World of Warcraft (WOW) Movie to be directed by Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi and World of Warcraft is dominating the searches. Do you know why? Well Sam Raimi will be doing the World of Warcraft (WOW) big screen Adaptation. Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, the Spider-Man films, has signed on to direct the big screen adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).
The news was first reported by AICN and later confirmed by Variety, who also reports that The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven is also on board. The current plan is for Raimi to supervise the development of the movie and to begin production after Spider-Man 4.
The World of Warcraft (WOW) game was first introduced in 1994, and now has more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers. Legendary Pictures has been developing the film project for a few years now. 300 producer Thomas Tull revealed at BlizzCon 2007 that the film would have a budget of over $100 million and was to be set one year before the events of WOW.
“We’re going to be looking for someone of Zak Snyder (300) or Chris Nolan (The Dark Knight, Batman Beings) calibre,” said Tull who revealed that the company is aiming for a PG-13 rating. “I can tell you that this is the one thing about running a studio and making these things that’s hard. You want to not compromise and have the right level of intensity. The story and the director’s vision is what’s ultimately going to dictate that. Personally one of my favorite movies of all time is Lord of the Rings, which has a PG-13 rating.”
Raimi on board as the WOW movie director certainly makes it more interesting about the film adaptation. World of Warcraft fans are surely excited with this development. Sam Raimi doing the World of Warcraft movie will surely be a blast!
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