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Hulu has picked up the pilot for a new scripted drama series from Onyx Collective, titled “Southern Bastard,” with Nia DaCosta, Bill Dubuque and Matt Olmstead attached as EPs. Olmstead will serve as showrunner for the pilot, and executive produces alongside DaCosta and Dubuque, who share story credits, while DaCosta is attached to direct. The pilot is produced by Onyx Collective, POV Entertainment, Proximity Media, in association with Fifth Season. Based on the graphic novel series of the same name, the pilot centers on a tenacious military vet into Craw County, Alabama, in search of her estranged father. What she finds is a murderous hornet’s nest of organized crime run by the winningest high school football coach in the South, per the official logline. The source material hails from Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, who also serve as EPs on the pilot. Additional EPs include Layne Eskridge via POV Entertainment, Proximity Media and Gabrielle Nadig. More to come …
