That Y/N story you’re reading starring your fave musician might just be the next Hollywood blockbuster.
Admiration for celebrities can lead people to do many things, and for some, that means creating fan fiction, which is fictional writing by fans or amateurs based on an existing work of fiction. Fictional stories based on or about famous faces and characters have been a constant on the internet for decades, with platforms like Wattpad serving as a way for fans to let their thoughts become stories. And let’s be honest, when have you not thought about fake scenarios with your favorite celebs or fictional characters? Exactly.
But some fan fiction stories go beyond internet screens and become big-screen adaptations because, in Hollywood, even fan fiction can be mined for ideas. Scroll down for the movies that can trace some of their origins to someone deciding to put fan fiction into writing.
AFTER – ONE DIRECTION FAN FICTION
The After movie series centers on college students Hardin and Tessa as they fall in love and navigate their complicated and sometimes toxic relationship. And if this dating trope sounds like something you’ll read on Wattpad, that is because it is. The movie series is based on four novels written by Anna Todd, which took inspiration from the idea of the members of One Direction going to college and Harry Styles being the male lead who fell in love with Tessa. As you can imagine, the movies needed to undergo several changes from the source material.
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – TWILIGHT FAN FICTION
With its portrayal of BDSM and romantic themes, the Fifty Shades novels and movie series have inspired countless fan fiction. But the series itself also got its start by being fan fiction. Author E. L. James initially wrote Fifty Shades of Grey as Twilight fan fiction called Masters of the Universe. Even then, the roots of the Fifty Shades series were being planted as the story was so erotic that James had to publish it on her website, where it became the novel series we all know and love (and love to hate).
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: THE CITY OF BONES – HARRY POTTER FAN FICTION
Whether it be the 2013 movie adaptation or the TV series reboot in the late 2010s, the Mortal Instruments series has built a solid fan base over the years. And behind the franchise is a potential link to Harry Potter. Before she published Mortal Instruments, author Cassandra Claire wrote Harry Potter fan fiction called The Draco Trilogy, which followed Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy switching bodies. It’s this series that is reported to have been an inspiration for Mortal Instruments.
THE IDEA OF YOU – HARRY STYLES FAN FICTION
If Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine starring in the same movie are exciting already, wait until you hear what inspired the film. The Idea of You is adapted from a novel by Robinne Lee that is said to be inspired by Harry Styles as it follows a young pop star from a famous boy group falling in love with a single mom. In the adaptation, Hathaway will be playing Solène, a 40-year-old divorced mom who takes her 15-year-old daughter Izzy to Coachella to see the boy band August Moon. There, she catches the eye and eventually falls for Hayes Campbell (Galitzine), one of the group’s members.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS – STAR WARS FAN FICTION
Among the many, many pop culture discussions that popped up with the new Star Wars trilogy was the shipping between Rey and Kylo Ren, also known as Reylo. As you can imagine, fan fiction soon followed, such as this novel that has its origins in Star Wars fan fiction and is being adapted into a movie
The Love Hypothesis was originally published online as Head over Feet in 2018 and was about Rey and Kylo Ren. The physical version removed the Star Wars references and changed the characters to Olive and Adam. It follows Olive as she tries to convince her friend that her love life is going fine by fake dating Adam, who she, as you guessed it, eventually falls in love with. In 2022, it was announced that the novel was being adapted into a movie, but with no release date or even a trailer in sight. Still, a fake dating trope movie inspired by Reylo fan fiction sounds like something we’d watch.
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