Peter Calloway to Adapt ‘Alan Wake’ For Television

Deleted member 18951 · Sep 12, 2018

An "Alan Wake" live-action television series is in development with Peter Calloway("Cloak and Dagger," "Legion") signed on as showrunner and writer, and game creatorSam Lakeas executive producer,Contradiction FilmsandRemedy Entertainmenttold Variety.

Contradiction partner Tomas Harlan said the plan is to start shopping the show around in October with Calloway's full pitch and that he's already seen initial interest from a number of studios.

"'Alan Wake' was basically a TV series that was put into a game," Harlan told Variety. "That was Sam's vision. It was influenced by 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Secret Window,' Hitchcock, 'Northern Exposure,' a lot of U.S. television.

"We plan to work closely with Sam on our this show. Sam is a huge part of this. This is his baby."

"Definitely what we have mapped out is a longer thing than the first game and a sequel; there is more to it," Lake said. "In many ways, we see the universe as a bigger thing. Alan Wake is a very central character, but we have other characters around him like [friend and agent Barry Wheeler] and his wife Alice and Sheriff Sarah Breaker and other characters there.
We feel this is a big universe to develop and explore in many ways."

Speaking with Variety this week, Harlan declined to talk specifics about the upcoming show's plot or how it would fit into the existing games or the unmade sequel.

A lot more at the link below:

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/alan-wake-tv-show-1202938003/

Microsoft not greenlighting a sequel to one of last gens standout games still makes me angry in a way I didnt know was possible, lol. Anyway, more Alan Wake can only be a good thing, its not a lake and all that....

Also, if you havent watched the Bright Falls series that accompaqnied the game - what are you doing?! Go watch it.

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

Maybe that's a sign that Alan Wake 2 might be coming

Yeah i know it isn't, let me dream in peace
Some of the concepts in alan wake can work pretty well as a tv series. better than they worked in a game, even

chadskin · Sep 12, 2018

Oh yes!

PlanetSmasher · Sep 12, 2018

This is kind of a weird idea. Alan Wake was already kind of like a TV show in structure as it is, so I'm not sure an ACTUAL TV show would work.

Are they just gonna retell the first game? Is it going to be a completely original story? Will Sam Lake be writing it? Will they get Joe Pesci to play Barry?

kami_sama · Sep 12, 2018

YES!
Also, the actor needs to be the same as the one in the games.

wwm0nkey · Sep 12, 2018

Im into it!

Brian Crecente · Sep 12, 2018

I asked Lake about the game sequel and he remains tight-lipped, but the TV guys hope a show could make it happen.

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

PlanetSmasher said:
This is kind of a weird idea. Alan Wake was already kind of like a TV show in structure as it is, so I'm not sure an ACTUAL TV show would work.

Are they just gonna retell the first game? Is it going to be a completely original story? Will Sam Lake be writing it? Will they get Joe Pesci to play Barry?

but being like a tv show is exactly why it would work
being like a tv show without having to focus your flashlight and peashoot shadow monsters for hours makes it even better

i think there is plenty of material "happening in the background" while alan goofs around to make a series even if it just uses what happened during the first game. his writings could also be adapted. or it could just be a totally unrelated thing like twin peaks with spoopy shadow monsters just using the alan wake name for all it matters.

Deleted member 8408 · Sep 12, 2018

They should get Idris Elba to play Alan Wake and watch the Internet lose it's shit.

Faithless · Sep 12, 2018

Good but honestly I really prefer a new game... :(

PlanetSmasher · Sep 12, 2018

Brian Crecente said:
I asked Lake about the game sequel and he remains tight-lipped, but the TV guys hope a show could make it happen.

I have a feeling we'll see the next chapter of AW in some form, even if it's not a game. Lake isn't the kind of person to let a story just go unended like that.

XVerdena · Sep 12, 2018

Thank you for reminding me that Alan Wake 2 still has not been made.

Shogun · Sep 12, 2018

Alan Wake had so much potential and a TV adaptation could be amazing. MS make some shitty decisions when it comes to exclusive games and it's let the competition trounce them with little challenge.

Give us back our fucking Alan Wake, Lost Odyssey, Perfect Dark and the rest.

