‘Power’s Sascha Penn Pens Civil Rights Thriller

​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.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars in Paramount Pictures’ “BY ANY MEANS.” | © 2026 PARAMOUNT PICTURES

When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. 



Written by Sascha Penn  the screenwriter best known as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the Starz television series”Power Book III: Raising Kanan” the film releases in theaters Sep 4th.

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