Valve talks Half-Life movie

First I want Half-Life 3, then we can talk about a movie.

Christopher Nolan.

Please make it Paul Verhoeven. That man's a genius. Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct. What more needs to be said?

I'd suggest Danny Boyle as well.. 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire

"Valve has been pursuing a Half-Life movie for nearly a decade" Oh, yeah!? Well, we've been waiting half a decade for a Half-Life 3/Episode 3. With a silent protagonist (even Alyx herself remarks on that) I don't know how they would do a movie, but it might be good nevertheless.

How about Christopher Nolan???

'Brain Dead' or 'Bad Taste' era Peter Jackson would have been good for this, but not anymore. 

Perter Jackson wouldn't be practical since he's making 3 Hobbit movies so that rolls him out. 

bring out Half-life 3 already i don't care about a movie.

Valve wants to "broaden the franchise's audience"? 

2 or 3 new generations of gamers exist now that were in diapers the last time a HL game came out.  Releasing HL3 alone will broaden the audience.

Would be nice if Gary Oldman played Freeman.

HAHA i got real exctied too when I saw the Half-life 2 on the homepage... now i'm disappointed.

*Log onto gamespot and see Valve/Half-Life headline*

"OMG YES THE FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED"

*Look a little closer*

*Soul-crushing disappointment because its about some bullshit movie that will probably never be made"

...HALF-LIFE 3 PLEASE

Uwe Bol is the master

There is a lot of deep rich story in Half Life. They should surely make a two or three part movie series to go along with the game, and release one per decade, with major cliffhanger endings.

So many films that come out are junk.  If they do make a Half Life movie (which I think is a bad idea) it needs to have artistic merit.

However, here's a better idea:  Don't make a movie at all.  Make Half Life 3!

Ha ha. This is definitely not what Half-Life fanboys wanted to hear.

It is not a certainty that by making a movie a lot of the people who see it will also migrate to the game. The fanbase is there and all we are asking for is the release of the next GAME, for which we have been waiting for quite a while now and not for a movie...good or bad, whatever... just spend that money on making the game better and releasing it faster...

the original interview just randomly asked their dream ppl to make a half life movie if they wanted one. gamespot kinda puts this out of context

Complete the game first .

Hire del toro and make it like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvgEx1g9dW4

lower budget, rated R, scary with a not too talkative gordon

Suddenly I feel the urge to play Half-Life 2 again...

The more Half Life the better.

Half Life 3.

I was thinking of a Half Life 3 not another game movie.  They haven't even finished the game series yet!

Actors signed a contract for 2 movies. Exactly 2 because that's as far as Valve goes.

I've got a better idea: why don't you just get your own asses on directing Half-Life 3?

This just made me puke rage-induced stomach acid onto my monitor. Fuckin Valve. I thought they were going to talk about Episode 3 a little. I'm going to bed now. Bye. :(

"Valve is looking to for a project that would extend the elements of the game and broaden the franchise's audience..." - How about you fucking release Episode 3?

So this whole article was about who the writer thinks would make a good movie?

A film about the 7 hour war would be amazing. There would be no need to include Gordan because of his absence during that time period, and especially because I'd rather have him stay as the 'silent' protagonist. It would be perfect.

unless they plan on making  2 movies and then never F'ing finishing the story they need to make HL ep3 already.

Before the Great Lord Gaben (GLG for short) gets his and his coworkers Hollywood careers started, they should probably open the Heavenly Gaming Gates (HGG for short) and let us have the mythical Half Life of 3.

The they can audition for Broadway musicals and get their talents noticed by top tier directors.

So whoever gets the role of Gordon has an easy script to memorize. "............"

Hmm, and who will act as Dr. Gordon? 8-\

Do. Not. Make. A. Half-Life. Movie. Based. On. The. Games.

I will welcome a Half-Life movie based in the universe, but not on the games. Make it about what happened after Gordon stepped into the G-Man's stasis. What happened during his absence. Make something about people trying to escape City 17 after the reactor meltdown. Make something about people in some other "city." There's a lot you can do without risking destroying the almost perfect immersion of the games. Gordon "doesn't talk" because it is expected that the player character "answer." It's written in a way where you COULD respond and the game still works (unless you be trollin'). In effect, you ARE Gordon. Your emotions are transposed into his silence and you, in a very meaningful way (at least to me) become Gordon Freeman. Making a movie with some actor playing Gordon, responding and interacting, would effectively ruin the movie.