“Mark Wahlberg and Sterling K. Brown star in 'By Any Means' thriller”

EXCLUSIVE: After watching his first narrative film The inspection In 2022, director Elegance Bratton is receiving rave reviews and is back behind the camera In any casea true crime thriller starring Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg (The fighter) and Sterling K. Brown (American fiction) for Hammerstone Studios, Thunder Road, Freedom Principle and North.Five.Six.

Based on the Black List script CI34 by Sascha Penn (Educate Kanan, Creed II) with revisions by Bratton and Ted Witcher, In any case will be presented to buyers at the upcoming AFM by Michael Rothstein and Samuel Hall's North.Five.Six. presented, which takes care of international sales.

“Pic” is based on the incredible true story of the infamous Mafia hitman who was unofficially hired by Hoover's FBI and teamed up with a young black special agent to hunt down those responsible for the murders of civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1966.

Production is set to begin in March, with Alex Lebovici producing for Hammerstone Studios, alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road Films, Chester Algernal Gordon for Freedom Principle, Stephen Levinson and Wahlberg under his Closest to the Hole Production banner. Executive producers are Jonathan Oakes for Hammerstone, Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall and Warren Goz for North.Five.Six., Adam Kolbrenner, Sascha Penn, Waylen Lin, Zach Zhang and Logan Coles.

WME Independent and CAA Media Finance will co-represent U.S. rights.

Farewell to roles in films like Arthur the King And The family plana popular action comedy for Apple, Wahlberg today signed a deal for a sequel, which he will also produce. She will next be seen in a villainous turn in the Lionsgate action thriller Flight risk Directed by Mel Gibson and hitting theaters on January 24th, his other upcoming projects currently include Shane Black's Amazon crime thriller Play dirty and the action comedy Balls up for Amazon and Skydance, in which he plays the leading role alongside Paul Walter Hauser.

After winning multiple Emmys for his work on shows like this is us And American crime storyBrown received his first Oscar nomination earlier this year for his supporting role in Cord Jefferson American fiction. Also known for projects like Black panther And Waveshe will soon be seen in the Hulu drama series paradisecreated by this is usis Dan Fogelman.

Bratton's first narrative film The inspectionbased on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine, premiered at TIFF, closed the New York Film Festival and was released in November 2022 through A24. Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union starred. One of the directors of FX's suspenseful horror drama grotesqueHe is also known for his Viceland docuseries My house and is in the contribution to the feature document Move your body. Bratton is also managing director of the production company Freedom Principle with his producing partner Chester Algernal Gordon.

I see his horror thriller Don't moveStarring Kelsey Asbille and Finn Wittrock, which hit Netflix's top charts last week, Hammerstone Studios is currently number one on Kornel Mundruczó By the sea with six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams. The company is perhaps best known as the executive producer of Zach Cregger's groundbreaking horror film Barbarianwith Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long in 2022.

Wahlberg is repped by WME, Leverage Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Brown from CAA, JWS Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Bratton of WME, 2AM, and Granderson Des Rochers; and Penn of CAA, Lit Entertainment Group and attorney Gordon Bobb.

Sackler Entertainment Law handles legal production.