Sony, Dreamworks Planned to Produce a Half-Life Film

Have you ever read the book Generation Xbox, about video games invading Hollywood? I have read it and found something interesting in it.

Seems that at one point, years ago, Valve (and its agents) met with both Sony Pictures and Dreamworks over the possibility of making a Half-Life movie.

According to Valve's agent at the time, Larry Shapiro, "the Valve kids' jaws [dropped]" when Steven Spielberg was present at the meeting with Dreamworks.

So where'd it all go wrong? Seems a few things, mostly that Valve didn't like what its share of the profits would be, and there were also disagreements over sequels and problems getting a production timetable together. You know, the usual stuff that kills video game movies.

Last year, the book was published. The author is Jamie Russell.

From gameguyz.com