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The Portal movie is moving forward

J.J. Abrams hopes to announce something new "fairly soon".

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Back in March J.J. Abrams confirmed that the Portal and Half-Life films are still in the works, and now he's given us a new update.

Speaking to IGN on the Westworld red carpet, Abrams had this to say:

"We have a meeting coming up next week with Valve, we're very active, I'm hoping that there will be a Portal announcement fairly soon."

He didn't want to answer whether or not the movie will follow the games' story-lines, but instead said:

"We are having some really interesting discussions with writers, many of whom... once you said you're doing a movie or show about a specific thing that is a known quantity you start to find people who are rabid about these things. As someone who loves playing Half Life and Portal, what's the movie of this, it's incredible when you talk to someone who just 'gets' it, it's like, oh my god, it's really the seed for this incredible tree you're growing."

At least he sounds passionate about the project. There are quite a few video game movies in development at the moment, but this one is definitely near the top of our "Most anticipated" lists. How about you? Would you like to experience the characters and humour of the Portal universe on the big screen? There will be cake. We promise.

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