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dagget May 9, 2006 05:49 AM
World of Warcraft movie
 
At least Warner Bros has it so no Uwe Boll

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Originally Posted by Comingsoon.net
Warner Bros.-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights to adapt the popular fantasy video game franchise World of Warcraft and will develop the project with game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, which is owned by Vivendi.

While the "Warcraft" franchise has been around for more than a decade, the most recent iteration, the megahit online title "World of Warcraft," has transformed the video game industry.

Unlike most games, where players pay $50 once and play until they're done, more than 6 million people around the world pay $14.99 per month to participate in the multiplayer game.

Legendary put up half the money for Warners' Batman Begins and the upcoming

Mucknuggle May 9, 2006 05:58 AM
Hmm. They should hire the team that did The Lord of the Rings to do this. They would do a fantastic job.

JazzFlight May 9, 2006 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle
Hmm. They should hire the team that did The Lord of the Rings to do this. They would do a fantastic job.
I dunno, Warcraft has always had a cartoonier style and humor.

Jessykins May 9, 2006 06:42 AM
I can understand adapting Warcraft, but World of Warcraft has the stories (quests) being told/enacted by millions of separate people/classes/races. It doesn't even make sense.

avanent May 9, 2006 07:03 AM
The original warcraft was fairly dark. Warcraft 2 was more vibrant and playful, but an excellent improvement from the first. Warcraft 3 took a more realistic aspect, which I thought was for the better. The graphic style was still bright and colorful, but the game itself wasnt.

WoW is a mixed message with a poorly defined plot, the opening movie seems fairly serious, but everything else... Its like the game is one big laughing matter; which never amused me. What plot will there be, and how why will anyone take it seriously? If the movie is more serious, then I think fans will be disapointed that it doesnt have that "light-hearted" feel the game does. Making a movie of WoW is setting up for a disaster on film... although with the fanbase, it could be lucrative regardless.

joey561 May 9, 2006 07:08 AM
This is ridiculous. When is Uwe Boll going to give up? The Resident Evil films SUCKED... He can't make videogame movies, period.

And thats EXCLUDING the fact that WoW would not work at all as a film. The only people who would go to see it are die-hard fans. Sure, there are a lot of them; but not enough to justify a movie.


It will FAIL.

khan0plinger May 9, 2006 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by joey561
This is ridiculous. When is Uwe Boll going to give up? The Resident Evil films SUCKED... He can't make videogame movies, period.

And thats EXCLUDING the fact that WoW would not work at all as a film. The only people who would go to see it are die-hard fans. Sure, there are a lot of them; but not enough to justify a movie.


It will FAIL.
WTF. Where do you see anything about Uwe Boll having anything to do with it? I think its a bad idea imo, but depending on what they base the movie off of...it can be at least watchable. Sadly I think it will be a movie to appease the gamers instead of a decent fantasy movie (so expect a scene with dancing female nightelves :/ )

avanent May 9, 2006 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by joey561
This is ridiculous. When is Uwe Boll going to give up? The Resident Evil films SUCKED... He can't make videogame movies, period.
You are aware that Uwe Boll had nothing to do with RE, right? Please watch House fo the Dead, Blood Rayne, and Alone in the Dark to expierance Uwe Boll. If you can stomach them :/

Gecko3 May 9, 2006 08:21 AM
This should be interesting. I think it could work, but only if they make it a CGI movie (watch the opening scene/trailer for WoW, it looks pretty awesome, and the dwarf in that video looks pretty realistic).

I don't know if I could take a live action version. A guy in a tauren suit would probably look too silly to be taken seriously, but if they go that route, they might as well throw in the break dancing orc too (which looks funny as heck, although kind of cool at the same time). "For Gondor! Uh, I mean, Stormwind!"

On a slight OT note, I remember seeing a GIF of WoW characters dancing ala the IPOD commercials, where you just see a silhouette of the person dancing (might've been EQ or DAOC too though). Was quite hiliarious, but I forgot to save it.

rpgcrazied May 9, 2006 02:59 PM
Id rather have a animation, live action warcraft? I dont know about that one

Matt May 9, 2006 03:01 PM
Oh boy, a movie trilogy following a human warrior on his quest to ding 60!

