Mystery/Thriller ‘By Any Means’ | Mark Wahlberg, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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Nicole Beharie, Giancarlo Esposito, Josh Lucas, David Strathairn & More Join Elegance Bratton’s Crime Thriller ‘By Any Means’

Crime thriller 'By Any Means' has added Nicole Beharie, Giancarlo Esposito, Josh Lucas and more to its cast, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Inspection‘s Elegance Bratton has added seven to the cast of his new crime thriller, By Any Means: Emmy nominee Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show), 5x Emmy nom Giancarlo Esposito(Captain America: Brave New World), Josh Lucas(Palm Royale), Oscar nominee David Strathairn(The Luckiest Man in America), Ethan Embry (Scream 7), LisaGay Hamilton (The Dropout), and multiple Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Outsiders).

We’re told Esposito will play Vernon Dahmer, an NAACP leader murdered by the KKK for his work on voter recruitment, though details on the other roles haven’t been disclosed. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg lead the ensemble, as previously announced. Production kicked off in Atlanta yesterday.

Based on the Black List script CI34 by Sascha Penn, with revisions by Theodore Witcher, By Any Means tells the incredible true story of the notorious mafia hitman who was hired by Hoover’s FBI off-the-books and partnered with a young Black special agent to hunt down those responsible for the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.