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Author Tomi Adeyemi Calls Paramount Adaptation ‘Worst Thing’

7/30/2026

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Adeyemi Rejects Adaptation

Tomi Adeyemi posted a video calling Paramount adaptation “the worst thing” while refusing to hear about it again.
Adeyemi, co-writer, left the set hyperventilating and sobbing.
She suffered pain and panic attacks, alleging producers knew of her distress for a year and a half but did nothing.
Paramount has not responded after the trailer debuted this week and has set the release for January 15, 2027.

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Adeyemi Rejects Adaptation

Tomi Adeyemi posted a video calling Paramount adaptation “the worst thing” while refusing to hear about it again.
Adeyemi, co-writer, left the set hyperventilating and sobbing.
She suffered pain and panic attacks, alleging producers knew of her distress for a year and a half but did nothing.
Paramount has not responded after the trailer debuted this week and has set the release for January 15, 2027.

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