{"id":369980,"date":"2026-10-10T21:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369980\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:14:30","slug":"author-tomi-adeyemi-quietly-cancels-nycc-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369980\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Tomi Adeyemi Quietly Cancels NYCC Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAuthor Tomi Adeyemi<\/a> canceled her previously announced New York Comic Con<\/a> (NYCC) panel, where she was set to promote her new book, \u201cThe Siren.\u201d No announcement from Adeyemi or NYCC organizer ReedPop was made ahead of the panel\u2019s planned Saturday slot, leaving fans questioning what led her to pull out and when.<\/p>\n

\n\tA source tells Variety the panel was canceled by Adeyemi last month and quietly pulled from the New York Comic Con schedule at that time. It was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET at the New York Javits Center.<\/p>\n

\n\tRepresentatives for Adeyemi, her agency CAA and \u201cThe Siren\u201d publisher Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group did not immediately respond for comment Saturday.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this year, the author slammed the film adaptation of her novel<\/a>, \u201cChildren of Blood and Bone<\/a>,\u201d in a video posted to her TikTok and in a recent interview with The Guardian<\/a>, Adeyemi said that the experience left her wanting to \u201cnever\u201d turn another one of her novels into a film again.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdeyemi has said the creative process was \u201cthe worst thing I have ever had to live through\u201d and left her \u201chyperventilating and sobbing.\u201d The author also shared that she\u2019s \u201cstill being antagonized behind the scenes\u201d and \u201csuffered such severe somatic pain and so many panic attacks\u201d after filming wrapped.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe didn\u2019t elaborate on the specifics of what turned the experience sour, though Adeyemi previously posted a since-deleted TikTok video featuring what appears to be a group chat including the film\u2019s star Amandla Stenberg, where Adeyemi texted, \u201cDo not ever use my name in an interview or video again. Do not text me. Do not call me\u201d and appeared to block Stenberg, according to the L.A. Times. Stenberg\u2019s casting caused controversy about casting a mixed-race actress for a character Adeyemi described as having \u201cdark copper skin\u201d in her books.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChildren of Blood and Bone\u201d is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Stenberg, Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris, Cynthia Erivo, Lashana Lynch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Regina King, Idris Elba and Viola Davis, among others. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cChildren of Blood and Bone\u201d theatrical adaptation hits theaters on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author Tomi Adeyemi canceled her previously announced New York Comic Con (NYCC) panel, where she was set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136518,9,2425,11,10,136519],"class_list":["post-369980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-children-of-blood-and-bone","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-comic-con","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-tomi-adeyemi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}