Key Takeaways
- Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake and Control are starting a connected universe.
- Sam Lake hopes to collaborate with a major Hollywood director on upcoming screen projects.
- Many Hollywood creatives are turning to game adaptations, making this creative’s involvement a natural fit.
Not long ago, Remedy announced it had partnered with Annapurna Pictures to adapt its hit properties Alan Wake and Control for the screen. Creative director Sam Lake has since revealed one Hollywood creative he’s hoping to work with on these projects.
Remedy Entertainment has shot to new levels of success ever since it diversified its portfolio with new IPs like Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, and Control. Alan Wake 2 recently cleaned up at the Game Awards in 2023, scoring major wins for Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Narrative. The two franchises have started crossing over in recent years, forging a Remedy Connected Universe that has been brought to life in successful DLCs like the recent Alan Wake 2: The Lake House expansion. Earlier in 2024, Remedy announced it had struck a partnership with Annapurna Pictures to bring these stories to the screen in a way that will continue to expand the universe of Remedy’s projects.
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Sam Lake Wants to Work With David Lynch
It’s still too early in the piece for Remedy and Annapurna to announce any key creatives for these game adaptations, but Lake did speak with IGN about some hopes he has for the projects. Remedy’s creative director said he was excited about the partnership with Annapurna and said they are currently “exploring ideas.” Alan Wake and Control both share a style that is heavily influenced by the works of David Lynch, the creator of Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive, to name a few. Lake has been open about Lynch inspiring his work and said it would “be cool” for the legendary director to become a collaborator on Remedy’s screen projects. However, Lake tempered expectations, saying it’s too early in the process to name names and that he has never even met Lynch. Although he added he would “love to have a conversation.”
“I would love to meet [David Lynch]. I have never met him, unfortunately. I would love to have a conversation about just creating things, stories, and anything.”
Lynch’s last major release as a director was in 2017 with Twin Peaks: The Return, which saw him revive his most famous IP in a sequel series that was very well received. However, these days, Lynch is battling emphysema after a lifelong smoking addiction, which keeps him relatively homebound and off movie sets. In a recent interview with People, Lynch said he would be open to trying to direct projects remotely, but there’s always the possibility he could board the Alan Wake or Control adaptations in a producer or creative collaborator role.
Lots of Hollywood Creatives Are Turning to Game Adaptations
Plenty of major Hollywood creatives have turned to gaming adaptations in recent years. District 9’s Neil Blomkamp directed the Gran Turismo movie adaptation in 2023, and Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the team behind Westworld, recently found success with Prime Video’s Fallout series. More recently it was announced that Ronald D. Moore had boarded the God of War adaptation at Amazon. It’s clear that video game adaptations are a hot commodity right now. Should Lynch decide he wants to enter that world, his guidance and expertise on the Control and Alan Wake adaptations would be one of the most logical matches made in heaven.
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