Image Comics’ acclaimed crime series That Texas Blood is being developed as a television drama at FX, according to a report from Deadline.
The adaptation brings together writer, director, and producer Jim Mickle, known for his work on Netflix’s Sweet Tooth, and E.L. Katz, whose credits include The Haunting of Bly Manor. The pair will write and executive-produce the series, with Mickle also attached to direct. The project is being produced through 20th Television.
Additional executive producers include Michael Waldron and Adam Fasullo through Anomaly Pictures, along with Adam Fishbach, Jeremy Platt, Linda Moran, and series co-creator Chris Condon. Artist and co-creator Jacob Phillips is attached as a co-executive producer.
First launched by Image Comics in 2020, That Texas Blood has earned praise for its blend of crime fiction, Western storytelling, and small-town drama. Set in the fictional West Texas town of Ambrose County, the series follows Sheriff Joe Bob Coates as he confronts crimes, secrets, and violence that stretch across decades of local history.
The series has become one of Image’s standout crime titles, with individual story arcs exploring different cases and characters while building a larger portrait of life in rural Texas. What begins with a seemingly ordinary investigation gradually unfolds into a darker examination of community, memory, and generational trauma.
Condon and Phillips later expanded the world with The Enfield Gang Massacre, a companion series set 150 years earlier that explores the violent frontier history connected to the modern-day narrative.
News of the adaptation arrives during a busy period for Condon, whose recent projects include Of the Earth and News From the Fallout. For readers looking to catch up before the series reaches television, multiple That Texas Blood trade paperback collections are currently available.
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