Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRegina King has been tapped to direct “Bitter Root,” a film adaptation of the Harlem Renaissance-set comic book series.Along with directing, King will produce the movie for Legendary Pictures.
Additional producers include “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian of Proximity Media.The comic book creators, David F.
Walker, Sanford Green and Chuck Brown, will executive produce the film adaptation with Drapetomedia’s Sean Owolo.Set during the vibrant Harlem Renaissance of 1924, “Bitter Root” follows a fractured family of once-great monster hunters who face an unimaginable evil that descends upon New York City.
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