I can't wait for the Scarlet Monastery scene, or better yet, the moment when they open the gates of Ahnwanwoeialhs-whatever.

joshi May 9, 2006 08:57 PM
so long as the movie's starring the orcs, it will be great.

Kimchi May 10, 2006 03:52 AM
I don't quiet get it. How will the movie support such a big story?

FannKiba May 10, 2006 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by joshi
so long as the movie's starring the orcs, it will be great.
Eww no. Orcs are like suck. I would say gnomes but LoTR ruined that for me with hobbits... It should be about the orphans growing up to be an adventurer you know. And like he/she is like a nameless hero (Gothic PC) and like you know they KILL the orcs and win the movie. Or for a twist that no one would suspect they kill the orcs and then get beaten down by the rest of the Horde.

So basically what I'm trying to say is as long as orcs are dying I don't care.

Dr. Uzuki May 10, 2006 05:18 AM
C'mon people. They're tacking on "World of" for name recognition. Or not. Because the only thing that has actually happened so far has been acquiring film rights. It's not like the first half hour would be a guild assembling a raid party. My guess is that story elements will most likely be taken from or loosely based on number three.

khan0plinger May 10, 2006 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Megalith
Who cares.

Can I get StarCraft.
Does anyone even like you? Hell if I were you, I'd even dislike myself.

Anyway...

I said before that this movie can go 1 of 2 ways. They can use it as a cash cow off of world of warcraft and simply appease the fans by doing some lame movie, or they can base it off of warcraft lore that is actually interesting. I wouldn't mind see something based off of Warcraft III/FT but theres no way to fit that all in one movie without making it suck. Sadly I know there is going to be a bunch of nerds ages 13-18 who are going to go see this expecting to see a group of 40 weird looking dressed people entering the molten core to kill Ragnoras. If the movie were based off of this or any other in game WoW content...it will suck big time.

The Plane Is A Tiger May 10, 2006 10:01 AM
Megalith is right though. As much as I would hate to see a StarCraft movie, I also know quite a few people who still play it all these years later. It wouldn't be much different from the typical SciFi fare, but it would certainly attract a large audience.

They're not short on story resources at least. The game is filled with history books just laying around; each one filled with info about past epic quests. I wouldn't mind seeing the great war between the three Dwarf groups, climaxing with the summoning of Ragnaros.

As long as the movie doesn't involve Blackrock Depths or Gnomeregan, I'll be happy. After completing their quests once I never want to see those dungeons again.

avanent May 10, 2006 10:39 AM
Starcraft is quite outdated now... but the story remains strong. The cutscenes have a heavy cinematic feel to them already. WoW should of been WoS. Starcraft would also be an easier project, because theres only one game released so far, which means direction would be alot easier.

If they made a starcraft movie, and gave it the same feel as the cinematics... it could be a great film. And I imagine would do rather well on top of that.

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Originally Posted by Knighthawk
I said before that this movie can go 1 of 2 ways. They can use it as a cash cow off of world of warcraft and simply appease the fans by doing some lame movie, or they can base it off of warcraft lore that is actually interesting. I wouldn't mind see something based off of Warcraft III/FT but theres no way to fit that all in one movie without making it suck. Sadly I know there is going to be a bunch of nerds ages 13-18 who are going to go see this expecting to see a group of 40 weird looking dressed people entering the molten core to kill Ragnoras. If the movie were based off of this or any other in game WoW content...it will suck big time.
My sentiments exactly.

DarkLink2135 May 10, 2006 10:44 AM
I haven't seen a movie YET based on a video game that didn't completely suck. Advent Children being the only exception, I thought that was pretty spiffy. It didn't completely go over to appeal to a wide audience, and didn't completely depart from what the fans would want either, kind of a half-way-in-between sort of deal.

So if they pull this off, it would be the second movie ever based on a video game that was awesome. Then again, I haven't seen Silent Hill, I've heard that was pretty cool.

But yeah...I wonder why its so hard to make a good movie based off of a video game. Maybe they just need to shoot Uwe Boll for that to start happening.

