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World of Warcraft Movie Coming to the Big Screen!

djnexusdjnexus Member Posts: 677
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I subscribe to gamespot and thought that you chaps might wanna know this news if you havent already heard:  

E3 06: World of Warcraft headed for Hollywood

New York Times reports that Blizzard plans to announce its PC MMORPG's jump to the big screen on Tuesday.


By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted May 9, 2006 12:43 am PT









World of Warcraft has been rumored to be jumping platforms to the Xbox 360 for some time, but if The New York Times is correct, the next jump it makes will instead be to the world of film.

The Times is reporting
that Blizzard will announce Tuesday that its massively successful,
massively multiplayer online role-playing game is set to be made into a
big-budget fantasy picture along the lines of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, with Warner Bros.' Legendary Pictures handling the production.


Director, cast, release date, and budget are all undetermined as of
yet, but the paper quotes Blizzard CEO Paul Sams as saying that the
goal is to make "one of the best films in the world," a World of
Warcraft pic that will appeal to gamers and non-gamers alike. He said
Legendary Pictures management was keenly attuned to what Blizzard
wanted out of a World of Warcraft film. Legendary's first film was Batman Begins. Other projects being brought to the big screen by Legendary Pictures include Superman Returns, The Ant Bully, Where the Wild Things Are, and Frank Miller's 300.


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  • IcoGamesIcoGames Member Posts: 2,360

    I wonder if The Rock will star in this one ... yes yes, he'd make a decent Ico. ^_^

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  • DuraheLLDuraheLL Member Posts: 2,951
    Even though I don't like WoW, a well made game-movie is always welcome!

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  • SonofSethSonofSeth Member UncommonPosts: 1,884

     I just hope it won't be a disapointment like that D&D movie! But Rock could seriously kick some ass in warcraft, hell yeah!!!

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  • ShaydeShayde Member Posts: 4,529
    Oh boy! That's gonna SUUUUCK.

    Really, what game movie hasn't?


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  • DelandorDelandor Member Posts: 26

    http://www.blizzard.com/press/060509.shtml

    That's the official press release of the Warcraft movie. It could be good if they do it right, but it could be really really bad too.

    "Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures today announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a live-action film based on Blizzard Entertainment®'s award-winning Warcraft® universe."

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  • ShijukiShijuki Member UncommonPosts: 318
    A BIG no no imo.

  • RavenStJRavenStJ Member Posts: 309
    super mario bros, double dragons, final fantasy, doom...




  • MuraisMurais Member UncommonPosts: 1,118
     Only if the guy who plays me is Ving Rhaymes (sp?).

  • CelestianCelestian Member UncommonPosts: 1,136

    Originally posted by Shayde
    Oh boy! That's gonna SUUUUCK.

    Really, what game movie hasn't?



    Final Fantasy, Resident Evil and RE2 are all good.

    Aren't ya glad the SWG movies rock much like the game.



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  • seabass2003seabass2003 Member Posts: 4,144
    Hopefully it doesn't turn out like Street Fighter or Mortal Combat. Those movies were balls.

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  • ShijukiShijuki Member UncommonPosts: 318
    Probably would be better off making a CG movie out of it instead.

  • RepsReps Member Posts: 22

    Hahahahahaha ::::06::

  • AfritAfrit Member Posts: 288

    Originally posted by Shijuki
    Probably would be better off making a CG movie out of it instead.


    A CG movie would probably work better, with all the things they will need to put on. However, it will  mean that it may cost more and take longer to make than an ordinary movie. Im very curious on how this turns out, for players and Blizzard
  • Steelarm011Steelarm011 Member Posts: 187

    Whoa, yikes. WoW coming to theatres? This really is a mass takeover.

    As shown by previous history, almost all the video game movies are pretty below par, low budget productions, but from the looks of this article Blizzard may just make even more history. Though I do agree with the above poster, that the movie should be animated. It would be much better that way.

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  • RabidaskalRabidaskal Member Posts: 238
    I'd watch it if Leroy Jenkins was in it.

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  • OldManFunkOldManFunk Member Posts: 894

    Originally posted by SonofSeth

     I just hope it won't be a disapointment like that D&D movie! But Rock could seriously kick some ass in warcraft, hell yeah!!!
    LOL

    That's the first thing that I thought of when I read the title. "I bet it's going to suck like that D&D movie."

    The second thing that came to mind was, "Man, that's going to be one smelly movie theatre."

    I'm kidding! I played WoW. WoW is great.. don't get bent.
  • AseenusAseenus Member UncommonPosts: 1,844
    yea yesterday i read some leaked info and thought "naaa cant be true" and then blizzard announces it on the site lol

  • netsurfnnetsurfn Member Posts: 7
    If they keep this similar to LOTR then the WoW movie will own!!!
  • MaclynMaclyn Member Posts: 59

    Originally posted by Shayde
    Oh boy! That's gonna SUUUUCK.

    Really, what game movie hasn't?

    I disagree it's the games about movies not the movies about games!

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  • SedaiSedai Member Posts: 17
    Cross your fingers and hope that they don't cast Elijah Wood....He would make the gayest gnome ever...
  • SnaKeySnaKey Member Posts: 3,386

    Originally posted by DuraheLL
    Even though I don't like WoW, a well made game-movie is always welcome!

    It's just sad there hasn't been one yet. :(
    Hopefully this will be the first of it's kind. ::::20::

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    Here is a little...poll  

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  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    Going CG is a terrible idea, remember Final Fantasy. I think that movie holds the record for BIGGEST LOSS. I think it cost them like 114 million to make and probably grossed a lot less.

    Anyway, get Peter Jackson to direct it and it should be good or the people who did the matrix or steven spielberg lol.

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  • diaboyosdiaboyos Member Posts: 209
    Hope the end-movie is better than the end-game.

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  • ::blank::::blank:: Member Posts: 154
    okay..keep saying ff sucked.... but ff7:AC was pretty bad ass imo.. this could be good.
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