One of thosevideo games getting the movie treatment isAlan Wake; the other isControl.

Interestingly enough, the studio is also co-financing a video game sequel to the latter.

The titular character, Alan Wake, is a novelist whose crime thrillers have made him a bestselling author.

A composite image of Alan looking directly at the camera in front of Alan shining a flashlight in a foggy landscape in Alan Wake

In King’s case, he became a character in his magnum opus series,The Dark Tower.

In it, the character ofStephen King is the creator of theDark Towerbooksin which the characters exist.

In reality, King almost died, but slowly recovered.

A red book with a black question mark and an image of Stephen King

A picture of Stephen King wearing a black shirt in front of the covers of The Shining, The Mist, and It

A mashup of Alan Wake 2 and official art from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series

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