‘Warcraft’ In Movie

Posted by dingdans

July 23, 2009

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Director Sam Raimi (Spider Man 1-3) has signed on to direct the film Warcraft, based on the popular video game.

“Legendary Pictures and vidgame publisher Blizzard Entertainment are mounting the film, and Warner Bros. will co-finance and distribute.

The team boasts an impressive pedigree: In addition to the director of “Spider-Man,” the partners have added “The Dark Knight” producer Charles Roven to the creative mix.

The plan is for Raimi to supervise development of “Warcraft” and shoot the picture after he completes work on “Spider-Man 4,” which gets under way early next year for Columbia Pictures.

The movie will be financed under the Legendary Pictures’ co-production and co-financing deal with WB, in a manner similar to the Todd Phillips-directed “The Hangover” plus the Roven-produced “Batman Begins” and “Dark Knight.”

This is extremely surprising news to me, I’m very curious to see what kind movie this is going to be. It’s a given that it’s a fantasy, but with Sam Raimi at the helm it’s should be a very interesting pic.

Source: backseatcuddler.com

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