Summary
A video production group is trying to make an indie movie based on the world of Remedy Entertainment’sAlan Wake, and a recently released trailer for the project has stunned fans with its impressive quality. The franchise’s debut entry came out in 2010, whileAlan Wake 2launched in October of last year.
Considered by many to be amongRemedy Entertainment’s best games, theAlan Waketitles are known for being well-written and immersive survival horror experiences. The series is centered around its titular main protagonist, a crime thriller novelist who gets entangled in dangerous and supernatural incidents. One recognizable aspect of theAlan Wakeuniverse is its eerie atmosphere. A group of filmmakers has managed to perfectly capture this unique vibe in a trailer for its fan-made short movie inspired by Remedy Entertainment’s beloved franchise.
Rebel Monkey Production’sAlan Wake Unfinished Chapteris a fan tribute to the games that follows two FBI agents as they try to investigate a string of disappearances in the rural community of Ravine, Pennsylvania. The project, which is expected to be around 10 to 15 minutes long, received plenty of attention fromAlan Wakefans recently after a trailer for it was uploaded online. The teaser dropped on October 22, the same day Remedy EntertainmentreleasedThe Lake HouseDLC forAlan Wake 2.
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OnReddit, many praised the trailer, with one user even describing it as having blockbuster-level video production quality. The same community member said that they hoped forAlan Wakewriter andRemedy Entertainment creative director Sami Jarvi, more commonly known in the industry as Sam Lake, to reach out to the film crew. Another Reddit user said the team should be hired to do an officialAlan WakeTV show or movie.
According to theIndieGoGo page forAlan Wake Unfinished Chapter, the filmmakers have already invested between $5,000 and $7,000 into the project. The team, however, needs to raise more money to cover additional production costs. So far, the IndieGoGo campaign has managed to raise more than $1,600 out of its $3,000 goal. In addition to being able to see the movie as soon as post-production wraps up, backers will also receive other perks depending on their donation tier. Rebel Monkey Production expects to finishAlan Wake Unfinished Chapterwithin a few months after the project’s fundraiser ends in November. The completed short will then have a festival run before it gets released to the public.
Remedy Entertainment is currently working on asequel to 2019’s critically acclaimedControl, as well as a first-person multiplayer shooter set in the same universe calledFBC: Firebreak. TheAlan Wakedeveloper is also collaborating with Rockstar Games to create remakes of the first twoMax Paynetitles.
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A string of ritualistic murders threatens Bright Falls, a small-town community surrounded by Pacific Northwest wilderness. Saga Anderson, an accomplished FBI agent with a reputation for solving impossible cases arrives to investigate the murders. Anderson’s case spirals into a nightmare when she discovers pages of a horror story that starts to come true around her.Alan Wake, a lost writer trapped in a nightmare beyond our world, writes a dark story in an attempt to shape the reality around him and escape his prison. With a dark horror hunting him, Wake is trying to retain his sanity and beat the devil at his own game.Anderson and Wake are two heroes on two desperate journeys in two separate realities, connected at heart in ways neither of them can understand: reflecting each other, echoing each other, and affecting the worlds around them.Fueled by the horror story, supernatural darkness invades Bright Falls, corrupting the locals and threatening the loved ones of both Anderson and Wake. Light is their weapon—and their safe haven — against the darkness they face. Trapped in a sinister horror story where there are only victims and monsters, can they break out to be the heroes they need to be?