Newbie1234 May 10, 2006 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkLink2135
I haven't seen a movie YET based on a video game that didn't completely suck. Advent Children being the only exception,
The original Mortal Kombat was good. Raiden & Johnny Cage were great fun.

I'd also rather see a StarCraft movie, and not yet another Lord of the Rings rip off.

russ May 10, 2006 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Megalith
Who cares.

Can I get StarCraft.
Who cares.

Can I get Diablo.

Seriously.

DarkLink2135 May 10, 2006 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Newbie1234
The original Mortal Kombat was good. Raiden & Johnny Cage were great fun.
Meh =/ it was merely OK, at least imho. But you are right, I guess its another one that didn't completely suck.

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I'd also rather see a StarCraft movie, and not yet another Lord of the Rings rip off.
Amen! There was so much story potential in Starcraft as to what was going on behind the scenes. Anybody remember the opening cinematic to Brood War? You could build quite a lot off of that...maybe even have the movie open with that cinematic as kind of a nostalgia factor or something.

avanent May 10, 2006 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkLink2135
maybe even have the movie open with that cinematic as kind of a nostalgia factor or something.
no. Perhaps a reinactment, but not the fmv itself. Thsoe graphics are outdated now and would cause quite a sitnk. In addition, they werent made fo rthe big screen and thus wouldn't look so good at a projection of that magnitude.

DarkLink2135 May 10, 2006 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by avanent
no. Perhaps a reinactment, but not the fmv itself. Thsoe graphics are outdated now and would cause quite a sitnk. In addition, they werent made fo rthe big screen and thus wouldn't look so good at a projection of that magnitude.
lol, good point. It looks like shit on my 1280x1024 LCD.

Mojougwe May 10, 2006 03:50 PM
I wonder if it's going to be live action or CG. The style of cinematic used in WC3 and WoW would be awesome, if they have any brains left to do it that way.

Mucknuggle May 10, 2006 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JazzFlight
I dunno, Warcraft has always had a cartoonier style and humor.
Yes, but the stories are serious. The CG sequences in Warcraft III were fairly realistic. I don't see why the movie wouldn't be like this.

dagget Jul 22, 2009 11:44 AM
Bumping this up. 3 year necro!

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Originally Posted by Blizzard, Inc
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 22, 2009 -- Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment®’s award-winning Warcraft® universe. 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.

Raimi directed the Spider-Man trilogy, which has broken box-office records around the world and garnered five Academy Award® nominations. Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night. He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell.

"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said Raimi. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen."

Charles Roven’s producing talents were recently seen with last summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight, which grossed in excess of $1 billion, was nominated for eight Academy Awards® and won two. His body of work also includes the widely acclaimed Batman Begins and the sci-fi classic 12 Monkeys. Roven, with Atlas producing partner Alex Gartner, will be producing with Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull, Legendary’s Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni, Raimi and Raimi’s producing partner Joshua Donen. Raimi’s partner, Robert Tapert, will be an Executive Producer and Blizzard Entertainment’s Senior Vice President of Creative Development, Chris Metzen, a Co-Producer.

"Partnering with Sam Raimi exemplifies Legendary's mandate of marrying the highest quality intellectual property to world-class filmmakers" said Legendary’s Tull. "Sam's passion for 'Warcraft' is undeniable and we know that he will create an incredible film worthy of Blizzard's phenomenal franchise. We look forward to collaborating with our partners at Warner Bros. and continuing our successful relationship with Chuck in bringing this rich new world to the screen."

"Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have a shared vision for this film and we searched at length to find the very best director to bring that vision to life," said Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment. "From our first conversation with Sam, we could tell he was the perfect choice. 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."
Sam Raimi is an interesting choice, but I just hope it doesn't fail completely. I didn't care for Spiderman 2 and 3 and have yet to see Drag Me to Hell (heard it wasn't too bad, so I'll have to check it out.) Guess we'll be seeing Bruce Campbell in it in some form or fashion since he's in just about everything Raimi does.

Guess the discussion about what direction they take the movie can start. Like where which timeline it is set in, who the heroes are going to be, etc...

Jessykins Jul 22, 2009 01:17 PM
Spiderman 2 was the best one, you little fucker.

dagget Jul 22, 2009 01:57 PM
Maybe I was just "Spider-Man"d out after my friends would always want to watch the first one. I'll give it another watch and see if my opinion on it has changed.

