{"id":30177,"date":"2025-07-28T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:01:50","slug":"cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon Network, HBO Max Slate Iyanu Movie Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cartoon Network and HBO Max have slated the premiere of Lion Forge Entertainment\u2019s <em>Iyanu: The Age of Wonders<\/em>, the first feature film for <em>Iyanu<\/em>, for August 30.<\/p>\n<p>Set 500 years before the rise of Iyanu, the movie takes place at the height of Yorubaland\u2019s magical civilization. When Meje, the embodiment of the seven deadly sins, emerges, young warriors Dara and Ishe must work to stop the coming Age of Darkness.<\/p>\n<p>The film stars an all-African voice cast, including Shaffy Bello, Babajide Oyekunle, Ike Ononye, Sisan Victor-Woko, Serah Johnson, Okey Jude, Samuel Kugbiyi and Adesua Etomi-Wellington. It was co-written by Brandon Easton, series story editor, and Roye Okupe, who also directed and serves as the franchise\u2019s creator and showrunner.<\/p>\n<p>Season two of the <em>Iyanu<\/em> series is set to come in 2026, with Iyanu facing a new enemy as ancient magic reawakens and the fight for balance continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartoon Network and HBO Max have slated the premiere of Lion Forge Entertainment\u2019s Iyanu: The Age of Wonders, the first feature film for Iyanu, for August 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":30178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[81,4933,7949,11247,7499],"class_list":["post-30177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cartoon-network","tag-hbo-max","tag-iyanu","tag-iyanu-the-age-of-wonders","tag-lion-forge-entertainment","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cartoon Network, HBO Max Slate Iyanu Movie Premiere - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cartoon Network, HBO Max Slate Iyanu Movie Premiere - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cartoon Network and HBO Max have slated the premiere of Lion Forge Entertainment\u2019s Iyanu: The Age of Wonders, the first feature film for Iyanu, for August 30.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T14:45:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T20:01:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/07\/LionForgeEntertainment-Iyanu-0725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/\",\"name\":\"Cartoon Network, HBO Max Slate Iyanu Movie Premiere - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-28T14:45:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T20:01:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoon-network-hbo-max-slate-iyanu-movie-premiere\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cartoon Network, HBO Max Slate Iyanu Movie Premiere\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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