t isolating enough: "I really want you to be lost"
A screenshot of Jordan drinking a soda during the reveal trailer for Intergalactic: The Hertic Prophet.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is "a game about faith and religion," which Neil Druckmann jokes will surely get less hate than The Last of Us 2