Paramount Pictures acquires civil rights era crime thriller "By Any Means" starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg

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Paramount Pictures acquired U.S. rights to the civil rights era crime thriller "By Any Means," starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg. The film, set in 1966 Mississippi and loosely based on true events, follows an FBI agent and a mafia hitman forced into an alliance to investigate the killings of civil rights leaders. "By Any Means" is scheduled for a theatrical release on September 4.


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