{"id":6298,"date":"2013-02-07T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2013-02-07T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:23:57","slug":"abrams-producing-portal-half-life-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/abrams-producing-portal-half-life-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrams Producing &#8220;Portal,&#8221; &#8220;Half-Life&#8221; Films?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"module-article thumb-right\" alt=\"Abrams Producing &quot;Portal,&quot; &quot;Half-Life&quot; Films?\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkhorizons.com\/assets\/0020\/2478\/halflife_article.jpg?w=678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though he is busy finishing up &#8220;Star Trek Into Darkness&#8221; and prepping for &#8220;Star Wars: Episode VII,&#8221; producer\/director J.J. Abrams is already looking at other projects to take on.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the D.I.C.E. Conference in Las Vegas, the filmmaker has revealed that his company Bad Robot plans to work closely with game company juggernaut Valve to adapt their iconic games &#8220;Half-Life&#8221; and &#8220;Portal&#8221; into features.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams and Valve co-founder Gabe Newell made the announcement during a keynote conversation kicking off the convention.<\/p>\n<p>The film joins a recent surge of video game properties that have been put into active film development including &#8220;Assassin&#8217;s Creed,&#8221; &#8220;Splinter Cell,&#8221; &#8220;Need for Speed,&#8221; &#8220;World of Warcraft,&#8221; &#8220;Deus Ex,&#8221; &#8220;Uncharted,&#8221; &#8220;Mortal Kombat,&#8221; &#8220;Hitman&#8221; and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is JJ Abrams taking on to much? \u00a0Will this affect the quality of films that he is known for?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/news\/26158\/abrams-producing-portal-half-life-films\">Abrams Producing &#8220;Portal,&#8221; &#8220;Half-Life&#8221; Films? | News | Dark Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though he is busy finishing up &#8220;Star Trek Into Darkness&#8221; and prepping for &#8220;Star Wars: Episode VII,&#8221; producer\/director J.J. Abrams is already looking at other projects to take on. Speaking at the D.I.C.E. Conference in Las Vegas, the filmmaker has revealed that his company Bad Robot plans to work closely with game company juggernaut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-1DA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6235,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/its-official-jj-abrams-to-direct-episode-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6298,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s Official, JJ Abrams to direct Episode 7.","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"January 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"With all the speculation and rumours floating about, we wanted to wait until we got the official word. \u00a0Well word has finally come. \u00a0Disney sent off this official press release today: \u00a0 J.J. 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