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Sam Raimi to direct WoW movie
Ain't It Cool News has uncovered one helluva juicy tidbit; one that has more or less came out of nowhere.
Sam Raimi is set to direct the World of Warcraft movie.
This news is coming out right before the San Diego ComicCon, which begins this week. According to Ain't It Cool News, the story should be hitting the trades later this week or next (Trades are daily papers in Hollywood about the latest goings on, more business than gossip news).
Raimi is best known for directing all the recent Spiderman works and cult horror films. This likely means that a movie announcement is not far off – perhaps BlizzCon?
You can also check out what to expect from a World of Warcraft movie.
Edit: Schramm here. Adam wrote a great post, but he forgot the best three words of this news: Bruce Campbell cameo. There better be one.
Update: Blizzard has since confirmed this news with a press release, made very late in the evening Tuesday PDT. A couple hours after this story was posted...huh.
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Sam Raimi to direct WoW movie
First off, what the fuck? I know this is technically old news as Blizzard announced a World of Warcraft movie back in 2006, but I figured it was just another case of
Starcraft: Ghost, where they bite off more than they can chew and scrap it. Bringing Rami on board gives this a legitimacy and seriousness that has kinda knocked me on my ass.
Could.... could this actually be good? Leaving alone the fact that Spiderman 3 was a cinematic disaster (though not financially), Rami has proven that he can direct great movies. This isn't Uwe Boll. I'm hesitant to even consider a Warcraft movie being decent. Will the movie feature 10-12 hours of killing small woodland creatures before being at a high enough level to do anything interesting? What guild does Bruce Campbell belong to? Will Arthas
dance around like a complete tool?
I honestly don't know.