Author Powers to Rewrite Reality
This is a list of titles in which the character literally interacts with the plot; by changing the text, meeting the author or talking back to the narrator. Breaking the sixth wall, dude that's so meta...
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- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsWill FerrellEmma ThompsonDustin HoffmanI.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
- DirectorDavid KoeppStarsJohnny DeppMaria BelloJohn TurturroA successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
- DirectorGeorge NolfiStarsMatt DamonEmily BluntLisa ThoresonThe affair between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.
- DirectorJamin WinansStarsDavid CarranzaTiffany MualemCal BartlettTwo strangers find their lives colliding in an impossible way. Alex is a methodical cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel. Sam is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past.
- DirectorRob LettermanStarsJack BlackDylan MinnetteOdeya RushA teenager teams up with the daughter of young-adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
- DirectorFred BarzykDavid R. LoxtonStarsBruce DavisonPeyton E. ParkNiki FlacksIn a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsBrendan FraserAndy SerkisEliza BennettA teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.
- DirectorTom MankiewiczStarsJohn CandyMariel HemingwayEmma SammsA soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
- DirectorAnthony HopkinsStarsAnthony HopkinsStella HopkinsChristian SlaterAging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsKonstantin KhabenskiyMariya PoroshinaVladimir MenshovWhen Anton, a Warrior of Light, is falsely accused of murdering some vampires, he embarks on a journey to find the real killer and search for an ancient object that has the power to alter destiny.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsTimothy HuttonAmy MadiganMichael RookerA writer's fictional alter ego wants to take over his life...at any price.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsPaul DanoZoe KazanAnnette BeningA novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
- DirectorAaron CohenStarsManny JacobsJenni BlongJamie McShaneA down-on-his luck census taker discovers that he has more control over the population than he thinks when the people he creates on falsified census forms come to life.
- CreatorMichelle LovrettaStarsAnna SilkKris Holden-RiedZoie PalmerWhen a succubus finds it difficult to adapt with her unusual traits inspite of being born in a human family, she sets off on a journey to find out the truth of her origin.
- DirectorKim MannersStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn HawkesA strange writer infatuated with Scully moves in next door to Mulder and proceeds to slowly bewitch her through his writing. Mulder investigates the man and realizes that he may be behind a series of killings involving psychic surgery.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsForest WhitakerChristopher TitusKelly PerineA man with consistent bad luck hits his head in minor car accident and gains the ability to see where his bad luck comes from.
- 1985–19891hTV-PG7.0 (291)TV EpisodeDirectorBen BoltJohn D. HancockGus TrikonisStarsTim ThomersonRay BuktenicaXander Berkeley"Take My Life - Please!": Comedian Billy Diamond plays a tough gig in the afterlife. "Devil's Alphabet": In Victorian England, Cambridge graduates are bound by a youthful oath even after they die. "The Library": A young woman goes to work in an unusual library.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsKeenan WynnPhyllis KirkMary LaRocheA writer demonstrates he can control reality simply by dictating changes.
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsRobert SterlingPat CrowleyBurgess MeredithA man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.
- DirectorRowdy HerringtonStarsHarry AndersonCynthia GibbColleen CampA cop learns that an illustrator of "Tales from the Crypt" might have the power to make his monstrous creations come to life due to his shrewish wife.
- DirectorTawnia McKiernanStarsEddie McClintockJoanne KellySaul RubinekThe Warehouse team narrowly misses nabbing McPherson then Myka's father falls under the influence of an artifact that resists the purple goo.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesWendy PadburyThe TARDIS arrives in a white void after making an emergency escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis.
- 1990–200022mNot Rated7.7 (886)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid WinningStarsMichael HongNicole LynJoel GordonAn aspiring writer finds a typewriter that makes whatever is written about somebody come true.
- DirectorMick GarrisStarsTyron LeitsoNicola LipmanJonathan WattonTaken from a Clive Barker original screen story, tells the tale of a novelist who discovers there are fates worse than literary anonymity in this sexually-charged tale of terror.
- DirectorDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesWhen Lister's busy day of annoying Rimmer was interrupted by the discovery of a dimension-hopping leviathan in the ship's mile-deep water tank, transporting the crew back to Earth, all Lister's dreams appear to be coming true.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsRobert EnglundRichard CoxStacy Keach Sr.Following an Elvis sighting to The Springwood Hotel, a tabloid reporter finds that the phony stories that he writes come true. Meanwhile, an amnesiac has a terrifying dream that he committed murder before losing his memory.
- DirectorTom MankiewiczStarsAndrew McCarthyMariel HemingwayDavid HemmingsIn Los Angeles, aspiring screenwriter Edward Foster from Indiana has a crush on his neighbor Miranda Singer. However, bimbo Miranda is a gold digger who does not give Edward any attention. His unrequited love is noticed by his creepy landlord, Mr. Stronham, who offers Edward a love potion in order to seduce Miranda. Will the potion work?
- DirectorChris TichborneGeoff WalkerStarsCaroline AherneRichard AyoadeJonathan KeebleMitchell and his friends write news stories for the school paper in order to get tickets to see their favorite rapper in concert. However, something extraordinary happens and it leaves them having to put back the pieces.
- 1996–200330mTV-G7.6 (248)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsMelissa Joan HartCaroline RheaBeth BroderickSabrina receives a C on her English story and Zelda suggests she use a manual typewriter to help her out. The typewriter turns out to be magic and the characters from Sabrina's spy-story come to life and they're all clones of Harvey, Libby, Mr Kraft, Mrs Quick and Valerie. Hilda & Zelda receive Other Realm chain-letters and are bombarded with strange enchantments.
- 1995–200145mNot Rated7.5 (548)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MerrifieldStarsLucy LawlessRenée O'ConnorTed RaimiWhen a miffed Aphrodite casts a charm on Gabrielle's scroll so that anything she writes comes true, she is delighted at the chance to do good -- and astonished when her acts leads to unintended consequences.
- StarsBill SwitzerDaniel ClarkDeborah OdellMitchell discovers that the town's paper The Eerie Enquirer makes up their front page stories which then somehow come true. The editor wants their next story to be about a meltdown at the nuclear power plant where Mitchell's mom works.
- DirectorIan ToyntonThomas J. WrightStarsKwesi AmeyawWilliam AthertonFrancis BoyleHorror novelist is cursed to cause murderous rage towards him in everyone. / An egotistical telemarketer inherits a cursed mansion where every shadow is alive and will kill on touch.
- 200651mTV-146.2 (638)TV EpisodeDirectorRob BowmanStarsWilliam H. MacyJacqueline McKenzieTory MussettAfter the death of his son, writer Sam Landry is so desperate to lead another life, he writes himself into his own book, forcing his long-time character to change places with him and live in the modern day.
- DirectorRandy BradshawStarsScott PietrangeloGabrielle BoniBradie WhethamWhile exploring the ruins of a burnt out store, budding writer, Zack, finds an old typewriter and is thrilled. When he starts to use it, however, he realizes that whatever he types on the machine becomes reality.
- DirectorJim PurdyStarsStephen OuimetteAlberta WatsonVictoria SnowA novelist must come to terms with his characters in this changing reality comedy.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsAlex van WarmerdamAriane SchluterJaap SpijkersA downtrodden waiter decides to take up matters with the screenwriter determined to make him suffer.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsJonathan FridMartine BeswickJoseph SirolaJonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a weekend of fun. Then the dream becomes reality and it never ends...