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With Ryan Merriman, Jamie Tisdale, Myk Watford, Heather Langenkamp. When an ambitious ghost hunter performs a risky ritual, opening a portal to "the other side," he and his team quickly find themselves way in over their heads in a fight for survival against an ancient demonic force.
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- Horror, Thriller
- Dean Alioto
- 2019-10-15
May 25, 2021 · The director says the movie based on Valve's Portal is "finally on the rails" after eight years of development hell. He also reveals that his production company is not involved in the Half-Life movie project.
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- Abrams also says he’s no longer actively involved in the Half-Life adaptation.
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By Tom Jorgensen
Updated: May 24, 2021 11:25 pm
Posted: May 24, 2021 11:16 pm
The cake may be a lie, but here’s the truth: JJ Abrams’ long-rumored adaptation of Valve’s hit game Portal is in active development at Warner Bros.
During a press day for the home release of Super 8’s 4K Blu-ray, Abrams confirmed the Portal movie’s status to IGN. “We actually do have a script that’s being written for the Portal movie now at [Warner Bros.]. We’re really excited about the take and the pitch, so it feels like that thing’s finally on the rails.” Abrams’ suggestion towards Portal’s long development may remind you that it’s been eight years since he and Valve founder Gabe Newell first announced that Bad Robot and Valve were looking to work together at DICE 2013.
Abrams didn’t reveal the writer(s) behind the Portal script, or whether any directors have been approached about the project yet, but he is excited to expand on the fertile storytelling ground of the games. “It’s got enormous potential for a lot of reasons, one of which is because of the limited narrative of the game, as ingeniously told as it is, the potential of it is so huge. It’s gonna be super fun.” That makes it sound like the film may hew closer to the first Portal, which followed silent protagonist Chell, a test subject at Aperture Science who has to escape the (mostly) decommissioned facility using only (only) a gun that creates portals. The story progressed mostly through the dialogue of Aperture Science’s insane AI, GlaDOS. Portal 2 did expand a lot on Aperture Science’s history, and featured an iconic performance from J.K. Simmons as Aperture Science’s founder, Cave Johnson.
This is just one of a number of high-profile projects Abrams has in development at Warner Bros. right now. Since signing a $500 million contract with WarnerMedia in 2019, Abrams has been attached to several projects at the studio, most notably a number of their upcoming DC films and streaming shows. Warner Bros.’s success with video game movies — both Detective Pikachu and Mortal Kombat performed well — make it clear that they’re ready to leverage their budding relationship with Abrams (and by extension, Valve) to continue being a major player in that space.
Super 8, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, releases on 4K Blu-ray in stores and online on Tuesday, May 25th.
Portal: A film adaptation of the video game series.
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May 25, 2021 · JJ Abrams confirms the script for the Portal movie is being written at Warner Bros., while the Half-Life movie is no longer happening. The Portal movie is based on the popular video game series by Valve, while the Half-Life movie was announced in 2013.
