{"id":395822,"date":"2026-04-16T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395822\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:46:08","slug":"children-of-blood-and-bone-trailer-stars-viola-davis-damson-idris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395822\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Children of Blood and Bone&#8217; Trailer Stars Viola Davis, Damson Idris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/gina-prince-bythewood\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gina-prince-bythewood_1\" data-tag=\"gina-prince-bythewood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gina Prince-Bythewood<\/a>\u2018s first film since 2022\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/viola-davis-gina-prince-bythewood-the-woman-king-1235210487\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Woman King<\/a> has arrived, as the filmmaker brought Children of Blood and Bone to Paramount\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cinemacon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cinemacon_1\" data-tag=\"cinemacon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CinemaCon<\/a> presentation on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPrince-Bythewood took the stage alongside stars Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris, Amandla Stenberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor and\u00a0Regina King to offer up a first-look at the feature, which is set in an African fantasy kingdom as a young woman (Mbedu) goes on a quest to reclaim the magic that was violently stolen from her people. She and her brother (Tosin Cole) ally with the daughter and son of the king to fight back against his brutal rule. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cMovies like this don\u2019t come around often,\u201d Ejiofor told the crowd. \u201cIt was time for me to be a king.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHall noted that she was quick to sign up for the film and explained, \u201cBlack girls deserve to see themselves in worlds of wonder, power and imagination.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAdded Prince-Bythewood, \u201cI\u2019m honored to bring this incredible best-selling fantasy book to life.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe team unveiled the first trailer, featuring Viola Davis providing comfort as she expresses, \u201cThey don\u2019t hate you. They hate what you are meant to become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tStenberg offers the warning, \u201cYour life is in danger \u2014 you and your people.\u201d Later, in a romantic scene, Idris says, \u201cYou have unraveled me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/children-of-blood-and-bone-gina-prince-bythewood-paramount-1236115160\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The film<\/a> is an adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi\u2019s best-selling YA novel, and the author teamed with Prince-Bythewood to write the script. Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch, Zackary Momoh, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Idris Elba also star, with a theatrical release set for Jan. 15, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFilming took place in South Africa and featured an opening casting call seeking actors living in Nigeria for additional roles. \u201cI am so honored and excited to bring Tomi\u2019s\u00a0Children of Blood and Bone\u00a0and the vibrant world of Orisha to life,\u201d Prince-Bythewood said in a statement at the time of the film\u2019s announcement. \u201cOur incredible ensemble reflects the whole of the diaspora. This is where our magic lies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gina Prince-Bythewood\u2018s first film since 2022\u2019s The Woman King has arrived, as the filmmaker brought Children of Blood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[163362,186010,146,187929,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-395822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-cinemacon","9":"tag-cinemacon-2026","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gina-prince-bythewood","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}