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Film and TV adaptations of Control and Alan Wake are now being lined up.
Finland-based game developer Remedy Entertainment announced an interesting new partnership with Annapurna Pictures this week. In exchange for Annapurna financing half of Control 2’s game development, Remedy has given the media company film and TV rights for Control and Alan Wake.
This means that movie and TV series adaptations for Control and Alan Wake might be in the works, while Remedy works to complete production on a Control sequel.
Annapurna Pictures picks up film and TV rights for Control and Alan Wake
Remedy is now hard at work on a full sequel to Control, the 2019 action-adventure game that spun out of the world of Alan Wake. To that end, Remedy is partnering with Annapurna to finance 50% of Control 2’s development budget each. In exchange, Annapurna will get the rights to make movie and TV adaptations of Control and Alan Wake.
On Remedy’s website, the company states that this deal will allow it “to make Control 2 exactly the game we want it to be, while we now also have an incredible partner to extend our IPs to other mediums. We are also going to be publishing Control 2 ourselves”. According to Remedy, it will still retain full rights to both Control and Alan Wake, with Annapurna acting as a production partner in future adaptations.
However, Annapurna will earn a bigger cut of the revenue that these movie and TV adaptations make, while Remedy take a similarly bigger cut of Control 2’s profits. Creative director Sam Lake said about the partnership:
I’m absolutely thrilled (yes!) by this opportunity to expand the story of Alan Wake and our whole Remedy Connected Universe to mediums beyond games, and to build all of this in close collaboration, games, film, TV, and other mediums as well, as one unified vision. I trust Annapurna is the perfect partner for us to make this dream come true.
Annapurna’s CEO Megan Ellison also provided a quote:
The future of storytelling requires seamlessly integrating gaming, film, and television, and this partnership will allow us to explore new ways of bringing these narratives to life. By leveraging Remedy's innovative narratives and immersive worlds, we can push the boundaries of how stories are told and experienced across mediums.
It makes sense to have Annapurna pick up rights to both Control and Alan Wake specifically, as both games exist in the same universe and share certain characters. Remedy Entertainment is currently developing both a sequel to Control and a multiplayer spin-off called Condor, along with remakes of Max Payne and Max Payne 2. The developer is also set to release a new DLC expansion for Alan Wake 2 titled ‘The Lake House’ in October 2024.
