Actor James Colby has joined Mark Wahlberg in "Patriots Day", an upcoming drama on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Peter Berg will direct the picture that also stars JK Simmons and John Goodman, said The Hollywood Reporter.
In the film, Colby, 54, will play Billy Evans, who was a superintendent in the Boston Police Department during the investigation and subsequent manhunt surrounding the homegrown terrorist attack.
Colby's credits include "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and the comedy "Tower Heist".
