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Regina King officially signed on to direct her second film, a feature adaptation of the award-winning Image Comics series
Bitter Root, with production company Legendary Entertainment, Deadline reported. The
One Night in Miami
, for which she was nominated for both a DGA Award and an NAACP Image Award. King is additionally a four-time Emmy winner and the 2019 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress for Barry Jenkins s
If Beale Street Could Talk. King will be producing the adaptation alongside Reina King, Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian, with executive producers Sean Owolo of Drapetomedia and series creators David F. Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown.
Regina King To Direct Image Comics Bitter Root Movie Adaptation
Regina King returns to the world of comics after an award-winning turn in HBO s Watchmen.
Regina King blew us away as Angela Abar in HBO s Watchmen, and now she s diving back into comic books on the other side of the camera, directing the film adaptation of Image Comics race-themed Bitter Root for Legendary Entertainment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Bitter Root, created by David F. Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown, tells the story of the monster-hunting Sangreye family during the Harlem Renaissance. Here s Legendary s official synopsis: For generations, the Sangeryes have hunted and cured those infected by a supernatural force that feeds off of prejudice and transforms humans into monsters. But with most of the family gone, the remaining Sangeryes disagree over saving or killing the monsters.
WATCHMEN Star Regina King To Helm BITTER ROOT Image Comics Adaptation For Legendary
Watchmen star and
Bitter Root, an adaptation of the race-themed Image Comics horror title by, for Legendary Entertainment.
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One Night in Miami, multi-time Emmy Award-winningÂ
Watchmen star Regina King has signed on to helm an adaptation of Image Comics
Bitter Root for Legendary Entertainment.
Described as Get Out meets Blade, the Eisner Award-winning comic created by David F. Walker, Sanford Greene and Chuck Brown is set during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, and focuses on a family of once-great monster hunters who must face a new evil that descends upon New York.
Regina King to next direct ‘Bitter Root’ for Legendary
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Described as a ‘1920s-set race-themed’ movie, the film is an adaptation of the acclaimed Image Comics series
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Described as a ‘1920s-set race-themed’ movie, the film is an adaptation of the acclaimed Image Comics series
Oscar-winning actor-director Regina King will next tackle monster movie “Bitter Root” for Legendary.
Described as a “1920s-set race-themed” movie, the film is an adaptation of acclaimed Image Comics series created by David F Walker, Sanford Greene and Chuck Brown, according to
The Hollywood Reporter.
“Bitter Root” is set in 1924 during the Harlem Renaissance and tells the story of the Sangeryes, a family of once-great monster hunters, who face an evil that descends upon New York.