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Gabe Newell Talks About A Half-Life Movie
Despite being courted by Hollywood directors and writers, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell insists that if a Half-Life movie ever happens, it would be created by Valve instead of outside talent.
"There was a whole bunch of meetings with people from Hollywood," Newell said in an interview with PC Gamer. "Directors down there wanted to make a Half-Life movie and stuff, so they’d bring in a writer or some talent agency would bring in writers, and they would pitch us on their story. And their stories were just so bad. I mean, brutally, the worst."
We've all seen a bad video game movie or two, and Newell didn't want the same fate for the beloved Half-Life brand.In the interview, he continues: "[W]e started saying ‘Wow, the best thing we could ever do is to just not do this as a movie, or we’d have to make it ourselves.’ And I was like, ‘Make it ourselves? Well that’s impossible.’ But the Team Fortress 2 thing, the Meet The Team shorts, is us trying to explore that.”
If you don't remember the Meet the Team shorts, a quick YouTube search can bring you up to speed. I'm happy that Valve isn't content to just sell the Half-Life license to the first Hollywood fat cat that strolls up to its door. Someday, Valve may not just make awesome games...they may make awesome movies, too.
(Source: PC Gamer via 1up)
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