The Image Comics series Bitter Root from David F. Walker and Sanford Green and Chuck Brown is on track for a film adaptation and now Ryan Coogler has joined it. Coogler, who is currently getting things slowly put together for a Black Panther sequel, is set to produce the film alongside Zinzi Evans and Sev Ohanian.
The comics, which has just five issues, received nominations for a 2019 Eisner Award for Best New Series and a 2019 Ringo award for Best Series.
Property Concept: Set during the vibrant Harlem Renaissance of 1924, Bitter Root focuses on a fractured family of once-great monster hunters who must face an unimaginable evil that descends upon New York City. For generations, the Sangeryes have hunted and cured those infected by a supernatural force that feeds off the prejudice of the era, transforming human beings into hideous monsters. But their heyday has faded and with most of the family dead, and the surviving Sangeryes at odds between saving or killing these creatures, the remaining Sangeryes must overcome the wounds of the past in the hopes of thwarting the invasion.
[Source: Deadline]