Overview
- Paramount published final trailers on August 12 that spotlight Yahya Abdul‑Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg and mark the start of a wide promotional push.
- Paramount’s official logline describes the movie as “inspired by a true story” about a young Black FBI agent sent to 1960s Mississippi to investigate murders of civil‑rights leaders who must team with mob hitman Greg Scarpa.
- Elegance Bratton directs from a Sascha Penn script, and the film’s supporting cast includes Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo Esposito.
- Press accounts and cast remarks say a reported test screening drew an intense audience reaction, with Mark Wahlberg describing the response as “crazy” and unusually loud.
- Paramount and trade reports list a theatrical release on September 4 and note the film’s marketing emphasizes both its true‑story claim and visible performance choices such as Wahlberg’s makeup and prosthetics.