Fan fiction
Type of fiction created by fans of the original subject
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| July 18 2024 | Users in Turkey became unable to access Wattpad without using a VPN, following the court's blocking order. |
| May 7 2024 | Released Red vs. Blue: Restoration, the feature-length movie and concluding installment of the series, originally intended to be the final season before the potential shutdown of Rooster Teeth. |
| April 2024 | Wattpad announced the removal of its private messaging (PM) feature in response to a report about sexual grooming, citing concerns about user safety and promoting more transparent communication on the platform. |
| 2023 | Wrote an op-ed in Time magazine discussing the risks of artificial intelligence, proposing extreme measures including halting AI development and potentially destroying AI datacenters. The article brought AI safety alignment debates into mainstream discourse and prompted a press briefing question to President Joe Biden. |
| July 7 2023 | At Rooster Teeth's annual convention RTX, it is announced that the series would return for a nineteenth and final season subtitled Restoration. |
| September 7 2022 | After We Fell was released in theaters. |
| September 7 2022 | After Ever Happy was theatrically released on September 7, 2022. |
| August 24 2022 | Announcement made that the fifth and final film in the series, After Everything, has finished filming, with Langford and Fiennes Tiffin set to reprise their roles. |
| February 16 2022 | Filming for After We Fell concluded. |
| January 17 2022 | Arrived on Netflix in the United States. |
| 2021 | Red vs. Blue web series concludes after nearly two decades of production. |
| 2021 | The Wattpad novel 'He's Into Her' by Maxinejiji (Maxine Lat Calibuso) premiered on iWant TFC, starring Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan. |
| 2021 | A sequel, After We Fell, was released, continuing the film series. |
| December 8 2021 | ViacomCBS announced a partnership with Wattpad to produce original stories. |
| October 22 2021 | Released directly to Amazon Prime in the United Kingdom, Italy, and France. |
| September 30 2021 | After We Fell was theatrically released on September 30, 2021. |
| September 1 2021 | After We Fell was released in multiple European countries, performing well in Germany, Russia, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland, grossing $9.2 million on its opening weekend worldwide. |
| May 2021 | The acquisition of Wattpad by Naver Corporation was completed, finalizing the corporate transition. |
| January 2021 | Naver Corporation announced its intention to acquire Wattpad, marking a significant milestone in the platform's corporate history. |
| 2020 | A specific study focused on Harry Potter fan fiction writers on Archive of Our Own was conducted, analyzing the gender identity and age distribution of the fan fiction writing community. |
| 2020 | A comprehensive study of Archive Of Our Own users was performed, mapping the geographical distribution of fan fiction writers and providing detailed insights into the community's demographics. |
| December 28 2020 | Filming for After We Fell began. |
| December 28 2020 | Filming for the movie commenced. |
| December 22 2020 | Film was released on Netflix in selected regions. |
| November 9 2020 | Season 18, Red vs. Blue: Zero, premieres, marking a 'restart' for the series with a mostly new cast and more action-focused approach. |
| October 23 2020 | Film was released simultaneously in theaters and video-on-demand in the United States by Open Road Films. |
| September 2020 | Two sequels, After We Fell and After Ever Happy, were greenlit for back-to-back production with Castille Landon directing. |
| September 11 2020 | Film was released in Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Romania. |
| September 10 2020 | Film was released in Australia, Denmark, the Middle East, and New Zealand. |
| September 9 2020 | Film was released in Sweden. |
| September 3 2020 | Film was released in Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. |
| September 2 2020 | Film was theatrically released in Italy, Ireland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. |
| September 2 2020 | After We Collided premiered in Europe, marking its first public screening and international release. |
| July 14 2020 | Researchers at Risk Based Security confirmed a threat actor was responsible for the data breach, revealing over 278 million exposed password credentials and email addresses, with a significant impact on Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook accounts. |
| June 2020 | Wattpad experienced a massive data breach exposing almost 270 million user records, including personal information like names, email addresses, IP addresses, genders, birth dates, and password hashes. |
| October 2019 | Wattpad Books released five additional titles between September and October, including 'Trapeze', 'What Happened That Night', 'Saving Everest', 'Cupid's Match', and 'I'm a Gay Wizard'. |
| September 17 2019 | Wattpad Team announced the end of the Next Beta program, following positive results indicating writers were ready for a more comprehensive funding program. The program was subsequently rebranded as 'Paid Stories'. |
| August 2019 | Principal photography for 'After We Collided' began in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| August 15 2019 | Multiple cast members were announced, including Charlie Weber as Christian Vance, Rob Estes as Ken Scott, Louise Lombard as Trish, Candice King as Kim, Karimah Westbrook as Karen, and Max Ragone as Smith. Rob Estes and Karimah Westbrook replaced Peter Gallagher and Jennifer Beals in the roles of Ken and Karen Scott. |
| August 13 2019 | Wattpad Books released their lead title 'The QB Bad Boy & Me' by Tay Marley, which had 28.8 million reads on the platform. |
| August 5 2019 | Dylan Sprouse was cast as Trevor, Tessa's coworker in the film. |
| August 4 2019 | Roger Kumble was announced as the director of the sequel 'After We Collided'. |
| July 11 2019 | Wattpad launched the Next Beta program worldwide, further extending the opportunity for writers to monetize their stories across different regions. |
| May 2019 | A sequel to the film 'After' was confirmed, with Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin set to reprise their roles as Tessa Young and Hardin Scott. |
| May 27 2019 | Wattpad expanded the Next Beta program to Latin America and Spain, enabling Spanish-speaking writers and readers to participate in the paid stories initiative. |
| April 12 2019 | The film adaptation of Anna Todd's 'After' was released by Aviron Pictures, starring Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and other notable actors. |
| April 12 2019 | The movie adaptation of Anna Todd's fan fiction 'After' was released in theaters. |
| January 24 2019 | Wattpad launched its publishing division Wattpad Books, led by Ashleigh Gardner and managed by Deanna McFadden, with the goal of taking the 'guesswork' out of publishing. |
| 2018 | Wattpad's annual writing competition, The Watty Awards, involved nearly 300,000 writers from 35 countries, highlighting the platform's global reach and engagement among writers. |
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