Andscape is the Black-led content studio from Disney and ESPN.
Theyll be financing the feature, which will be released on Hulu through Andscapes existing partnership with the streamer.
The feature is an adaptation of the Walter Mosley novel.
Corey HawkinsPhoto courtesy Andscape
Hawkins will serve as executive producer and star opposite four-time Oscar nomineeWillem Dafoe.
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The production is a collaborative creative effort with B.O.B.
FilmHouse, Protagonist Pictures and Good Gate Media.
Hawkins is repped by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
