Duncan Jones' Warcraft

[terry78]

All those people pining for sexy elf pinups will finally get their wish.

 

[Matt]

An online RPG movie? WB...you just jumped the shark. Your wacky antics may have been amusing at one point...but now? Its over.

 

[Mee]

What servers do you all play on? I am on Stormrage.

Shattered Hand.

 

[Super Flight]

"World of warcraft is going to be a feature length theatrical film that will just be of the online game, where they run the charactors around the maps and have them interact with one another ,and form some sort of story. The script by zak penn is still getting re-writes, since it was said to be not as silly as the producers want, so they asked penn to make it stupeder.
Using the game for the charactors and environment instead of re-creating it on the computer, will be Less money and just as entertaining"

-Legendary Pictures

 

[Mee]

So it's going to be 2 hours of the game? I could just play it.

 

[Threshold]

I have a friend who plays the game religiously and is certain to no end that this movie is destined to fail, even before we get word of the creative talents who would be developing it for the screen.

I played about a week on the game and then decided I had better things to do with my time, so what do people who are more familiar with the game think about how this thing could turn out? I think if the right people are involved it could be a lot of fun.

 

[Backdrifter]

I have a friend who plays the game religiously and is certain to no end that this movie is destined to fail, even before we get word of the creative talents who would be developing it for the screen.

I played about a week on the game and then decided I had better things to do with my time, so what do people who are more familiar with the game think about how this thing could turn out? I think if the right people are involved it could be a lot of fun.

I think there is the possibility that it could be good, if Blizzard treats it like Bungie is treating Halo. But, who knows. I would love to be involved with a project like this. There is so much lore to draw from. It doesnt even have to be a big war movie. I would love to see something about adversity and racism tied in with the plot. I think it would be an interesting to see a group go out in search of the missing king of stormwind or something along those lines... Who knows what they plan on doing. It would be a good idea to make the movie story an extension of the game so what happens in the movie affects the game's storyline.

 

[Threshold]

I think there is the possibility that it could be good, if Blizzard treats it like Bungie is treating Halo. But, who knows. I would love to be involved with a project like this. There is so much lore to draw from. It doesnt even have to be a big war movie. I would love to see something about adversity and racism tied in with the plot. I think it would be an interesting to see a group go out in search of the missing king of stormwind or something along those lines... Who knows what they plan on doing. It would be a good idea to make the movie story an extension of the game so what happens in the movie affects the game's storyline.

That's what I thought as well, it depends how the creative team that boards this project treats the material. It could end up being a very creative and 'out of the box' type of fantasy project.

 

[DACrowe]

Wow a money sucking scam of a video game being made into a big budget summer Hollywood movie?

The irony is think in spades isn't it?

 

[Backdrifter]

Wow a money sucking scam of a video game being made into a big budget summer Hollywood movie?

The irony is think in spades isn't it?

How is that ironical?

 

[Backdrifter]

An online RPG movie? WB...you just jumped the shark. Your wacky antics may have been amusing at one point...but now? Its over.

Its not just an RPG. I is part of the Warcraft series. There are 3 war craft strategy games in addition to WoW. There are hundreds of cultures hundreds of stories from the Warcraft universe to draw from. It is no different than any other fictional fantasy world. Dismissing it because it is a video game seems a bit supercilious to me, Matt, if not just plain ignorant.

 

[Electrix]

Blizzard has been going to Hollywood for years trying to pitch movies for years, but kept getting turned away with the notion that fantasy pictures just wouldn't work. Blizzard's Chief Operating Officer Paul Sams said as much during a panel today at BlizzCon 2007. That was, until they met up with Legendary Pictures, the studio that produced Batman Begins and 300. Chris Metzen, Blizzard's Chief Creative Officer, and Thomas Tull, head of Legendary Pictures, were also on stage to provide additional insights.

As of now, the film is set for a 2009 release. The budget is upwards of 100 million USD, and it will be a live action film, likely with a mix of digital effects. To what extent such effect will be used depends largely on the director, who has yet to be named. Legendary and Blizzard are hoping to find someone of Zach Snyder caliber, the man who directed 300. No actors were named, something that will also have to wait until a director is chosen.

