A collection that was going to be Lucasfilm’s first non-Star Wars or Indiana Jones venture because it was bought by Disney has now been picked up by one other firm. Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to the Children of Blood and Bone trilogy, a motion fantasy collection based mostly on YA novels by Hugo and Nebula Award-successful Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi.

Children of Blood and Bone follows a younger orphan named Zélie, who fights again in opposition to an evil king that commits atrocities in opposition to her individuals, the Maji, who follow magic. The first ebook was launched in 2018 with its sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, was out in 2019. The third ebook is rumored to be out in 2023.

Adeyemi will adapt the screenplay and government produce together with Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill Entertainment (which made the Twilight and Maze Runner films) and Karen Rosenfelt of Sunswept Entertainment (which made the Percy Jackson films).

Deadline broke the information of the deal which, reportedly, beat out bids by rival studios resembling Universal, Amazon, and Netflix. There’s no phrase on what occurred to Disney and Lucasfilm’s involvement (which was nonetheless a factor a little over a year ago when Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy was touting the project on the Disney Investor’s Call), however io9 has reached out to each firms and can replace this put up if and after we hear.

“Paramount’s passion and enthusiasm to bring this story to life has been incredible,” Adeyemi mentioned to the commerce. “We are all so excited for this new chapter and are already hard at work.” According to the commerce, that “passion and enthusiasm” included a assured theatrical launch in addition to seven-figure screenwriting ensures for the writer, which is finally what put the corporate excessive.

“Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone has not only become a phenomenon in the YA world, it has transformed every expectation of what world-building fantasy can be,” co-president of the Paramount Pictures Motion Group, Daria Cercek, mentioned. “It’s with enormous pride that our studio—along with Tomi and our partners Wyck, Marty and Karen—set out to bring this franchise to life on the big screen. With its thought-provoking and timely themes, we know that this story will resonate with a global audience.”

This appears like a giant deal for Paramount, who has been biding its time to launch a few of its greatest potential blockbusters happening years now, and definitely the ebook collection sounds superior. But we’re actually curious how Lucasfilm fell out of what looks like a positive factor. We’ll let if we discover out.

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