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Hulu’s Onyx Collective Orders ‘Southern Bastards’ Pilot With Nia DaCosta Directing

The pilot adapts an award-winning Image Comics series whose run paused after misconduct allegations involving co-creator Jason Latour.

Overview

  • Bill Dubuque wrote the teleplay and serves as writer and executive producer, with Nia DaCosta sharing story credit and directing the pilot.
  • Matt Olmstead will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
  • Production is through Onyx Collective with POV Entertainment and Proximity Media, in association with Fifth Season.
  • The official logline follows a military veteran who travels to Craw County, Alabama, to find her estranged father and discovers organized crime led by the winningest high school football coach in the South.
  • Comics creators Jason Aaron and Jason Latour are attached as executive producers, and no series pickup beyond the pilot has been announced.