The 70's series actually fueled the prosthetic industry. Patients needing new limbs would ask for the "same thing" that the 6 million dollar man has; forcing medical companies to come up with more advanced technology.
Martin Caidin actually claimed his book was based upon a Government project and that there was in fact a viable 'Cyborg' created as the result of that project.
Peter Berg was attached to direct for a short time. He previously directed Wahlberg in Lone Survivor (2013), Patriots Day (2016), Deepwater Horizon (2016), and Mile 22 (2018).