EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation, Netflix has acquired The Operator , an action thriller spec from Harrison Query , with Mark Wahlberg attached to star, sources tell Deadline.

Reps for Netflix declined to comment. We’re told that the film has Wahlberg playing an ex-Tier One Operator who earns a living as one of the CIA’s invisible clean-up men. When he’s ordered to shepherd his most hated target to safety, the mission turns into a high-stakes cat and mouse game for survival.

For Wahlberg and his producing partner, Stephen Levinson, the project marks a continuing partnership with Netflix following work on starring vehicles for the actor including Spenser Confidential , The Union and Me Time .

The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona will pr

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