Metzen went on to describe the story, though very vaguely. Originally Blizzard wanted it to be set in the universe of the first RTS Warcraft game with a basic Orcs versus Humans storyline. That was scrapped because of notions that it may be too similar to Lord of the Rings, and that Blizzard felt the Warcraft name has reached its current level of popularity with its MMO, World of Warcraft, as opposed to the RTS games from before, which include three Warcraft titles and various expansion packs. As it stands, the story will incorporate a series of major events from about one year before World of Warcraft, and will be principally told from the perspective of the Alliance.

An early glimpse of what to expect.
The movie will be two to two and a half hours long, and both Legendary and Blizzard want it to have an epic action kind of feel. Tull pointed out the film would blend elements from other big action titles like Gladiator, 300, and Braveheart. According to Metzen, the movie won't be a journey type of tale, like in Lord of the Rings. Instead, it will focus more on growing tensions between the races of the World of Warcraft universe and eventually culminate with some kind of battle. Character likely to make an appearance include Bolvar Fordragon, Thrall, and Cairne Bloodhoof. Arthas, a famous character from Warcraft 3, will more than likely not be in the film.

As far as MPAA ratings go, Legendary can't really say what the film will draw, as they still don't have a director, but Metzen was quick to point out, "it's warcraft, it's not pillow-fight craft." At the end of the Q&A session, they briefly showed a storyboard image from the movie, a view at dusk of the mammoth tree, Teldrassil, which will likely serve as a setting in the movie.

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/810/810702p1.html

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Shattered Hand.

I know you posted that over a year ago, but I played on Shattered Hand too, heh. Small world.

Time will tell on the movie. I don't really have a lot of faith in it...on the other hand, I've always thought Azeroth had a pretty cool history and such. It might not be that bad, depending on who they get to direct and whatnot.

I'd like to see more fantasy films, but if stuff like Eragon and D&D are what gets crapped out, no thanks.

 

[tecnowraith]

This also showed at Dar Horizons: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070806n.php

A movie based on the massively popular online game "World of Warcraft" is moving ahead according to various sources.

At BlizzCon 2007, producer Thomas Tull ("300") confirmed that a 2009 release date is on the cards and a budget of over $100 million is to be committed to the PG-13 rated project.

Set approximately a year before the start of World of Warcraft, the film interweaves the story of various races, lands and a new hero into a two and a half hour feature told from the Alliance perspective.

The film will be live action with "CG environments and effects". More importantly this will not be an 'adventure' or 'quest' movie, rather a 'war' movie. There is no director as yet.

 

[Silver Knight]

When will this come out?

 

[Rezzo]

When will this come out?

A 2009 release date is on the cards and a budget of over $100 million is to be committed to the PG-13 rated project, the answer was right above your post

 

[GhostPoet]

I can see the film now...

A lone warrior, mighty and brave. The first half hour of the film will be devoted to watching our hero hit a rock with a pick. the next half will consist of him killing wolves over and over. Oh and there's a bad guy in the film somewhere.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Maybe they can have gold seller spam where the subtitles should be.

And with todays awesome CGI, the lag in Ironforge should look spectacular.

 

[Silver Knight]

A 2009 release date is on the cards and a budget of over $100 million is to be committed to the PG-13 rated project, the answer was right above your post

Yeah dude I saw the post but I was wondering if we are talking a summer release?

 

[Silver Knight]

Maybe they can have gold seller spam where the subtitles should be.

And with todays awesome CGI, the lag in Ironforge should look spectacular.

Dude can you post a pic of Ironforge. Thanks in advance.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

 

[Speedball]

Maybe they can have gold seller spam where the subtitles should be.

And with todays awesome CGI, the lag in Ironforge should look spectacular.

LOL!
The main character will keep falling into those stupid pits in the hallway for thirty minutes of the movie.
They never actually said anything about WOW, only that it will be a Warcraft film.

 

[Victarion]

erm, just what's so addicting about this game?

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I stopped playing after Tides of Darkness (which I never beat but still loved).

 

[Speedball]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1660384/
I'm only going to quote the last part.

With a budget over $100 million, the Warcraft movie is being positioned as a 2009 tentpole flick for Warner Bros., who owns Legendary. While Metzen and Tull didn't identify a MPAA rating for the flick, it seems that a PG-13 rating is likely. The Warcraft The Movie blog adds Tull's description of the film: "It's absolutely a war movie. Cultures grinding up to a horrible moment where it just all spills over and gets out of control. Less of an adventure party quest-type situation. More of an armies building to an inevitable conclusion type situation."

It's NOT World of Warcraft. It IS Warcraft.
World of Warcraft would be a nice title for the sequel.