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So I got into the novelizations of a movie trilogy, but there's only really novelizations of the first two movies, and a 'junior' novelization of the third one. I started writing my own fan novelization of the third movie, planning on posting it as a fanfic until the actual novelization of the third movie comes along. However, it's been nearly a year since the movie came out and I haven't heard so much as a word about a full/adult novel of the third movie coming out.

At first I was disappointed - the novels were great! - but then I got to thinking, is there any merit in maybe contacting the company and seeing if they have any plans for one...and if not, seeing if I can publish and sell my own novelization legally? Obviously, they'd get the bulk of the profits or whatever due to actually owning the characters and franchise and all, but if I'm already going to do this for fun, maybe I can make a few quick bucks off of it, or at least have something published under my name as a jumping board into publishing my own novels (which I do plan/hope to do one day).

Think it's worth a shot?

(For context, the movies are the Iron Man movies.)

It can't hurt to try, I guess? But (speaking as, not someone in the publishing industry, but someone who worked in a bookstore for almost a decade) movie novelizations tend to have a pretty short shelf-life. As a rule, they're released well before the movie in question actually comes out (written from production scripts) and then don't, as a rule, get shelf time for terribly long after.

IM3 has been out on DVD for ages at this point. I'm going to guess that ship has probably sailed.

Unless you are already published and established in the genre, no publisher would buy it. No agent would take it on. Novelizations and tie-ins are carefully sourced and controlled.

If you want to ask, go ahead. But I can assure you with almost 100% certainty that the answer will be no. It's not just a matter of signing over your share of the profits, movie novelizations are a bit more complicated than that. For one thing, they're rarely written by people who aren't already published authors. Even if you were a professional writer with several similar (SF/adventure) and reasonably successful novels under your belt, chances are the answer would STILL be no because this isn't a job you can apply for. They'll already have their shortlist of potential writers, and they'll also likely have a set plot or defined story limitations mind for if/when they publish another.

You're not the first person who's ever wondered if there's a way to make money off their fanfiction. Unless we're talking about canon already in the public domain, chances are that no, no you can't. Filing the serial numbers off something like Iron Man would be difficult, and Marvel/Disney has enough lawyers to sue your ass from here until the end of time should they feel the inclination to do so.

If you want to have fun and play around in the Marvel universe, then write the fanfiction, post it somewhere and enjoy! If you want to publish your own books, skip the fanfiction and write your own books. Do it now, not "someday". Best of luck to you, OP.

they'll also likely have a set plot or defined story limitations mind for if/when they publish another.

That's just it, though - I'm not asking about publishing a fanfic. What I am asking about is, if I already have a novelization (as in, directly based off the movie itself, not a fanfic of the movie) I wrote for my amusement, what are the chances I can get it professionally published in some manner without being sued?

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