Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for Children of Blood and Bone on Thursday, November 12, two months before Gina Prince-Bythewood's fantasy epic reaches theaters. The film opens January 15, 2027, only in theaters, including IMAX and Dolby Cinema.

Thuso Mbedu leads the cast as Zelie, a young woman in the kingdom of Orisha whose people had their magic taken from them by force. She sets out to bring it back. Her brother goes with her, and the two end up in an unlikely alliance with the son and daughter of the very king they are fighting.

"To take down an empire, rise as one," the studio wrote with the trailer.

That Cast List Keeps Going

Damson Idris plays Inan, the prince. Amandla Stenberg is Amari, the princess. Cynthia Erivo is Commander Kaea.

Then there are the names that would headline any other movie: Viola Davis, Regina King, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lashana Lynch and Tosin Cole. Zackary Momoh, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Saniyya Sidney, Bukky Bakray and Afrobeats star Ayra Starr are in it too.

Mbedu and Prince-Bythewood have done this before. Mbedu was the young recruit at the center of The Woman King, which Prince-Bythewood directed and Davis led. Lynch was in that one as well, so this set must have felt like a reunion.

From the Page to IMAX

The film is based on Tomi Adeyemi's 2018 novel, the first in her Legacy of Orisha series. Adeyemi wrote the screenplay with Prince-Bythewood and is an executive producer.

Prince-Bythewood's resume runs from Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights to The Old Guard and The Woman King. This is her biggest canvas so far, and the studio says it was filmed for IMAX.

The first trailer came out in July. Paramount followed it this week with a new poster on Wednesday, then the new trailer a day later. A second poster with the full ensemble went up alongside it.

The trailer's official description also names a new song from Tems, "African Love Story," and lists her as the soundtrack's executive music producer.

Temple Hill and Sunswept Entertainment produced the film. Wyck Godfrey, John Fischer, Isaac Klausner, Karen Rosenfelt and Matt Jackson are the producers.

Children of Blood and Bone opens in theaters on January 15, 2027.