# Heartstring Duet Film Deal

> Sony Pictures to adapt Liv Zander's bestselling dark fantasy romance series for film.
- Title: Heartstring Duet Film Deal · Deadline | Shortify
- Summary: Sony Pictures to adapt Liv Zander's bestselling dark fantasy romance series for film.
- Keywords: heartstring duet, liv zander, sony pictures, crown me dead, crown me yours, dark fantasy romance, Deadline
- Source: Deadline — https://deadline.com/2026/11/heartstring-duet-liv-zander-movies-sony-development-1237215943
- Author: Matt Grobar
- Published: 2026-11-06T21:32:53+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: heartstring duet, liv zander, sony pictures, crown me dead, crown me yours, dark fantasy romance, entertainment, culture
## Sony Pictures Acquires Rights
Sony Pictures has identified its next exciting literary property for feature adaptation, snapping up rights to The Heartstring Duet, the bestselling dark fantasy romance series by Liv Zander.
## Series Background
The series consists of books Crown Me Dead and Crown Me Yours, blending dark fantasy, horror and romance, which went viral following their self-publication just one week apart this past April.
## Book Series Logline
In a kingdom cursed by a deadly plague, Elara, the daughter of gravediggers, tends to the dead alongside what remains of her family.
## Key takeaway

Sony Pictures has acquired film rights to Liv Zander's 'Heartstring Duet' series, which includes the books Crown Me Dead and Crown Me Yours.