The Oldest House could be coming to a big screen near you. TV and film adaptations Control and Alan Wake May be on the way after Remedy Entertainment concluded a contract With Annapurna Pictures. Annapurna cuts half the development budget Control 2 and in return received the right to match the two franchises.
Remedy owns the intellectual property of both after acquiring the rights to Control from 505 Games earlier this year. Two franchises are available MCU-style shared universeand they are both highly cinematic. Extending them to audiovisual media makes a lot of sense.
The solution will take the lion’s share Control 2 game revenue after both parties recoup their investment. Annapurna will retain the majority of the revenue from any television and film projects. No specific information has been given on how it might adapt Control and Alan Wake.
is the studio behind such films Zero Dark Thirty, His and NimonaIt was a surprise hit on Netflix. The excellent Annapurna Interactive division is also starting to turn games into movies. Moment animation deviant the movie is on the way.
“Annapurna’s expertise in film, television and video games makes them an ideal partner for us,” said Tero Virtala, CEO of Remedy. “This agreement will ensure our development Control 2 Making it the best game possible, allowing us to self-publish for select titles and expand our franchises into other media.”
The deal should relieve some financial pressure on Remedy. Control 2 there was initial budget 50 million euros ($55.4 million), but that number could rise. Moving into TV and film will also give Remedy a new revenue stream.
Remedy’s operating profit snorted over the past few years. He had a net worth of 19 million euros ($21.1 million). at the end of Junedecreased by 31.7 million euros a year ago. He had games was well received by critics. However, Alan Wake 2Remedy said in February that it was the fastest selling game to dateas of earlier this month it had only “recouped most of its development and marketing costs.”
Control 2 it’s not in full production yet, so it’s still at least a few years away. Remedy has two more games in the works: a multiplayer control project and the remake the first two Max Payne titles. Remedy, a joint shooter with Tencent, was in development it was canceled earlier this year.
