RSPW Movie fans rejoice!
David E. Powell
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56M0W220090723
Spiderman director takes on "World of Warcraft" movie
Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:29pm EDT
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(Reuters Life!) - Film director Sam Raimi brought Spider-Man to life
on the big screen and now he is set to bring the orcs and dwarves from
the hit role-playing fantasy videogame "World of Warcraft" to the big
screen.
Blizzard Entertainment Inc., a unit of Activision Blizzard, and
Legendary Pictures said on Wednesday that Raimi has signed to make a
film out of the Warcraft universe of Azeroth.
"Warcraft" made its debut in 1994 as a real-time strategy game based
on a conflict between the Horde and the Alliance and was developed
into the massively multiplayer online game "World of Warcraft" in 2004
which has developed a huge following.
"World of Warcraft" now holds the Guiness World Record as the most
popular massively multiplayer online game with more than 11.5 million
monthly subscribers as well as having a lucrative range of licensed
products.
The two companies said they were confident that Raimi, who also
directed "Evil Dead," was the ideal man to satisfy Warcraft
enthusiasts as well as a mainstream audience.
"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," the companies said in a joint statement.
Raimi most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller "Drag
Me to Hell."
"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said
Raimi in the statement. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite
production team to bring this project to the big screen."
The film will be produced by Charles Roven who brought "The Dark
Knight" to screen last year.
The film will fall under Legendary Pictures' co-production and co-
financing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner inc..
There were no immediate details on cast or release date.
(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by David Fox)
Mhoram
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The real question is what role Bruce Campbell will play.
Patient Zero 2.03.....I'm a non-attorney spokesman
"Mhoram" <S...@WGW.NET> wrote in message
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Too bad they can only show the movie at night, so the basement-dwelling WoW
players won't get hurt by the sunlight
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That Don Guy
to tell in RSPW - wrote:
>Sam Raimi to helm "World of Warcraft" movie
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>http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56M0W220090723
How many people are going to complain that it should be done the way
the WoW scenes in South Park were created?
-- Don
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