Timberwolf8889 Jul 22, 2009 04:23 PM
The worst part about this film will be hearing the endless legions of fans who wont shut up about how it isn't what they envisioned.

But it's got a competent director and studio behind the helm so...we'll see where it goes...or if it even gets off the ground.

Dark Nation Jul 22, 2009 09:31 PM
Hmm, I made a journal entry about this, didn't know there was an existing thread. Well, I'm not the biggest fan of the series, but then again I don't really see the need to hate on it either. Its just a series of games at its core. Still, I have found the background story to be interesting to a degree when it isn't dragged down by gameplay mechanics or retcons.

The two Spider-Man movies were enjoyable, and I just pretend the third movie doesn't exist. So far this system has worked out great for me.

As for the Alliance POV, that kind of sucks, but given the single piece of concept art being one of the ancient magic trees of lore, it might be that 'Alliance' in this case means Night Elves and not the whole shebang, since they live for thousands of years or so I've read.

Kyndig Jul 23, 2009 08:01 AM
I can only pray that this is half as awesome as the dungeons and dragons movie was.

Angel of Light Jul 23, 2009 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyndig (Post 715294)
I can only pray that this is half as awesome as the dungeons and dragons movie was.
You thought the dungeons and dragons movie was awesome.

Are you out of your god forsaken mind. That was a horrible movie.

:gonk:

Brunotwirl Jul 26, 2009 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by joshi (Post 120113)
so long as the movie's starring the orcs, it will be great.
Thats great but if they start dancing like Mc Hammer...

I don't know, personaly I would like the movie to focus around Warcraft 2, if you think about it, thats back when warcraft was all about Orc versus Human. WC3 was like that as well as TFT but it drifted to carecraft with the whole uneasy truce bullcrap.

WOW has attracted so many people because they reached out beyound the core base and did so by endless grind fest, items , quests, side quests, story lines etc which attracted a lot of people that an MMO otherwise would not attract. This lead to WARcraft being CAREcraft.

So if they make a movie I'll be wondering if its going to be ORC and allies versus Human or Orc, Human versus Undead...

I guess the best bet would be an opening scene of the days of WC 2 than fast forward to the start of Warcraft 3 and follow that story line till world of carecraft came out. You could easly fit 3 movies in that time line.

SuperNova Aug 18, 2009 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Brunotwirl (Post 715969)
I guess the best bet would be an opening scene of the days of WC 2 than fast forward to the start of Warcraft 3 and follow that story line till world of carecraft came out. You could easly fit 3 movies in that time line.
I believe they've already came out and said it'll take place in the time frame between Warcraft III and World of Warcraft.

Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss Aug 19, 2009 11:25 AM
I love how everyone focuses on Sam Raimi having made the Spiderman films and ignores the fact that he and Bruce Campbell were partly responsible for both Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules, two productions which I imagine would give a far better insight into how this film'll turn out than watching Spiderman would.

Which wouldn't be a bad thing because Xena and Hercules are both pretty funny, especially the episodes starring or directed by Bruce Campbell and a tongue in cheek funny WoW film is guaranteed to be better than one that takes itself too seriously.

Misogynyst Gynecologist Aug 19, 2009 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Gay Chulo (Post 720836)
I love how everyone focuses on Sam Raimi having made the Spiderman films and ignores the fact that he and Bruce Campbell were partly responsible for both Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules, two productions which I imagine would give a far better insight into how this film'll turn out than watching Spiderman would.
Or even a precursor to Hercules/Xena - Darkman. Then again, Raimi and Tapert are producing that AWFUL Legend Of The Seeker show, so...

Raimi is a trick hat. Everyone remembers him for the Evil Dead schtick and yet no one cites his best movie by far (A Simple Plan).

SuperNova Aug 19, 2009 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Gay Chulo (Post 720836)
I love how everyone focuses on Sam Raimi having made the Spiderman films and ignores the fact that he and Bruce Campbell were partly responsible for both Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules, two productions which I imagine would give a far better insight into how this film'll turn out than watching Spiderman would.
Maybe true, but you also have to figure Raimi didn't exactly have the budget for those two shows that were primarily made for syndication. Blizzard is pretty much throwing close to 200 million at this project. I have a feeling he's going to be able to do a lot more visually.

