EXCLUSIVE: In heated competition, Netflix has optioned the rights to Callie Hart’s fantasy romance BookTok phenom novel Quicksilver. Deadline hears this is a 7-figure deal.
Elizabeth Cantillon will produce for The Cantillon Company. Hart will be executive producer. WME brokered the deal.
TikTok’s mention of Quicksilver amassed 3 million views in the first two months alone. Hart is the author of the Blood & Roses and Dirty Nasty Freaks series. Quicksilver, the first title in the Fae & Alchemy series, became a number one bestseller on Amazon after debuting last summer. It’s about a human rebel who binds herself to a handsome Fae warrior after inadvertently reopening a gateway between realms.
Publishing rights to the Quicksilver trilogy were sold by WME in a 10-bidder auction to Leah Hultenschmidt at Forever (Grand Central Publishing). UK rights were sold to Molly Powell at Hodderscape. Quicksilver will be re-released in paperback on
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