The screen -to -screen pipe has existed during the time that Hollywood has existed, but the democratization of this process really only began in recent years, thanks in part to the platform of the writer’s community of the writer Wattpad. The original house of works now traditionally, including «My Life with the Walter Boys», «The Kissing Booth» and the series «after», Wattpad had a strong connection with fans of these titles long before Netflix made them widely famous with film adaptations and television programs.
«I have been in Wattpad a long time, almost 12 years. So in those first days we were one of the best communities in the world for readers and writers with perhaps a couple of millions of users at that time, worldwide. Where we have evolved today is really being the center of the culture of Fandom and Pop,» said Wattpad president Aron Levitz, said. Variety In an interview last month.
Founded in 2006, Wattpad was acquired by the owner of Webtoon, Naver, a South Korean Internet conglomerate, in May 2021 for an estimated $ 600 million. With Wattpad now part of the IP ecosystem and creator of Webtoon Entertainment, consisting of 155 million active monthly users, today’s Wattpad is certainly less niche, but its state retains a lot as an alternative to traditional editorial businesses of the publication.
«I think the only thing that has remained constant as we evolve is this really beautiful mixture of art and science that we have,» said Levitz. «We have phenomenal narrators around the world who tell stories that are important to them. No one tells them that they cannot write in this way; no editor who says: ‘Well, that comma has to go here.» It really is pure creativity, exploring universes that want to explore.
Wattpad operations have also grown to cover the creators so that their work adapt to television series and movies through Webtoon Productions, with a recent success story the original «Sideilined», based on Wattpad Story, «The Qb Bad Boy and Me». That producer system was not in its place when «My Life with the Walter Boys» by Ali Novak was collected for the first time to adapt in Netflix in June 2021, but as season 2 of the romance series falls in the streamer this week, Wattpad is now much more prepared to pass future successes.
«While we do not produce ‘Walter Boys’ ourselves, that phenomenon began in Wattpad, and we have had great successes with the things we have produced,» Levitz said. “So whether it’s ‘The Qb Bad Boy and Me’ Becoming ‘Sidelined’ On Tubi, One of Their Biggest Hits of All Time, Things Like The ‘After’ Series by Anna Todd, which is Still One of The Bigest International Hits on Netflix of All Time – We’ve Just and Again All over The World, The Thing That Sets Us Apart is Not Just The Storytelling, Not Just The Fans, But That Fandom Will The Go Travel to see the extens of the universe, whether it is a screen, be it the books we publish, and that has really changed us for me.
(Tagstotranslate) Aron Levitz
