Hulu developing Sterling K. Brown-produced Washington Black series

Variety

Based on Esi Edugyan’s award-winning novel, Washington Black tells the story of a slave on a "Barbados sugar plantation who must flee in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother, Christopher Wilde, after a shocking death threatens to upend both of their lives," per Variety. "The duo then embark on a globe-trotting adventure with the help of a strange flying machine. Their journey takes them through America, the cold Arctic seas, the gothic spires of old Europe, and the deserts of North Africa, all while staying one step ahead of a deadly bounty hunter."