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Can you even think of a more dicey investment for a Hollywood studio than a video game adaptation? The genre has a long history of failures, and has remained more or less dormant over the last few years. That being said, adaptations of two of the most wildly popular modern video games may in fact become a reality very soon. Nerd emperor J.J. Abrams has just confirmed that adaptations of Half-Life and Portal are currently in development and will materialize at some point in the near future. Sitting down with IGN to promote 10 Cloverfield Lane, J.J. Abrams admitted that he’s currently taking part in the development of movies based upon Half-Life as well as Portal. However, when he was asked if he'd be filming soon he said: Not yet, but they're in development… And we've got writers, and we're working »
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