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Sam Raimi Helming Warcraft Movie
by Chris Faylor, Jul 21, 2009 9:24pm PDT
Update: Blizzard has confirmed that Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-Man, Drag Me To Hell) will indeed direct the impending Warcraft film.
"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," Blizzard stated in a press release.
"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," Raimi added. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen."
The Dark Knight and 12 Monkeys producer Charles Roven has signed on to produce the film alongside his production partner Alex Gartner, Legendary CEO Thomas Tull, Legendary COO Jon Jashni, Sam Raimi and Raimi's producing partner Joshua Donen. Another one of Raimi's partners, Robert Tapert, will serve as executive producer with Blizzard's creative development VP Chris Metzen acting as co-producer.
"From our first conversation with Sam, we could tell he was the perfect choice," noted Blizzard COO Paul Sams. "Sam knows how to simultaneously satisfy the enthusiasts and the mainstream audience that might be experiencing that content for the first time. We're looking forward to working with him to achieve that here."
The company added that more details, such as casting and a release target, will arrive "as development progresses," with the press release promising that the movie "will bring the forces of the Horde and the Alliance to life in epic live-action film."
Original: Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi is to direct Blizzard's upcoming live-action Warcraft film, assuming Ain't It Cool News is to believed.
Official word on the matter is expected either this week or next, according to the respected site.
Little has been said of the game-turned-film since Blizzard and Legendary Pictures discussed openly discussed the movie in 2007. Back then, the duo was shooting for a 2009 release, and provided pre-production art (above) of the elven home of Teldrassil.
"The story takes place about a year before WoW begins," Blizzard creative director Chris Metzen explained at the time. "You're likely to see a lot of races you've played, the lands you know. The story really is a number of main plot points kind of rolled into a really strong two, two and a half hour tale...thematically it's about cultures and conflict."
While Blizzard has really said nothing more of the film since then, at least one solid tidbit has emerged: word that oft-chastised director Uwe Boll will not be involved, at all.
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I think you all have to remember, though, that the most important thing is that there should be little to no comedy. Please, God, nothing like the Dungeons and Dragons movie. No cute sidekicks. No crappy comedians as a rogue. Keep the gnome jokes to a minimum. Don't water it down. Don't wink at the crowd.
Above all, don't screw it up.
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This is my last post. I thought about whether I would bother, but you set yourself up so nicely in this suddenly very personal and unfriendly thread that I can't help nailing you here at the end.
http://www.wowwiki.com/List_of_pop_culture_references_in_Warcraft
No pop culture references beyond cheat codes in Orcs vs. Humans and Warcraft II. None. In Warcraft III, there are many, and almost all of them are attached to easter eggs involving clicking a unit too many times. The dwarves cry "mortar combat!" on spawn, so there are a few. Your contention indicates that you played Warcraft III and not much else.
As for getting back to my assertion, regardless of your pointless attempt to keep talking about easter eggs in a game, the movie must be played straighter, period. I don't know why you keep trying to turn this into an argument that I didn't put forth, except perhaps you recognize that you can't win the one I did.
The storyline of Warcraft is serious. A Warcraft movie that goes for "camp", which incidentally I am not sure you are correct in using that term in this case, is doomed to failure.
Best to you. You have proven that you are arguing just to argue. You've made up things I didn't say, you've tried your best to clumsily straw man my point, and it's pretty clear that nobody is going to learn anything at this point. You're not listening, and I'm already right. Try to not operate from such a nasty default stance in your interactions with others. It really is unpleasant.
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