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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Joins Mark Wahlberg In Elegance Bratton’s Crime Thriller ‘By Any Means’


Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star in 'By Any Means,' a crime thriller in which he'll share the screen with Mark Wahlberg. He replaces Sterling K. Brown.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark WahlbergSeye Isikalu/WME The actor steps into the lead role originally to have been played by Sterling K. Brown, who we’re told departed the project due to scheduling conflicts. Alex Lebovici is 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. Exec 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.

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