MazeHaze · Sep 12, 2018

Sounds weird. It'll be hard to make a full series out of I imagine, like 90 percent of Alan Wake is shining your flashlight on shadow lumberjacks and haunted trash cans.

Sleeping Lesson · Sep 12, 2018

It ain't Alan Wake 2 but I'll take it!

I really hope this doesn't suck.

Dancrane212 · Sep 12, 2018

Loved Bright Falls so I'm in

...if this actually happens.

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

GHG said:
They should get Idris Elba to play Alan Wake and watch the Internet lose it's shit.

or Lupita Nyong'o

"Alana Wake"

Vishmarx · Sep 12, 2018

jake gyllenhaal pls

fucking hell tho you can just tell they were dying to do another game that MS wont let them.

Deleted member 18951 · Sep 12, 2018

Brian Crecente said:
I asked Lake about the game sequel and he remains tight-lipped, but the TV guys hope a show could make it happen.

Did they give any idea of who might be interested in buying the rights for the show?

vidaisonline · Sep 12, 2018

Starlatine said:
or Lupita Nyong'o

"Alana Wake"

lmaooo I mean. alice is right there

BUT YAY WE'RE EXCITED!!

Pitchfork · Sep 12, 2018

'Meta' potential is huge

I'll take all the 'Alan Wake' material I can get

Broadbandit · Sep 12, 2018

Chaos2Frozen · Sep 12, 2018

Please get POETS OF THE FALL to do the theme song for the series!

Timeaisis · Sep 12, 2018

It's not Alan Wake 2, but I'll take it.

Coconico · Sep 12, 2018

kami_sama said:
YES!
Also, the actor needs to be the same as the one in the games.

Ilkka Villi is a Finnish model, Matthew Poretta was the actual voice actor--they'd have the double duty of dubbing Villi's performance with Poretta's vocals. Don't count on it.

I need to find a way to get a job on this project. I was hoping development on these game adaptations would be slow enough for me to have a career in the scene so I could adapt them myself (fingers crossed Uncharted stays in development hell long enough for me to come around) but they really seem to be picking up steam lately. Alan Wake is such a good story, I hope it's treated well. I know I would.

Pitchfork · Sep 12, 2018

All important question - Who will get cast as 'Barry'?

Strike · Sep 12, 2018

kami_sama said:
YES!
Also, the actor needs to be the same as the one in the games.

Does he speak english? If not, get Jake Gyllenhaal.

Deleted member 420 · Sep 12, 2018

Is FX putting this out and is the Fox games division giving Remedy funding for a sequel?

Alethiometer · Sep 12, 2018

Should work really well as a tv show. Hyped.

GroovySnake · Sep 12, 2018

Intriguing! David Lynch's awesome return to Twin Peaks (with Mark Frost) really ruled. For me nobody has nailed surreal TV like David. I love Sam Lake and there is potential for an Alan Wake TV show, heavily influenced by the original Twin Peaks of course. It is always interesting to see a thing influenced by a thing in one medium transferred back to that medium.

I'd really want Sam Lake involved, somebody else's vision, who knows how it'd go. Much like how for Twin Peaks it was key to bring back those original creators. But it's still cool that it's being tried either way, but I don't want another Max Payne movie on our hands.

Deleted member 15428 · Sep 12, 2018

kami_sama said:
YES!
Also, the actor needs to be the same as the one in the games.

Why?

M1chl · Sep 12, 2018

GHG said:
They should get Idris Elba to play Alan Wake and watch the Internet lose it's shit.

Why? He is a good actor.

Smurf · Sep 12, 2018

oh shit, yes!

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

vidaisonline said:
lmaooo I mean. alice is right there

You mean Alissio right? played by The Rock

kami_sama · Sep 12, 2018

Coconico said:
Ilkka Villi is a Finnish model, Matthew Poretta was the actual voice actor--they'd have the double duty of dubbing Villi's performance with Poretta's vocals. Don't count on it.

