The skies are lots much less pleasant to fly with a balding, unhinged Mark Wahlberg within the pilot seat.

That’s the takeaway from the brand new trailer for “Flight Danger,” a thriller from Mel Gibson, who’s exchanging the battlefields of Scotland (“Braveheart”) and the Pacific Theater (“Hacksaw Ridge”) for an in-flight face-off between Wahlberg’s psycho killer and Michelle Dockery’s FBI agent. She’s been tasked with escorting a authorities witness (Topher Grace) to trial; He’s obtained a contract to shoot the turncoat earlier than he can sing. The 2 collide on a small airplane that’s charting a course over the Alaskan wilderness.

Wahlberg is clearly having the time of his life because the follically challenged hitman, which is a departure from his typical heroic roles. Dockery, finest identified for her higher crust activate “Downton Abbey,” can also be enjoying towards sort. Lionsgate is releasing the film on Jan. 24.  “Flight Danger” was written by Jared Rosenberg. 

Wahlberg and Gibson just lately collaborated on “Father Stu,” a faith-based drama that hit theaters in 2022. Gibson, whose A-list profession was derailed by a sequence of off-screen controversies, hasn’t directed a movie since 2016’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” which earned him an Oscar nomination. He beforehand received an Academy Award for “Braveheart” and in addition oversaw “Apocalypto” and “The Ardour of the Christ.” He’s planning to make a follow-up to the spiritual epic.

Wahlberg was final seen in Netflix’s “The Union,” a spy comedy that co-starred Halle Berry. Dockery appeared in “Right here” alongside Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. And Grace appeared within the well-received horror movie, “Heretic.”