Recently, information broke that the difference of the YA collection Children of Blood & Bone from Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi could be developed at Paramount. What was notable about it was the way it was initially in growth at Disney and Lucasfilm, and one thing they freely touted as in growth again in 2020 throughout Disney’s extremely packed investor name. And if that didn’t already make it an enormous deal, the truth that it was anticipated to be Lucasfilm’s massive non-Star Wars IP definitely would. So what occurred?

According to a current report from the Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars occurred. In chatting with their sources, they discovered how Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy took curiosity an in Children when it was in peril of being misplaced within the fallout of the Disney-Fox merger. But regardless of Kennedy’s curiosity, there was a transparent deal with constructing out the Star Wars universe, which we’re at the moment seeing occur in actual time. As a outcome, Children didn’t get very far in manufacturing.

Exacerbating issues additional was how Adeyemi allegedly started to be displeased with the glacial progress of her adaptation following the Investor Day name. When she began pushing to be the one to pen the theatrical movie’s script, Lucasfilm was allegedly unwilling to fulfill her request. When the property was allowed to be bid on in fall 2021, Paramount not solely picked up the rights, they allowed Adeyemi to have her artistic affect and to pen the screenplay. She’ll government produce alongside Temple Hill Entertainment’s (Maze Runner, Twilight) Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen and Sunswept Entertainment’s (Percy Jackson) Karen Rosenfelt.

Children of Blood & Bone tells the story of the orphan Zélie and her efforts to convey again magic to convey down her nation’s evil king. The two at the moment launched books of the Legacy of Orisha trilogy—Blood & Bone and Virtue & Vengeance—debuted to the highest spot in New York Times’ bestseller listing throughout their respective releases of 2018 and 2019. Currently untitled, the third installment to the trilogy is anticipated to launch in 2023.

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