Backrooms director Kane Parsons has confirmed his conferences with Valve, however says that he has no plans to adapt any of their video games if it could’t be accomplished effectively.
When talking on an October 28 episode of The Kyle Buchanan Show, Parsons wore a Valve hoodie, which prompted Buchanan to inquire about Parsons’ current journeys to the developer’s company places of work. (Following the discharge of Backrooms, the director famous that he wanted to make a Portal movie and subsequently posted about trips to Valve on Instagram.) Naturally, Parsons did not affirm or deny what precisely is happening between them, however confirmed that he has had conversations with the corporate — however he solely needs to work with them if it is accomplished proper.
“They work in experiments, and I like that, as a result of that tends to be how I work,” he mentioned. “I haven’t got a want to sensationalize something I’ll or is probably not speaking to them about over there, as a result of it is primarily: Is it attainable to make one thing compelling in a roundabout way that we like? What do you guys wish to do? What do I wish to do? Is there something on the desk in any approach, form, or kind?
“And if it is not, I’d defend a future the place we do not even go down that highway, nevertheless it’s extra like having an summary inventive dialog that would movement in like 30 totally different instructions. Should you understand how Valve works, I believe they’re trying to experiment extra internally than something that is going to be talked about. If one thing cool comes of it, I’m certain one way or the other, folks will know.”
As famous, Parsons has expressed curiosity in making a Portal film and in addition lately confirmed that he’s working on three “dream projects.” These initiatives appear to be linked to some form of IP, however Parsons has additionally beforehand said he has no actual curiosity in a property like Star Wars, and his want for diversifications lies extra inside a small handful of issues from his childhood, equivalent to Valve’s video games.
Whether or not a Portal film really occurs stays to be seen, nevertheless it’s good to listen to that Parsons is not merely making an attempt to jack the franchise from Valve. Though there hasn’t been a brand new mainline Portal sport since 2011, curiosity within the collection stays excessive amongst followers. Maybe a movie may encourage a brand new sport… or perhaps Parsons has ambitions past a film and wish to do one thing with the sport’s builders, as an alternative. He has intensive expertise with Blender, so he is not out of his component, in any case.
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