The announcement of the “Children of Blood and Bone” casting led to some mixed reactions in social media

The forged of the upcoming film adaptation of the best-selling “Children of Blood and Bone” by Tom Adeyemi “Children of Blood and Bone” directed by Gina Prince-Hydnood, because Paramount Pictures is blindly starling.

The release date was set for January 15, 2027 in cinemas and IMAX.

Cast, Wednesday was announcedIt presents the black Hollywood A-Listers in roles, including Sohoo Medu as the character of the LED film Zelie, Amandla Stenberg as Princess Amari, Damson Idris as Prince Inan, Tosin Cole as Tzain, Viola Davis as the mother of Agba, Cynthia Erivo as Admiral Kaea, Idris Elba As Lashan Lashan Lynch as Jumoke and Chiwetel Ejiofor as King Sarań.

The story of the Chronicle of the Epician Travel Zelie, who’s trying to regain the magic King Saran stole her village. Because history is just not only a black epic fantasy, but additionally one which supports the Nigerians – more precisely Joruba – culture, a really anticipated casting stimulated mixed reactions of online fans.

“I want to talk about a casting for children and bones, but I’m afraid that some of you are not ready for this conversation”, influential Fumi Ford He wrote about the threads.

Fans connecting on the web raised concerns, mainly about the age of the forged, because the book concerns children, as the title suggests.

“There are no children in the movie called The Children of Blood and Bone”, the user Posted to X.

Since the forged in the forged he strongly presents black American and black British actors, others have noticed the potential of unsuccessful Nigerian accents.

“We are about to testify to the most glaring” African “accents that look that children and bones are really laughing” One online user said.

Other in addition“They will have families in British, South African, Kenyan and Jorubach accents right away, I just know it.”

There are also fans who had an issue with the forged of Stenberg as a personality who’s a dark skin a black girl who stands in the face of colours in the book.

“I hope that children and bones could do amazing things for young black actors,” the user began In the post on x. “Do you throw a dark -skinned man to play the lightest colorful character in the series, but a biographal woman who plays her sister, who faces the color too darker? Biblical levels of misoginoir. “

Despite the slack, Stenberg’s casting is a rather full circuit. Some may remember when the writer of the book, Tomi Adeyemi, explained a big part of her inspiration to write a book that was originally published in March 2018, comes from the response to the world to Stenberg’s casting in the series “Hunger Games Games”.

“I am a person who motivates anger, so I thought:” Oh wounds, I’ll write a story that’s so good and black that everybody could have to read it, even when you are racist, “said Adeyemi Entertainment every week then. “It became my writing mission.”

There was also a confusion around how this forged was created. In November 2024 Prince-Bytood published an open conversation Only for actors living in Nigeria, but it surely was not represented in the casting announcement. But according to DiversityNot all casting has been confirmed (for instance, Regina King is supposedly in negotiations about the role of Queen Nehanda), including from an open casting in Nigeria, something that concerned the writer of the book, Adeyeem.

“Soon we will share subsequent Nigerian castings and results from an open connection,” he wrote in Adeyemi in the signature Post on Instagram Casting announcement.

Not everyone was dissatisfied with the casting. Many, including Adeye, have fun online casting.

“Ooooowweeeee !!!! Star-Studded is an understatement, “wrote the user under Adeyeem’s post.

On the threadsAnother said: “To be honest, the only thing that maintains me is that children and bones reveal. At least you can wait. “