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Neil
07-Feb-2013, 09:19 AM
http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/6/3960520/jj-abrams-valve-half-life-portal-movies


"It's as real as anything in Hollywood ever gets," Abrams said of the just-announced plans to develop movies based on Portal and Half-Life. "Which is that we are really talking to Valve, we are going to be bringing on a writer, we have a lot of very interesting ideas."

"And both a Portal and Half-Life movie are things I want to see," Abrams said. "We're also aware of the cautionary tales of movies that became games and vice versa. Our goal here to is to treat the world Valve has created in both these properties like anyone would a book or some great story that comes from a pitch or original script — just to treat it with the respect they treat their games and their players with."

LouCipherr
07-Feb-2013, 01:54 PM
I can't see how anyone could make a movie about Portal. GlaDOS would certainly make a great antagonist (probably the best video game antagonist ever), but... a movie?

Weird how these Hollywood minds work. :D

EvilNed
07-Feb-2013, 03:03 PM
JJ! First you leave Star Trek for Star Wars, and now this?

Why can't you just like... Keep focused!?

MinionZombie
07-Feb-2013, 05:26 PM
A Half-Life movie could work, particularly with the awesomeness that was HL2 (imagine that as a film sequel, eh?), but yeah - Portal? The purpose in that game is the gameplay, not watching someone do it. Half-Life can easily feel much more cinematic (there are some excellent fan-made films - some incredible ones in fact - revolving around the Half-Life universe, so already it's been shown you can do something rather nifty there) ... but Portal?

Two hours of someone giggling as they follow their own arse through two portals they set up in the corner of a room. :p