By Any Means Trailer with Abdul-Mateen II and Wahlberg
Paramount Pictures has released the official trailer and poster for By Any Means, a new crime film set for release in theaters on September 4, 2026.
Based on a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur.
When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law
has limits. They don’t. The film has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
The cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo Esposito.
Directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn, By Any Means was executive-produced by David Goldman, Brent Guttman, Mark Carmer, Chris Tremann, Petr Jakl, Lee Broda, Jeff Rice, Adam Kolbrenner, Sascha Penn, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Nicki Cortese, Chase Vergari, Gianni Benvenuto, Ibrahim Mohammed, Yasmyne Mohammed, and Logan Coles.
The executive producers also include Jonathan Miller, Rob McGillivray, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Richie Walls, Brando Eaton, Gregg Davis, Philip Schenkler, Kevin Lee, Jesse Fox, Dorit L. Hakim-Kramer, Lee Shira, Jonathan Oakes, Walter Josten, Patrick Josten, Brian Keefe, Kim Atwood Cleworth, Jason Pamer, Victor Moyers, Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall, and Warren Goz.
The producers include Alex Lebovici, p.g.a., Chester Algernal Gordon, p.g.a., Elegance Bratton, p.g.a., Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, p.g.a., Mark Wahlberg, and Stephen Levinson.
Paramount Pictures is presenting a Hammerston Studios, Thunder Road Films, Freedom Principle Productions, Ballpoint Productions, and Municipal Pictures production in association with north.five.six., Script 2 Screen, Harbor Fund, Wonder Street, LB Entertainment, Jeff Rice Films, Fieldhouse Pictures, and Siena Film Foundation.
