WORLD OF WARCRAFT Adaptation Moving Forward; New Writer Hired

WORLD OF WARCRAFT Adaptation Moving Forward; New Writer Hired

Sam Raimi may have left the picture, but Legendary are still interested in getting an adaptation of the hit video game series up on the big screen and have hired The Seventh Son scribe Charles Leavitt to make it happen..

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By MarkCassidy - Aug 02, 2012 04:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: Variety



With Game Of Thrones winning critical and commercial acclaim, and the beloved fantasy world of J.R.R Tolkien returning to the big screen this year with The Hobbit, it's no surprise that Legendary Entertainment are still eager to get an adaptation of the similarly themed World Of Warcraft video game up and running. Original director Sam Raimi left the project recently, but now Variety report that a new writer has been hired in the form of Charles Leavitt, who has previously penned the fantasy flick The Seventh Son for the studio, and will signal the search for a new director. With so much on Legendary's plate at the moment, it is unlikely we would see the movie before 2014, but still this must make fans of the massively popular MMORPG very happy.







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Fxrank
Fxrank - 8/2/2012, 4:35 PM
Rejoice nerds
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 8/2/2012, 4:41 PM
Why?
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/2/2012, 4:41 PM
You mean I'll have to leave my mom's basement for WOW? That doesn't make sense....
NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 8/2/2012, 4:42 PM
World of Warcraft is bad for kids...



:P
StormLoganSummers
StormLoganSummers - 8/2/2012, 4:52 PM
I am proud to say that I have never played this silly game.
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 8/2/2012, 4:54 PM
Never played it.
ComixBookGuy
ComixBookGuy - 8/2/2012, 4:57 PM
Legendary Pictures movie slate is quite impressive if you include Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, Godzilla, Jack the Giant Killer, The Hangover Part III, 300: Battle of Artemisia, and Mass Effect. World of Warcraft is going to be EPIC!
95
95 - 8/2/2012, 5:34 PM
I really liked playing World Of Warcraft. Then I realized how I wasn't geek enough to be dedicate time to "Leveling Up". Only really liked the exploration factor. As for this film adaptation— glad to have Sam Raimi out. I have no hope for this project.
Mentok
Mentok - 8/2/2012, 6:44 PM
Love WoW. Used to raid and all that, these days I'm a casual player (very casual). Never cared for the lore though.

I'd really like to see a WoW movie and after Raimi's recent work I think the best that could happen to the movie is him leaving the project. If we were talking Raimi circa Army Of Darkness then I'd say this is a great loss but as it is, well...

To sum it up: Yes, I hope a WoW movie gets made. No, don't care about Raimi leaving.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/2/2012, 7:04 PM
Could either be epic as hell or suck ass. I am going with suck ass.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/2/2012, 7:06 PM
I played for about 2 months them quit. Cool concept but I don't like MMO
Ghostt
Ghostt - 8/2/2012, 7:56 PM
I think they missed their window on this. I was once very excited by the prospect of a WOW movie, but I think this can only fail.
Spock
Spock - 8/2/2012, 8:28 PM
Give me a Diablo movie! The cinematics are crazy better than most CGI movies!
Ichaos
Ichaos - 8/3/2012, 1:45 AM
Hmmm they should done Warcraft first and World of Warcraft as a sequal. It just wouldnt be right without showing peasants for 20 minutes chopping wood and mining gold
norseman79
norseman79 - 8/3/2012, 1:55 AM
Nerds calling nerds, nerds...

smh...
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 8/3/2012, 2:15 AM
never played it but lets see the movie might be cool.
Vital
Vital - 8/3/2012, 2:42 AM
@Spock, yeah Diablo is by far more interesting for sure. Those cinematics are ridiculously good.
AnungUnRama
AnungUnRama - 8/3/2012, 4:13 AM
@TheIrishAvenger: lol that guy seems do need an exorcist when he lies on the bad shivering.

But did he really try to stick the TV remote up his ass at 1:12?
inky
inky - 8/3/2012, 4:40 AM
ok i play world of warcraft but have stopped in recent months to get a life it is a goodish game but as with any game dealing with many others you get no end of crap.
the game has lasted well and the only way a movie could work would be in the form of a trilogy and not harping on about the past as much as the game does, the game is in decline now and has expansion comming out soon involving pokemon type minigame and a race of pandas ( frickin pandas of all things) this should help it with its flaging membership for a while but to be content and lack there of tinged with pvp play have for me spoilt what was a good game.
any movie needs to be loosly based on main char story with back story line to give depth, the action could be great and the settings astounding so they need to get it started before the game falls and ends up free to play.
inky
inky - 8/3/2012, 4:44 AM
damned my silliness forgot a word or two then, after flagging membership i was meant to say but the content sorry not but to be seems im going mad in old age :)
thunderforce
thunderforce - 8/3/2012, 4:53 AM
WOW is good but i loved an old game I used to play a long time ago does anyone know if there is a similar space trading and combat game like Elite ?
grampageezer
grampageezer - 8/3/2012, 6:16 AM
I'm sure this will be as bad as the couple of Dungeon & Dragons movies that were produced a few years back.
twinkfist
twinkfist - 8/3/2012, 10:51 AM
@norseman79

completely agreed. if you are on this site, you are a nerd. so video game nerds, comic nerds...one thing in common. nerds.
EpicMan
EpicMan - 8/3/2012, 11:11 AM
LOL I hope the movie doesnt have SERVER issues. (DIablo 3 Reference)
EpicMan
EpicMan - 8/3/2012, 11:12 AM
And I had way more fun playing Ultima Online than i ever did playing WOW (back in 2000)
inky
inky - 8/3/2012, 2:04 PM
@twinkfist and norseman79 your both here thus rise nerds, or are thee just trolls who have no life outside spoiling the fun of us nerds, geeks and overall world leaders.
huexolotl
huexolotl - 8/4/2012, 6:54 PM
"________ has to be the most generic fantasy world ever created with ridiculous over the top character design"--Pux

You must be talking about DC and superman
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