Ryan Coogler is explaining how he pulled off a magic trick. He's not talking about convincing Warner Bros. to greenlight "Sinners," a $90-million blues-steeped thriller about vampires descending on a small Southern town in the 1930s.

It is impossible for Ryan Coogler to talk about his creative process and not discuss his family. The two are inseparable. While on this week's episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, an introspective Coogler talked about how his new film "Sinners" was "a heart on the sleeve" endeavor,

The film is Coogler’s first from his own original idea after making two Black Panther films for Marvel and Creed (2015) as well as Fruitvale Station (2013). Sinners also marks his fifth time collaborating with actor Michael B. Jordan. Read on for everything we know about Sinners from Ryan Coogler: The film arrives in theaters April 18.