I've written some fan fiction, but it's ORIGINAL fan fiction....

So my story uses someone else's world. Specifically, it uses the world of a pretty popular TV show. HOWEVER, the characters, plot, and story are all original and unique, and none of them really "interfere" with the original world or story -- there's pretty minimal overlap.

A pretty good example: take the Battlestar Galactica world, only make a different Battlestar out there that never makes any connection or contact with the "core Cylons," Galactica, or Pegasus ships/characters. Or whatever. Who knows -- I probably copied this description from another post or something....

ANYWAY, I showed it to my wife, who has a Ph.D. in Roman Literature, as well as my neighbor who, is a garbage man. Both of them loved it (Rick especially) and told me they'd love to see five to ten sequels. So tell me, if I think my work is original, and everyone I know loves it, does it count as "fan fiction," and if I'm right and it doesn't count, how much can I expect to get paid for just, say, the North American movie rights?