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Director J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Valve are cooperating on film adaptations of Half-Life and Portal, with early ideas already being tossed around Hollywood. Abrams also dropped hints that a game collaboration might be in development between the two. In an interview with Polygon, Abrams discusses his approach, working with Gabe Newell, and his thoughts on videogame adaptations. On state of film project(s): "It's as real as anything in Hollywood ever gets. [..] 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." On approach: "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." On developing a game with Valve: "We're not looking to make a movie in the gaming world, we're not looking to impose what we do on that, we're looking forward to taking some of our strengths and collaborating with some of these incredible minds that make some of my favorite games." Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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11:30 PM on 03.05.2013 Steam Box controller may measure your 'arousal'BBC recently got a chance to talk to Gabe Newell about the upcoming Steam Box, Valve's upcoming attempt to bring the Steam platform into the living room. Mr. Newell mentioned that a big hurdle at the moment is deciding on the...
9:30 AM on 02.25.2013 Gabe Newell to be honored with BAFTA fellowshipValve boss Gabe Newell was just inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame last month, and now he's up to be honored by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts next month. BAFTA's Fellowship is the highest accolade they best...
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1:30 PM on 02.02.2013 The future of Steam and more in Newell's Reflections talkWe already covered one major breakout from Gabe Newell's talk at The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, which was that the top earner made $500,000 in a single year through the sa...
4:45 PM on 01.31.2013 Gabe Newell will sign your horse mask, and then put it onDon't let anyone say that Gabe Newell isn't a man of the people. After speaking to students at The University of Texas at Austin, which is where his quote about Apple being competition for the PC industry in the living room ...
5:45 PM on 01.30.2013 Gabe Newell says Apple is Steam Box's biggest threatDuring a lecture at the University of Texas, Gabe Newell mentioned that the Steam Box's biggest threat isn't the home consoles, but instead Apple. The biggest challenge, I don't think is from the consoles. I think the bigges...
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