{"id":62351,"date":"2025-03-08T19:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62351"},"modified":"2025-03-08T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:55:24","slug":"ayra-starr-joins-viola-davis-idris-elba-in-hollywoods-children-of-blood-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/08\/ayra-starr-joins-viola-davis-idris-elba-in-hollywoods-children-of-blood-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayra Starr Joins Viola Davis, Idris Elba in Hollywood\u2019s &#8216;Children of Blood, Bone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian music star Ayra Starr is set to make her Hollywood debut, starring alongside industry icons Viola Davis and Idris Elba in the film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi\u2019s bestselling novel, &#8216;Children of Blood &amp; Bone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The fantasy epic, currently in production, unfolds in a mythical African kingdom where magic has been outlawed.<\/p>\n<p>The plot follows a young heroine, Z\u00e9lie, on a daring quest to restore magic to her oppressed people.<\/p>\n<p>While details of Ayra Starr\u2019s role remain undisclosed, her involvement signals a major crossover moment for the fast-rising Afrobeats sensation.<\/p>\n<p>The movie features an impressive lineup of stars, including Academy Award winner Viola Davis and Golden Globe nominee Idris Elba, and is being produced by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Though no official release date has been announced, anticipation is already high.<\/p>\n<p>With this milestone, Ayra Starr joins the growing list of Nigerian entertainers breaking into Hollywood, solidifying Afrobeats&#8217; expanding global influence.<\/p>\n<p>Fans eagerly await her big-screen debut in what promises to be a groundbreaking cinematic experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigerian music star Ayra Starr is set to make her Hollywood debut, starring alongside industry icons Viola Davis and Idris Elba in the film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi\u2019s bestselling novel, &#8216;Children of Blood &amp; Bone&#8217;. The fantasy epic, currently in production, unfolds in a mythical African kingdom where magic has been outlawed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62353,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62351\/revisions\/62353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}