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Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films is partnering with comic book creator David Crownson for an adaptation of his upcoming graphic novel Killer Bee with DeWanda Wise set to star. Indie comic book fans know Crownson’s name from the page-turning action comic series Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer, written by Crownson with art by Courtland Ellis. Killer Bee adapts Crownson’s latest assassin story about “a retiring assassin who takes on an underground criminal network after being tasked to kill the man she’s recently fallen in love with.”

Kevin Arbouet and Terry Rossio will write the screenplay for Killer Bee. Rossio’s credits include action blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

David Crownson’s Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer is poised to become an original Disney+ television series. According to Massive Publishing, the story blends elements of Django Unchained with Buffy the Vampire Slayer,...

DeWanda Wise will star in “Killer Bee,” an adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel from David Crownson that Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films will produce for the screen. Confluential, an award-winning, Black-owned and Black-founded film, television, and documentary production company, will co-finance the action film.

Wise, whose credits include “Jurassic World Dominion” and Spike Lee’s Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It,” will portray a retiring assassin who takes on an underground criminal network after being tasked to kill the man she’s recently fallen in love with. Crownson’s work includes the graphic novel, “Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer.”

The script for “Killer Bee” will be written by Kevin Arbouet and Terry Rossio. Rossio’s credits include all five of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, as well as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” and “Shrek,” for which he was nominated for an Oscar. Arbouet recently worked on the...

Prentice Penny keeps lining up post-Insecure work. The TV writer and producer, who recently inked a pack to move his Penny for Your Thoughts shingle to Disney’s Onyx Collective, is also turning his attention to comic books.

Partnering with Stranger Comics’ Founder Sebastian A. Jones, Penny is launching a yet-to-be-named joint venture to identify and support new talent in the independent comic book world — functioning as an incubator and development lab for Bipoc creators and their IP to find inroads to publication and adaptation to other mediums. Jones and Penny have already identified two projects, David Crownson’s Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer and Jaycen ...

Prentice Penny keeps lining up post-Insecure work. The TV writer and producer, who recently inked a pack to move his Penny for Your Thoughts shingle to Disney’s Onyx Collective, is also turning his attention to comic books.

Partnering with Stranger Comics’ Founder Sebastian A. Jones, Penny is launching a yet-to-be-named joint venture to identify and support new talent in the independent comic book world — functioning as an incubator and development lab for Bipoc creators and their IP to find inroads to publication and adaptation to other mediums. Jones and Penny have already identified two projects, David Crownson’s Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer and Jaycen ...