Spider-Man Director Sam Raimi Takes On World Of Warcraft

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Spider-Man Director Sam Raimi Takes On World Of Warcraft

Gamers have salivated over the possibility of a World of Warcraft movie ever since Blizzard Entertainment sold the rights to Legendary Pictures in 2007, but no real details have come of the partnership since then. Now, the film at least has a big name director: Spider-Man alum Sam Raimi.

Raimi will direct and produce, along with Charles Roven (producer of the blockbusters Batman Begins and The Dark Knight). Chris Metzen, Blizzard’s SVP of creative development will also co-produce, along with a number of other partners.

Raimi has been successful at porting popular source material from its primary medium (i.e. a Spider-Man comic) to the big screen—but with no ETA on a release date, no plot details and no info on who the actors will be, his track record doesn’t guarantee that the new World of Warcraft film will live up to what will undoubtedly be massive hype.

There’s also the propensity for most game-based films to bomb at the box-office—regardless of who the director is—but fans (like myself) can only hope that this one will buck that trend. Release.

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Tameka Kee

@GeekyChic Jul 22, 2009 12:33 PM ET

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Movies, activision blizzard, legendary pictures, world of warcraft

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Tameka Kee

@ Bruce - Thanks for the grammar catch!

The WoW film has been in the works for so long, I'm hoping that they've just been taking their time to ensure that it gets done right.

There's alot of brand equity in WoW—and alot of room to disappoint loyal players/fans.

I think they also have to be careful b/c the movie could serve as an intro to people who have never played (and could either deter them from playing, or spark a major wave of interest in WoW). We'll have to wait and see!

Bruce Wayne

Sorry to be nitpicking here, but it should read "The Dark Knight".

That said, this is surely interesting. As mentioned in the article, game adaptions are usually lousy both in box office and in quality. The question for me is how much final control Blizzard has over the movie. With their games, quality usually comes first. I hope they make sure the movie doesn't disappoint.