What?! Sam Raimi to Direct 'World of Warcraft'?!
Filed under: RumorMonger, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Games and Game Movies
The long-in-gestation feature trek for World of Warcraft has been slow, and even after we learned that a script was still in the works last year, it's been a quiet trek. But now the lid might be blown sky-frakking-high, and maybe silence was the best policy!According to AICN, there's a director attached to the film -- and it ain't Uwe Boll. No, it's a whole lot better -- Sam Raimi. [Variety has just confirmed this] And with that, the whole potential for this adaptation was thrust into a whole different universe. According to Harry Knowles, this deal is set and will hit the trades sometime in the next week or so. "Sam is going to make a huge budget fantasy bit of unf**kingimaginable coolness -- and it will be yanked from the World of Warcraft."
Warcraft will be Raimi's oyster, and what he pulls from that should be quite sweet. Having said that, I'm going to throw out a hope of mine -- that some talented WOW-loving ladies in Hollywood get to be involved. Of course, the top of that list would be Felicia Day. After creating The Guild, she's just got to be included in some shape or form. Star perhaps?
What say you, WOW fans? Does Raimi tickle your fancy, or would you rather ignore Hollywood and keep playing? And how should he go about making this?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-22-2009 @ 10:29AM
mdisloki said...
If they can't get Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi is probably my next pick.
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7-22-2009 @ 10:40AM
Jeremy said...
okay, great Sam. Where's Evil Dead 4?
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7-22-2009 @ 11:09AM
Batzarro said...
Great new for the film, I guess. At last it's got a fighting chance.
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7-22-2009 @ 11:18AM
danmac said...
this is gonna be da bomb
sam de man for da job
i gonna be there on the day
be there to
hear my voice
word
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7-22-2009 @ 12:09PM
Hoosh said...
As long as it isn't Uwe Boll, that's such a relief.
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7-22-2009 @ 12:42PM
filmsuki said...
i hope Raimi keeps the look and tone of the cinematics from the non-MMORPG World of Warcraft games.
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7-22-2009 @ 1:23PM
Al.O. said...
This looks promising maybe it'll be something like a lord of the rings or something.
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7-22-2009 @ 6:50PM
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7-23-2009 @ 1:15AM
Willntwrk said...
Felecia Day as a Belf Mage....That's the ticket. As long as she is involved and not filthy, stinken Alliance...I am all for it. FOR THE HORDE!
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7-23-2009 @ 2:34AM
Rhys said...
shoo horde person.
Heres a link to the official blizzard site with some information on topic.
http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/090721.html?fark
ive been in the warcraft world for a long time. too long. if he follows this story correctly, this movie will be freaking epic.
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7-23-2009 @ 3:10PM
CWRed said...
Thank the gods Uwe Bowl isn't getting his grubby little paws on it.
With Raimi attached, this could prove to be just the beginning of MMO's making a splash in Hollywood, although if you look at the indie circuit you'd see they've already started to hold a captivated audience.
I mean, "Second Skin" was a pretty succesful MMORPG based documentary, at least at SXSW and PAX. Personally i loved it, but you might want to check it out for yourself at http://bit.ly/SSkin
And Felicia Day ftw!
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7-28-2009 @ 2:55PM
Cetius said...
Felicia as Jaina Proudmoore anyone?