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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOrisha was once a land where magic flowed through our people. You were born with a gift greater than you know,\u201d the voice continues, explaining how the fictional fantasy kingdom has been taken over by non-magic users.<\/p>\n
Zelie emotionally watches as her mother is taken away by mysterious masked tribe members, and the voice adds: \u201cBut those who fear our power took it away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trailer provides glimpses at the ruthless monarchy oppressing the magical people of Orisha, before Oscar-winning actress Davis is shown as powerful mage Mama Agba.<\/p>\n
Her character is the sole survivor of the raid that killed her people, and secretly trains young girls including Zelie in magic.<\/p>\n
Mama Agba tells Zelie: \u201cI know you miss her. Your powers may be gone, but that does not change who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trailer then shows the royal palace, ruled by the powerful King Saran (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his wife Queen Nehanda (King), and introduces their loyal and conflicted son Prince Inan, played by Damson Idris.<\/p>\n
\u201cMagic is a festering disease,\u201d a voice says as a magical character is slain, while Prince Inan tensely watches on.<\/p>\n
US actress and director King reprimands her son as as the ruthless queen, and says: \u201cHeed my words, you are the future king.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prince Inan is later seen questioning his responsibility in the kingdom and whether he wants to continue his parents\u2019 oppressive regime, asking: \u201cWhat if that is not the kind of king I want to be?\u201d<\/p>\n
A montage of Zelie practicing defensive arts and harnessing her powers is shown, as Mama Agba says: \u201cFor years I have trained you because I believe you are the one who can bring magic back.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trailer is set to a new original song by Grammy-winning artists Tems and Burna Boy, and text on screen reads: \u201cAn epic new world comes to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
It also shows glimpses of characters including Wicked star Erivo as Commander Kaea and award-winning actor Idris Elba as Lekan.<\/p>\n
The Hate U Give actress Amandla Stenberg, who plays Amari, is seen speaking to Zelie, saying: \u201cThey are looking to you to lead them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trailer builds to a climax with scenes of fights, destruction, fire and glimpses of animals such as rhinos and lions and a glimpse of a budding romance between Prince Inan and Zelie.<\/p>\n
It ends with Zelie expressing how \u201call these years, we believe the Gods abandoned us\u201d, and summoning an otherworldly creature with her magic.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my child, they were waiting for you,\u201d a voice responds.<\/p>\n
Children Of Blood And Bone is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film, and is known for projects such as The Secret Life Of Bees and The Woman King.<\/p>\n
Other cast members include The Day Of The Jackal star Lashana Lynch, Seven Seconds actor Zackary Momoh and The Sheep Detectives\u2019 Tosin Cole \u2013 as well as Richard Mofe-Damijo.<\/p>\n
Children Of Blood And Bone will be released in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood actresses Viola Davis, Cynthia Erivo and Regina King are among the stars entangled in a magical war…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[227789,93,61,60,270,1576,1577],"class_list":["post-572413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-children-of-blood-and-bone","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-showbiz","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}