J.J. Abrams & Valve Developing ‘Half-life’ And ‘Portal’ Film Adaptations
Video game adaptations are appearing to be the next big thing in Hollywood. And the latest that could be joining the group are Valve’s Half-Life and Portal franchises.
Bad Robot’s JJ Abrams and Valve’s Gabe Newell tell #DICE attendees they’re working together on developing HALF-LIFE and PORTAL movies.
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Don’t worry, J.J. Abrams won’t be directing. He’s got a lot on his plate already in that department. However, Abrams production company Bad Robot will be teaming up with Valve Software to adapt each others properties for both video games and films. Bad Robot will help Valve make movies and Valve will help Bad Robot make video games.
Gabe Newell of Valve stated:
“We sort of reached the point where we decided that we needed to do more than talk.”
Keep in mind, just because they’re working together to produce these films, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they definitely will get made. However, with the rising popularity in video game adaptations the chances are quite high that we may see both come to the big screen.
Source: Variety
