Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyami
io9 had this title on a similar list of in-the-works adaptations back in 2020, and we’re still eager to see it happen. The film adaptation journey of Nigerian American author Adeyami’s debut fantasy novel has been nearly as complex as that of its young heroine, Zélie, and her quest to bring magic back to the fictional country of Orïsha. Optioned first by Fox prior to its acquisition by Disney, then announced as a co-production with Lucasfilm (which would’ve made it a rare non-Star Wars project for the studio), the movie is now in the hands of Paramount Pictures, with Adeyami aboard as the screenwriter.
