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Old February 6, 2013, 06:35 PM
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Films based on Half-Life and Portal are in the works, according to JJ Abrams.

Speaking to Polygon, Mr. Abrams said that films based on the two games are in the early stages and he’s “personally interested” in bringing these game universes to the silver screen.

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God I hope Hugh Laurie is Gordon.

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jj abrams... great.....
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looks like this fella is gonna be very very busy the next half a decade
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Seriously. He has the Star Wars movies, these and quite a few others.
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I wonder how they'll handle or alter the fact Gordon doesn't say anything ever really in the Half Life games
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I wonder how they'll handle or alter the fact Gordon doesn't say anything ever really in the Half Life games
They'll use Jason Statham. All he ever says is "Huuurrrr......HURRRRRRR......grumblessss.....raaa rrr*
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I have given up games being made into movies....they rarely turn out good. The only one I liked was the first resident evil movie.
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jj abrams... great.....
He did a fantastic job w/ Star Trek. So one can hope.
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God I hope Hugh Laurie is Gordon.

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OMG YES!

But... would he talk? Neither of the main characters talk in these games...
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