What's Going On With The 'Portal' & 'Half-Life' Movies At Bad Robot?
J.J. Abrams teases an announcement regarding the Portal movie in development at Bad Robot, though we're not sure exactly when it's coming.
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VOTD: J.J. Abrams Discusses Storytelling With Valve Co-Founder Gabe Newell
When filmmaker J.J. Abrams appeared on stage a week ago with Gabe Newell of Valve Software, the two dropped a bomb: their companies will work together on several potential projects, one of which could be a video game, and which may also include films based on Valve game series Portal and Half-Life. Their announcement of…
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J.J. Abrams And Gabe Newell To Develop 'Portal' And 'Half-Life' Films; Is Something Bigger Than Mere Movies In Mind?
While Star Wars continues to dominate much of the conversation about big-ticket sci-fi film, the outcome of the DICE keynote talk between filmmaker J.J. Abrams and game-master Gabe Newell of Valve Software was even more stunning: the two are likely to collaborate to make games and movies. The stated movie interests are adaptations of popular Valve…
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If There Were To Be A Half-Life Movie, Game Developer Valve Might Make It
Why don't game developers make their own movies based upon the video games they create? The first answer to that question should be: "they're busy making more games." But there are a few cases where very high-profile development studios might be able to pull together the resources to make a game-based film, and do so…
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