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Inside the ‘Children of Blood & Bone’ Movie Deal Nightmare
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(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for InStyle)Tomi Adeyemi, the woman who penned the popular African fantasy book, “Children of Blood and Bone” in 2018, has done something that so few Black authors have.
Related: Children of Blood and Bone Black All-Star Cast Revealed“I promise you, this world is beautiful, and we’re all in it, and it’s so beautiful to me,” she said in part at the time.
Author Tomi Adeyemi, who previously distanced herself from the ‘CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE’ film adaptation, claims she is “still being antagonized behind the scenes.”
Over on Threads, one person explained their POV, writing in part: “May catch some backlash, but that video Tomi posted felt hella performative.
“Children of Blood and Bone” is set to hit theaters on Jan. 15, 2027.