Legendary has made a deal with Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler to produce the comic book series adaptation Bitter Root, alongside Zinzi Evans and Sev Ohanian. They will spearhead the development of a screen adaptation of the Image Comics series created by David F. Walker & Sanford Greene and indie veteran Chuck Brown.
ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ: ꜱᴇᴛ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʙʀᴀɴᴛ ʜᴀʀʟᴇᴍ ʀᴇɴᴀɪꜱꜱᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ 1924, ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ʀᴏᴏᴛ ꜰᴏᴄᴜꜱᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ꜰʀᴀᴄᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴏꜰ ᴏɴᴄᴇ-ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴡʜᴏ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴ ᴜɴɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴇᴠɪʟ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇꜱᴄᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ ᴄɪᴛʏ. ꜰᴏʀ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀɴɢᴇʀʏᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ɪɴꜰᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴇᴇᴅꜱ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴊᴜᴅɪᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʀᴀ, ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍɪɴɢ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜɪᴅᴇᴏᴜꜱ ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʜᴇʏᴅᴀʏ ʜᴀꜱ ꜰᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠɪɴɢ ꜱᴀɴɢᴇʀʏᴇꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴏᴅᴅꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ꜱᴀɴɢᴇʀʏᴇꜱ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴘᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴡᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠᴀꜱɪᴏɴ.