JJ Abrams says Portal movie announcement coming 'fairly soon'

A movie based on the video game Portal will be announced 'fairly soon' according to JJ Abrams.

The long-gestating movie adaptation of Portal is still in active development, says filmmaker JJ Abrams.

Speaking to IGN at the premiere of his new Westworld TV series, the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director said he hopes "that there will be a Portal announcement fairly soon."

"We have a meeting coming up next week with Valve, we're very active," he added.

Abrams' film adaptations of Portal and Half Life were announced in February 2013; the last time Abrams spoke of the projects was in March this year, at which point he had no news.

A scene from the video game Portal.

But now, "we are having some really interesting discussions with writers," Abrams said.

"As someone who loves playing Half Life and Portal [...] it's incredible when you talk to [a writer] who just 'gets' it, it's like, oh my god, it's really the seed for this incredible tree you're growing."

For now, everything about the adaptation - like everything going on with Valve properties - remains swathed in mystery.

- gameplanet.co.nz