Dystopia. Dark academia. Lady knights. Vampires. Cyberpunk cities. Drowned coasts. Magical romance. 2025 was another major year for micro-trends within the fantasy and science-fiction genres. It’s ...

Source: GPT-5 / OpenAI Who owns fictional characters? Is it the person who brings them to life, or the fans who admire or even love them? Should writing stories about one’s favorite characters be seen ...

A dark romance novel that started life as Harry Potter fan fiction about a BDSM relationship between Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger has been snapped up by a movie house in a deal worth more than $3 ...

SenLinYu’s debut started life as Harry Potter fanfiction. The Alchemised author shares why they were drawn to a war-torn love story, how a conservative upbringing shaped their writing, and the ...

Legendary Entertainment has snapped up the rights to Alchemised, the debut fantasy novel from award-winning fan fiction writer SenLinYu, for what insiders told The ...

SenLinYu's debut novel "Alchemised" is officially here, a publishing journey nearly seven years in the making. Like many popular books, "Alchemised" has its roots in fan fiction. But unlike many, the ...

Production company Legendary closed a seven-figure deal for the rights to “Alchemised,” an upcoming dark fantasy novel written by SenLinYu. The novel originally began as fanfiction between Draco ...

Harry Potter fans who secretly thought Draco and Hermione should be dating: brace yourselves. Movie studio Legendary has just bought the rights to a book based on the Internet’s most famous Harry ...

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The deal for SenLinYu's novel is believed to be one of biggest in history for a new book's movie rights, not adjusted for inflation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer In a significant, seven-figure deal ...