Mark Wahlberg may be backing away from his earlier comments on the possibility of a sequel to The Departed (Filmstalker review) as he now suggests that a sequel is not likely.

In recent comments he compares it to The Brazilian Job, a film that I thought was going ahead, but there you go:

"Until I'm actually on the set it's not happening. It's about as confirmed as the Italian Job sequel, The Brazilian Job...Until we can make it better than the first one, it's not worth discussing."

The comments come from Teletext and suggest that the film really isn't goin anywhere.

I think it's safe to say that we could have guessed that already, all the talk was just speculation and possibly trying to keep his name involved so if there was a sequel he wouldn't be far from it. Or, he was just talking openly to the press anyway.

Regardless, it doesn't look like this is happening anytime soon, and I'm guessing that you all think that's a good idea. Anyway, there are plenty more Asian gangster films to remake!