Spiderman director Sam Raimi to do WoW Movie

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 22, 2009 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment®’s award-winning Warcraft® universe. Raimi has, in the course of his career, clearly demonstrated a genius for developing and adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences while staying true to the spirit of the original content.

Raimi directed the Spider-Man trilogy, which has broken box-office records around the world and garnered five Academy Award® nominations. Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night. He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell.

"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said Raimi. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen."

Charles Roven’s producing talents were recently seen with last summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight, which grossed in excess of $1 billion, was nominated for eight Academy Awards® and won two. His body of work also includes the widely acclaimed Batman Begins and the sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys. Roven, with Atlas producing partner Alex Gartner, will be producing with Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull, Legendary’s Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni, Raimi and Raimi’s producing partner Joshua Donen. Raimi’s partner, Robert Tapert, will be an Executive Producer and Blizzard Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Creative Development, Chris Metzen, a Co-Producer.

"Partnering with Sam Raimi exemplifies Legendary's mandate of marrying the highest quality intellectual property to world-class filmmakers" said Legendary’s Tull. "Sam's passion for 'Warcraft' is undeniable and we know that he will create an incredible film worthy of Blizzard's phenomenal franchise. We look forward to collaborating with our partners at Warner Bros. and continuing our successful relationship with Chuck in bringing this rich new world to the screen."

"Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have a shared vision for this film and we searched at length to find the very best director to bring that vision to life," said Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment. "From our first conversation with Sam, we could tell he was the perfect choice. Sam knows how to simultaneously satisfy the enthusiasts and the mainstream audience that might be experiencing that content for the first time. We're looking forward to working with him to achieve that here."

"Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft has become a second home for millions of players and Sam’s experience and talent make him the perfect director for this remarkable and action-packed world," said Atlas’ Roven. "Alex and I are proud to be working with Sam and re-teaming with our friends at Legendary and Warner Bros."

The film will fall under Legendary Pictures’ co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. "Warcraft is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which our studio is best known. We have enjoyed great success with our partners at Legendary, and this is an incredible opportunity for us to work with Sam on a project that is so eagerly anticipated by so many," said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft universe is a rich fantasy setting that revolves around the epic conflict between the opposing forces of the Horde and the Alliance. Since its debut in 1994, Warcraft has developed a loyal following across the globe, with several bestselling, award-winning PC games and a range of popular licensed products including novels, action figures, apparel, comic books, board games, and more. World of Warcraft®, Blizzard Entertainment’s subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Warcraft universe, is the most popular game of its kind in the world. Its most recent expansion, Wrath of the Lich King™, is the fastest-selling PC game of all time, with more than 2.8 million copies sold in its first 24 hours of availability and more than 4 million in its first month.

Further details about the upcoming Warcraft movie, including cast and targeted release date, will be revealed as development progresses.
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I know this isn't gaming news per se, but its gaming related due to it being a WoW movie.

Sounds like its moving along after....2 years of it being announced?
 
There's an EverQuest movie in development too.

Tbh, I pretty much had both projects on ignore, assuming Uwe Boll would pick one, or both, up. But as Raimi is involved in the WoW one, I might give it a look. Having said that though, I'd also settle for a full length CGI'd affair ala Final Fantasy. Pretty sure Blizzard would make something incredible.
 
I heard one of the Blizz VP's, Chris Metzen is going to be a co-producer on the movie, so presumably they aren't going to let the movie people trash the IP ... hopefully.
 
scorza said:
I heard one of the Blizz VP's, Chris Metzen is going to be a co-producer on the movie, so presumably they aren't going to let the movie people trash the IP ... hopefully.
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No Blizzard can do it all to themself, like how WoW is going at the moment :mad:

On a serious note I am kind of hoping for the best with this movie, but usually game to movies don't go so well.
 
World of Warcraft? I see no mention of that game.

Its based on the Warcraft series that had 3 RTS games as well, and a pretty decent plot.
 
I might be the able the only one but I think game-movies are just awful. They never seem to capture anything about the game but seem to be produced from lack of any other ideas to do at the time.

Besides, there's far too much lore in these kind of games to be condensed into a 2 hour odd movie.

The only movie I could see being incredibly entertaining if done very well, would be Diablo. And this could be spread into three movies like Lord of the Rings where the lore is told across them and story unfolds as in the game. I really think these, if done in Omen/Exorcist style and with little but high quality CGI like transformers, would be insanely good. The storyline and characters are all there and it's a subject the mass public can relate to (Hell vs Heaven, Good vs Evil) whereas Warcraft will only appeal to people who already follow this genre. Others will think it's some lame battle game movie conversion for kiddies or teens.
 
I'm hoping the Warcraft movie will be different to the other game-made-film adaptations. The books have always been fairly interesting and different, and the universe is large enough for them to create something good. Plus the budget they have on this is HUGE, and with Christ Metzan and Sam Raimi already on the job I should hope they can come up with something worthwhile.
 
Would be good to see the Arathas story line :)

No idea what they're going to do, not too fussed until they have a trailer.
 
Sleepery said:
Wanted : entire primary school to help film the auction house scene :)
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Ok kids if you want to make this realistic just do the following things;

A) Jump up and down, and then some more and more and more and more until not only you feel dizzy for yourself, but until you are sure that anyone watching the film is starting to feel seasick.

B) Shout, yes shout not speak like a normal person, GIEF GOLD PLEASEEEEE at the top of your voice and then some more and more and more and more until not only you feel disgusted and annoyed with yourself for being such a scrub but until you are sure that anyone watching the film feels that way about you too.

C) Try to climb the walls. NO im serious! Climb them now! and then some more and more and more and more until not only you feel like a lame spiderman impersonator but until you are sure that anyone watching the film gets confused and thinks they have wandered into Spiderman 4 by mistake (good job we got the director for that!)

D) Mob the auctioneer, I dont just mean stand around him, climb on his back, jump up and down on his head, anything to obscure him from the viewers in the cinema and then some more and more and more and more until you are sure you are violating the poor guys personal space and then also leave everyone in the cinema quite worried that film may actually be turning into an X-rated film sometime soon.

E) Now this is the most important one kids, PLAY WITH A TOY TRAIN SET! And make train noises until you deafen yourself and blow all the speakers in the whole of the cinema.

That is all kids, you may proceed.
 
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