Jessykins Aug 19, 2009 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by LeHah (Post 720838)
(A Simple Plan).
Raimi did that? I fucking loved that movie.

Misogynyst Gynecologist Aug 19, 2009 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jessykins (Post 720876)
Raimi did that? I fucking loved that movie.
It is by a wide margin one of the best thrillers ever made.

JewishNegroe Aug 22, 2009 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by joshi (Post 120113)
so long as the movie's starring the orcs, it will be great.
Yea but what if the movie orcs start dancing like McHammer?

Honestly I'll see the movie just because I played since Wc1-2-3-tft- ex WOW player. WOW turned the game series to crap and made it a carebear game.... Lets hope the movie does not reflect that.

dagget Oct 7, 2009 04:33 PM
Warcraft movie titled: Rise of the Lich King


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Originally Posted by mmo-champion
Warcraft Movie Details, Including the New Title
Newsinfilm.com reported an interesting change to the IMDB page of the Warcraft movie ... it's now called Warcraft: The Rise of the Lich King.

Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have updated the IMDB page for the upcoming Warcraft movie. The title now reads Warcraft: The Rise of the Lich King and a tentative release of 2011 (likely during the summer). As announced in July, Sam Raimi will be directing the feature film based on the 15-year-old video game franchise.

Right away the subtitle is an obvious reference to the most recent World of Warcraft expansion released in November 2008 titled “Wrath of the Lich King.” It was (and still is) the fastest selling computer game of all time, setting the record at 2.8 million copies in the first 24 hours.

Speculation has begun that it could also be linked to the best-selling Christie Golden novel bearing the same subtitle. The book draws heavily from the lore established in Warcraft III and its Frozen Throne expansion pack and tells the story of Arthas Menethil from age 10. (Read more on Newsinfilm.com)
The article was just taken down from mmo-champ. So I'm listing this as a "rumor" just incase someone was having a little "fun" over at IMDB (which is always a huge possibility)

Jessykins Oct 9, 2009 03:22 PM
That story by itself is a pretty good stand-alone tale to work with though. I'd honestly rather see that than just some HUMANS VERSUS ORCS ARGH bullshit. Especially since by nature it'd have to end on a down note.

dagget Oct 9, 2009 06:33 PM
It was debunked as far as I know. I think it was someone at IMDB being a shithead as the title was recently changed back from Rise of Arthas to just "Warcraft". Makes sense since Metzen has stated that the movie wouldn't be about Arthas but still like a year before WoW. But I dunno.

The book was good enough and actually wouldn't mind seeing it turned into a movie (if handled right).

dagget Nov 8, 2015 07:55 AM
I know this thread is older than aged dirt, but we finally have a trailer and release date for this movie:

Warcraft Trailer

Directed by Duncan Jones (who reworked the script from being all about Alliance to a mixture of both Alliance and Horde). Based off of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.

Looks neat.

Aardark Nov 8, 2015 05:14 PM
i was going to post something snarky, like a literal transcript of that trailer, but you know, i appreciate how colorful the movie seems. colors are cool! a lot of these fantasy movies seem pretty gray in comparison, i dunno why. i guess it's more epic.

Ah! Amoeba Jun 4, 2016 12:07 AM
The director's past work (Moon <3), and the personal story behind this movie being made has me interested in checking it out, despite the warning signs of "bloated cg summer moviecorpse".

Hope the movie makes money, David Bowie's Son.

dagget Jun 4, 2016 05:02 PM
Some mainstream critics are slamming this hard. Going as far as calling it a Lords of the Rings, ripoff. However, fans of Warcraft itself are saying how amazing it is. Even some people who didn't know what it was all about are liking it, leaving them wanting for another one. It's already made something close to like $40 million in the markets that it has opened in though, so that's something.

I don't know how well it'll do when released next weekend stateside and in China, but I'm hoping it makes enough to warrant another Warcraft movie. What they'll do for the next one, I have no idea. Maybe go into Frozen Throne?


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