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Gina Prince-Bythewood To Direct Adaptation Of Tomi Adeyemi’s ‘Children Of Blood And Bone’ For Paramount Pictures
The Woman King's Gina Prince-Bythewood is coming on to direct Children of Blood and Bone, the adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's novel.
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Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi‘s novel Children of Blood and Bone is gaining momentum. Deadline is hearing The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood is coming on to helm. Prince-Bythewood will develop the next pass of a draft penned by Adeyemi.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill Entertainment, Karen Rosenfelt of Sunswept Entertainment and Matt Jackson of Jackson Pictures will produce. Adeyemi and Reggie Rock Bythewood will executive produce.
The project has been a priority for the studio since 2022, when Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group co-presidents Daria Cercek and Mike Ireland acquired rights to the trilogy in a competitive bidding battle