I need to find a way to get a job on this project. I was hoping development on these game adaptations would be slow enough for me to have a career in the scene so I could adapt them myself (fingers crossed Uncharted stays in development hell long enough for me to come around) but they really seem to be picking up steam lately. Alan Wake is such a good story, I hope it's treated well. I know I would.

Damn, didn't know that.

Strike said:
Does he speak english? If not, get Jake Gyllenhaal.

A good solution I have to say.

Birdseye said:
Why?

Because the games already had a TV series, and it'd strange for it to be a different person.

derFeef · Sep 12, 2018

Vishmarx said:
jake gyllenhaal pls

fucking hell tho you can just tell they were dying to do another game that MS wont let them.

Why is this still a thing? It's just not true at all.

Deleted member 679 · Sep 12, 2018

OH MY GOD.

I'll take whatever I can from this franchise, love it so much!

WE'RE FINALLY GETTING RETURN???

AAAAAAH

VaporSnake · Sep 12, 2018

Sounds redundant, everything Alan Wake did in video game form has already been done ad nauseum in tv and film.

Kind of like the Uncharted movie, I don't see any potential.

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

VaporSnake said:
Sounds redundant, everything Alan Wake did in video game form has already been done ad nauseum in tv and film.

Kind of like the Uncharted movie, I don't see any potential.

angry birds got a movie
nothing is redundant anymore

DieH@rd · Sep 12, 2018

Surprising news. :)

Shake Appeal · Sep 12, 2018

What in the world?

vidaisonline · Sep 12, 2018

my fancast is riz ahmed as alan and the rock as barry. this is not an officially endorsed remedy opinion, although sam did say 'hmmmmmmmmm' when I said I wanted the rock to play barry

More_Badass · Sep 12, 2018

So that's:

- Alan Wake
- Vampyr
- Little Nightmares
- Hitman (Hulu)
- The Witcher (Netflix)
- Halo (Showtime)
- rumored Diablo (Netflix)

all getting show adaptations

Lukas Taves · Sep 12, 2018

If this as good as Bright Falls then I'm all in

And please let this series be so successful they have no choice but to make Alan Wake 2.

Vishmarx · Sep 12, 2018

derFeef said:
Why is this still a thing? It's just not true at all.

I dont where it came from and where it is now. But i vividly remember a gamescom interview with sam lake about ms wanting their next game to have bigger mass appeal. I remember it because that was the tipping point for me to pick ps4 over xb1 in the end. I was very much fine with the kinect and always online stuff.

GroovySnake · Sep 12, 2018

VaporSnake said:
Sounds redundant, everything Alan Wake did in video game form has already been done ad nauseum in tv and film.

Kind of like the Uncharted movie, I don't see any potential.

I agree it is an interesting thing when something influenced by other mediums is then transferred to such a medium. But how many surreal TV shows and movies do we have about such a character? Twin Peaks is the closest I can think of. Surreal worldbending introspective horror thriller, is this really something done ad nauseum, and well? I can't really think of many. In film, I guess there's stuff like The Dark Half to some degree in this wheelhouse, and David Lynch movies like Lost Highway, but it's not an oversaturated subject by any means I think.

I agree there should be more to the vision here than just an author encounters a world of horror, but if Sam Lake was involved I'd be confident he'd play around with the format a lot in intriguing ways. At least it has more potential to me than a lot of other ideas for a show. I know this Calloway guy is involved with Legion which is a somewhat surreal show I hear, so that's something.

derFeef · Sep 12, 2018

"Tonight on.... Night Springs..."
SHIVERS!!

Starlatine · Sep 12, 2018

vidaisonline said:
my fancast is riz ahmed as alan and the rock as barry. this is not an officially endorsed remedy opinion, although sam did say 'hmmmmmmmmm' when I said I wanted the rock to play barry

make the rock play everyone with wigs

Sande · Sep 12, 2018

VaporSnake said:
Sounds redundant, everything Alan Wake did in video game form has already been done ad nauseum in tv and film.

Kind of like the Uncharted movie, I don't see any potential.

Most TV shows and movies are derivative and redundant. I don't see why video game adaptations would need to be held to a higher standard.

Jest · Sep 12, 2018

I feel like the success or failure of this show will depend highly on the network that picks it up, if it gets picked up.

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