{"id":1147919,"date":"2022-07-13T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/hbo-max-to-make-yoruba-inspired-film\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:06:33","slug":"hbo-max-to-make-yoruba-inspired-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/hbo-max-to-make-yoruba-inspired-film\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max To Make Yoruba Inspired Film |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HBO Max and Cartoon Network are set to make a Yoruba-inspired animated film based on the graphic novel series called Iyanu: Child of Wonder.<\/p>\n<p>It is a superhero story set in Yorubaland, which is located in southwest Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The main character, who is a teenage orphan called Iyanu, has magical powers.<\/p>\n<p>It draws on Yoruba culture from music to mythology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe authenticity of the Iyanu story means everything to us and aligns perfectly with our mission to create and deliver inclusive content to global audiences,\u201d David Steward II, who heads the company managing the production,\u00a0is quoted in Variety as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The series will be partly written by Roye Okupe, a Lagos-born American filmmaker and author.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: BBC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\"><\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wB2-NHndouE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Fight Against Sim Card Registration Is Unending- Hon. Ras Mubarak Cautions Gov&#039;t\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB2-NHndouE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max and Cartoon Network are set to make a Yoruba-inspired animated film based on the graphic novel series called Iyanu: Child of Wonder. It is a superhero story set in Yorubaland, which is located in southwest Nigeria. The main character, who is a teenage orphan called Iyanu, has magical powers. It draws on Yoruba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1147921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7971,20331,4215,5404,20332],"class_list":["post-1147919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-film","tag-hbo","tag-inspired","tag-max","tag-yoruba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}