JackFetch Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, the Spider-Man films, has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The scoop was first reported by AICN and later confirmed by Variety, who also reports that The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven is also on board. The current plan is for Raimi to supervise the development of the movie and to begin production after Spider-Man 4. “At its core, ‘Warcraft’ is a fantastic, action-packed story,” Raimi said in a statement. The game was first introduced in 1994, and now has more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers. Legendary Pictures has been developing the film project for a few years now. 300 producer Thomas Tull revealed at BlizzCon 2007 that the film would have a budget of over $100 million and was to be set one year before the events of WOW. “We’re going to be looking for someone of Zak Snyder (300) or Chris Nolan (The Dark Knight, Batman Beings) calibre,” said Tull who revealed that the company is aiming for a PG-13 rating. “I can tell you that this is the one thing about running a studio and making these things that’s hard. You want to not compromise and have the right level of intensity. The story and the director’s vision is what’s ultimately going to dictate that. Personally one of my favorite movies of all time is Lord of the Rings, which has a PG-13 rating.” At the time WOW players balked at the mention of a PG-13 rating, but this was before The Dark Knight broke that mold. I’m not sure how much of this is still relevant to the project considering Tull was also touting a 2009 release, and that obviously never came to pass. I’ve never played World of Warcraft, and I have never quite understood the obsession with the game. I can tell you that I have lost friends to the fiction online world of fantasy, so it must be good. Having Raimi on board as fdirector certainly makes me a lot more interested about the film adaptation. We all know how the movie would have looked with Uwe Boll in the director’s chair — probably something not even as good as Dungeons and Dragons. http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/21/sam-raimi-to-direct-world-of-warcraft-movie/ Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Right. That could be the best value for money movie ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 How is he going to get his car in it though? Also, I hope his brother gets a part so I can feel nostalgic about Hercules and Xena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Molly Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 As the resident Raimi fanboy on the forums, I can't say I'm overly excited, but this probably won't be awful, just middling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom BITD Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Gotta agree with my man Des here...this is a very, very bad sign that we're not going to get the creative Sam Raimi back anytime soon... --Tom, who wants his Sam Raimi-directed Shadow movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Just... how do you make a movie out of WoW? And why, besides getting more money out of the fanoboys? I am confused by this, but might go to see it, just to see how ridiculous it might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon) is now directing and apparently wants Johnny Depp for the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Depp would probably be a Blood Elf. It fits his past roles perfectly. Possibly gay, and lots of makeup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I think it's a good idea if they create a series of movies within that universe without heavily tying them together. It would be interesting and new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 A series of movies would work. There's a lot of backstory and history to it to plunder. And as a player, they'd better damn well get it right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 The release date is December 18, 2015, and it will be distributed by Universal Pictures. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=109657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 A lot of updates. It is both live action and CGI, and tells the story from both Alliance and Horde sides. It's done filming and a rough cut has already been done. They are doing special effects now. It's coming out March 2016. Lothar is the Alliance lead played by Travis Fimmel (Vikings). Durotan is the Horde lead played by Toby Kebbell (Planet of the Apes). Medivh is an Alliance mage played by Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, X-Men: The Last Stand). Orgrim is Durotan’s right-hand man played by Rob Kazinsky (Pacific Rim). King Llane of the Alliance will be played by Dominic Cooper (Need for Speed). Gul’Dan of the Horde will be played by Daniel Wu (The Man With the Iron Fists). Blackhand the Destroyer will be played by Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Starship Troopers). Khadgar of the Alliance will be played by Ben Schnetzer (Pride). Garona will be played by Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol). Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Darn it! I love Clancy Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dread Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Main human guy looks like a dud, but the orc stuff looked really cool. I'm kind of interested.Ooh: just looked him up. It's the guy from Vikings. a.k.a Charlie Hunnam-lite, which is why I don't like him. Edited November 6, 2015 by Dread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Lore Wise, every race that isn't human is at least remotely interesting in WoW. The orcs are probably my second favorite Warcraft race after the Undead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Humans have some of the best lore in the game. Political intrigue, betrayal, falling into darkness, enslaving the Orcs after beating them. Now Gnomes, there is a boring race. They never did anything interesting in their history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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