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Filmonic: Sam Raimi directing World of Warcraft

  • Steevoger · 4 months ago
    I played the original Warcraft Strategy Games...I assume the movie(s) will more lend his(their) Story from those Games then WoW.
    I actually hope that happens cause its a great storyline and would fit perfect for a Trilogy...if they not just making one.
    But i guess they go like: make one...see how it plays on box office...ok played well make 2 in a row...Pirates of the Caribbean like.
  • Liam · 4 months ago
    By 2011 Warner Bros. won't have anymore Harry Potter movies to release so if they get this right they could have a brand new money making franchise.
  • Steevoger · 4 months ago
    Yeah the popularity is pretty much the same. Well I trust in Blizzard...I'm not playing WoW but I still love their franchises...wouldnt mind a Diablo or Starcraft movie either. But anyway I'm sure they already have a good Idea which can provide a nice Movie as well as a nice flow of money for them and WB :D
    At this point im not expecting it to create a magic on the screen like Lotr had. I really was like lost in those movies...forgot the world around me and that I'm just watching a movie...and I felt so sad at the end of the third because i realized there wont be another one next year...even if it just would be Frodo taking a crap i would have watched and bought the extended version!
    But Im very interested in Warcraft and gonna watch it on the biggest screen Berlin can offer :)
  • JeffreyVC · 4 months ago
    I've played WoW, and all the Warcraft games (save Warcraft 3). Great series and perfect for a movie adaptation. I just hope Sam Raimi stays out of the writer's room. He really screwed up Spider-Man last go round when him and I think his brother wrote the movie.

    Setting up a good storyline is key for sequels. Few series get the trilogy plot arc right, and only one has really moved beyond three movies successfully (Harry Potter). The Matrix, Batman, Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean, these have all had mixed success in sequel-ville.
  • Gavin · 3 months ago
    There's one problem with this article. Blizzard has never referred to it was a "World of Warcraft" movie. They've only ever said "Warcraft." To me, there's a huge difference. It's a Warcraft movie, not a WoW movie.
  • abawcom6254 · 3 months ago
    There both the same thing hence WORLD of Warcraft. The term WORLD refers to the type of gamrplay not the story line.
  • Gavin · 3 months ago
    No, the term "World of Warcraft" is the name of a game and it's two expansions. "Warcraft" is a series of games that tell a story that, for the most part, abruptly ends with WoW due to the lack of ability to tell a cohesive story in an MMO.