Hulu’s Onyx Collective has ordered a pilot for a series adaptation of the “Southern Bastards” graphic novels, Variety has learned.
Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, who created the original comics, are executive producing. Bill Dubuque wrote the teleplay and executive produces in addition to sharing a co-story credit with Nia DaCosta . DaCosta will also direct the pilot in addition to executive producing via The Once and Future Inc. Matt Olmstead will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Layne Eskridge executive produces via POV Entertainment, with Proximity Media and Gabriel Nadig executive producing as well. The series is produced in association with Fifth Season.
The logline for the project states that it follows “a tenacious military vet into Craw County, Alabama, in searc

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