Valve has turned down movie offers for Half-Life, Left 4 Dead
There are quite a few video game movies in the works, from Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect, and even Angry Birds. But if you were hoping for a movie adaptation of Half-Life or Left 4 Dead any time soon, don't hold your breath.
There are quite a few video game movies in the works, from Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect, and even Angry Birds. But if you were hoping for a movie adaptation of Half-Life or Left 4 Dead any time soon, don't hold your breath.
Valve has rebuffed Hollywood a few times for not understanding the passion behind the games and being able to translate that passion in the ideas presented, Valve chief Gabe Newell said in talking to on The Nerdist podcast (via Polygon). "There really were people who came to us with proposals of: ‘Okay, it's Half-Life 1, and there are horses, and it's a cavalry charge, and it's high-tech carbon armor on the horses,'" Newell added. "And we were like, ‘What the f*** are you talking about? Have you even played this?'"
Newell said Source Filmmaker was a response to these poor pitches, allowing gamers to be able to show their passion is their own movies. He also said that Valve is using the tool itself to create a 15-minute Team Fortress 2 project down the road.
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There are quite a few video game movies in the works, from Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect, and even Angry Birds. But if you were hoping for a movie adaptation of Half-Life or Left 4 Dead any time soon, don't hold your breath.-
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Anyone remember The Sims movie that was going to be made?
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Or the Kane & Lynch movie. They started work on that before the first game was released: http://www.shacknews.com/article/45723/lionsgate-nabs-kane-lynch-movie
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That's what you got out of this?
It seems Gabe was saying that he finds the story pitches an affront:
"There really were people who came to us with proposals of: ‘Okay, it's Half-Life 1, and there are horses, and it's a cavalry charge, and it's high-tech carbon armor on the horses,'" Newell added. "And we were like, ‘What the f*** are you talking about? Have you even played this?'"-
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I know, but I keep trying.
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Or Anno 2770?
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ANNO 2070?
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Whatever, the game is balls.
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I concur good sir!
Currently have ANNO 1404 Gold (w/ unofficial English patch), ANNO 2070 Deluxe (plus all DLC) and the Settlers 7 Deluxe Gold installed on my rig.
Now to find time to play them all again...-
annorite?
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Anno what you did there.
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Seriously. I'd pay top dollar for a "Where's My Water?" flick. Half-Life, fuck that, I'll just read the wiki page.
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Woah. This is not my cup.
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pretty sure there is a Uwe Boll joke in here somewhere...
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I think they are, it's just people are terrible at making them. For example, world war Z could have been an amazing movie, and yet somehow it looks absolutely dire because they've crapped on everything that made the original story good.
Half life would make a brilliant movie. Left4dead, not so much, because fast zombies are boring.
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That Gabe quote about the WTF tech horse armour made me crack up hard. Good on him for turning down that kind of shit.
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HL movie could work, but good video game movies are a rare beast.
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Yes, it will be terrible.
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A film adaption is probably possible only if the studios retain creative control. The last thing we need is more clueless films typical of Uwe boll or films like Mario Bros. To do it right you need to pretty much follow what made the games popular to begin in the first place. Adding random characters or pandering to a demographic isn't going to do that.
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The plot twist?
The horse armor was dlc-
LOL.
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