{"id":611109,"date":"2026-07-30T05:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/611109\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:05:19","slug":"children-of-blood-and-bone-film-drama-continues-with-a-new-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/611109\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Children of Blood and Bone’ film drama continues with a new claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the heels of the trailer reveal for the big-screen adaption of \u201cChildren of Blood and Bone,<\/a>\u201d the book\u2019s author is claiming that an on-set ordeal traumatized her \u2014 and fans have been left with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

Tomi Adeyemi upped the ante Wednesday when discussing the ongoing behind-the-scenes drama that\u2019s overshadowed the film\u2018s production. The author, in her latest video on the falling-out with people on the project, hinted at a painful ordeal that unfolded on set, leaving fans scratching their heads and wondering what exactly happened and who was involved. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna post this so ideally I won\u2019t have to talk about this anymore,\u201d Adeyemi said in a 5-minute, 40-second video<\/a> posted to social media. \u201cAnd what I\u2019m about to share is not a secret to the people involved. It\u2019s a reality that I\u2019ve had to live with for about a year and a half, and everyone involved, at least at the highest level, has been made aware of this reality, and they haven\u2019t done anything to make it better. If anything, they\u2019ve only antagonized me, and I accept that, but I also accept if I don\u2019t say something, I think it\u2019s just going to be worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not gonna speak on what I endured to make it through the young adult trilogy, and I\u2019m not going to speak about everything that I also suffered through to make the adaptation a reality. I\u2019m actually only going to speak about what happened after I left that set of my own film adaptation, hyperventilating and sobbing, and there are many witnesses, so it\u2019s not really a secret.\u201d <\/p>\n

The author said that when she returned to America from an overseas filming location, she suffered \u201csuch severe somatic pain and so many panic attacks\u201d that she knew she never would be able to watch the film. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut as it is being marketed, and as I am still being antagonized behind the scenes, which is where I hoped all of this would stay, it\u2019s become apparent to me that reality needs to at least be made known,\u201d she said, \u201cso that you guys can understand how this film \u2014 which I worked on to make it a little better for us to be alive \u2014 is also the worst thing I have ever had to live through, and I don\u2019t wish to speak on it anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n

Adeyemi concluded that she never wants to hear about the film adaption again and then seemingly threw shade at director Gina Prince-Bythewood, with whom she wrote the screenplay, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t have anything to say about the people who made it. I do not care anymore. I\u2019m trying to move on. This video might make it worse, but I don\u2019t know how it can be any worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives for Prince-Bythewood and Paramount Pictures did not immediately respond to The Times\u2019 request for comment. <\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Nigerian American author posted a since-deleted video on TikTok<\/a> that also left her followers puzzled in which she said there was a reason she stopped promoting the forthcoming film. Although she didn\u2019t spell it out, she posted a screen shot of a February 2025 text exchange with one of the film\u2019s stars, Amandla Stenberg, in which she told the actor not to use her name in interviews and then blocked her. <\/p>\n

Stenberg, who is African American and Danish, had been at the center of a casting controversy because of claims that colorism was at play when she landed the role of Princess Amari. (Read more about the controversy here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

On Monday, Paramount held a \u201cChildren of Blood and Bone\u201d trailer launch event<\/a> at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. In a discussion moderated by \u201cMaster of None\u201d actor Lena Waithe, Prince-Bythewood and the A-list cast talked about the making and almost-not-making of the film, and Prince-Bythewood seemed to reveal her stance on the fallout over Stenberg\u2019s casting. <\/p>\n

The director said her big-screen adaptation was \u201cbeautifully inspired by Nigeria and also inclusive of the whole diaspora. We wanted all of us to be able to see ourselves within this, just our complete and utter humanity, all the beautiful hues.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the comments under Adeyemi\u2019s video Wednesday, frustrated fans asked the author to be more transparent, while others suggested a nondisclosure agreement might be hindering her ability to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren of Blood and Bone\u201d is a young adult novel about a teenager trying to bring back magic to a mythical land. The film adaptation is slated to hit theaters Jan. 15.<\/p>\n