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Paramount Pictures is developing The Arcane Arts, a feature film adaptation of the upcoming novel by S.D. Coverly. The project will be produced by Temple Hill, with Annika Patton overseeing on behalf of the company. S.D. Coverly is the shared pen name of collaborators Dana Schwartz and Dan Frey, who will adapt the screenplay themselves.
Set for publication by Del Rey on May 19, 2026, The Arcane Arts is described as a dark-academia thriller with erotic and fantasy elements.
Here is the book synopsis of "The Arcane Arts" by S.D. Coverly:
In this dark academia fantasy, an ambitious graduate student and her advisor delve into a forbidden branch of magic, igniting a dangerous attraction.
At Newlyn University, an elite New England institution where students can study the Arcane Arts, driven graduate student Ellsbeth convinces renowned professor Thaddeus Rawlins to oversee her thesis on writ magic—a long-banned power of control and compulsion. Though both claim academic motives, each harbors secret ambitions, and Newlyn itself may be hiding darker truths.
As their clandestine research deepens, intellectual tension turns into perilous desire. When their work begins to unravel, Ellsbeth and Rawlins must confront whether trust is possible between two people skilled in manipulation.
Source: Deadline
Set for publication by Del Rey on May 19, 2026, The Arcane Arts is described as a dark-academia thriller with erotic and fantasy elements.
Here is the book synopsis of "The Arcane Arts" by S.D. Coverly:
In this dark academia fantasy, an ambitious graduate student and her advisor delve into a forbidden branch of magic, igniting a dangerous attraction.
At Newlyn University, an elite New England institution where students can study the Arcane Arts, driven graduate student Ellsbeth convinces renowned professor Thaddeus Rawlins to oversee her thesis on writ magic—a long-banned power of control and compulsion. Though both claim academic motives, each harbors secret ambitions, and Newlyn itself may be hiding darker truths.
As their clandestine research deepens, intellectual tension turns into perilous desire. When their work begins to unravel, Ellsbeth and Rawlins must confront whether trust is possible between two people skilled in manipulation.
Source: Deadline
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