Fantasy Author Adeyemi Disavows Paramount Film She Wrote: Merger to Blame

Fantasy author Adeyemi disavows Paramount film she wrote highlights a dispute around Paramount Skydance’s adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. Six months before the film’s planned January 15, 2027 theatrical and IMAX release, Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi said on July 4, 2026 she has not seen the finished movie and will not watch it. Adeyemi delivered the announcement across TikTok and Instagram on Independence Day and posted a screenshot indicating she blocked lead actress Amandla Stenberg, who plays princess Amari. Neither Paramount Skydance nor cast or crew has responded publicly. The article frames the rift as symptomatic of Hollywood consolidation: Adeyemi negotiated her Paramount deal in 2022, before Skydance Media’s announced $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global. Earlier rights moved from Fox 2000, then to Lucasfilm after Disney’s 2019 acquisition, before lapsing and triggering a bidding process won by Paramount.