In talks with MTV, Sam Raimi has revealed that “Saving Private Ryan” writer Robert Rodat will be penning the World of Warcraft movie adaptation. The storyline will be an original effort, set in the Warcraft universe but not following the Lich King book (which had been rumored as a subtitle).
“We would choose… something that encompasses lands and characters and storylines, and we would be true to it. But our story may or may not be about one of those central characters.”
“We want to be really faithful to the game. We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a ‘World of WarCraft’ adventure. Only obviously it’s very different ’cause it’s expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture.”
“[The hope is to properly capture] the Horde and the Alliance and the mythology that takes place in the game, and the archetypes that the game presents. I think we would try and find touchstones within the game to make it accurate and true and choose one or some of the lands that are portrayed in the game with as much accuracy and authenticity as possible.”
Comments 33 Responses to “Robert Rodat penning World of Warcraft movie”
WORLD OF WARCRAFT IS GAY. PLEASE BUFF HUNTERS
please buff hunters. Nerf shamans, rogues, druids, and warriors. thank you.
WoW is not gay >.< its the coolest game ever, maybe u r gay
make warlocks even more imba, give them increased haste of 10% intellect , and make them able to kill all units in 10 yard range in 1 shot
Please nurf kids on horde factions. Knows the game is rated 12, but stil… heh
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wtf are you talking about? This is about a movie, not the inside of game. Go post that coments on WoW forums, mofos.
“wtf are you talking about? This is about a movie, not the inside of game. Go post that coments on WoW forums, mofos.“
couldn’t have said better myself.
ok listen for all the little kids out there there talking about the movie but they dont know which part to use the BC one or the Lich King for the movie
I would die if the release a movie from the storie , the storie is the best thing in warcraft ever Blizzard creator is a good plz mak the movie like 7 h or somthing i really would like to see every clip from when the aniceint treee deafeat the burning leigon or how medivah fail humanity first time or what will hhappen to the scourge please make ti so long i h8 to read so i really would like a movie ;D
Y’all already made cinematics in the game how hard is it to make a movie then? And why do people hate World of Warcraft? Anyone knoe when the movie gonna be made?
YES BUFF HUNTERS FFS… we use to own pre-bc… now we might aswel be the pets for our pets… pew pew
does anyone think WOW might translate to something like Lord of The Rings on the big screen-because that was FANTASTIC
I would love to see many battles and/or fights, i mean thats what the game is about. Like different classes against each other. Dont try to put everything into 1 movie but make it long and eventful, and maybe lead the story to be another movie so you can get all of the game into the movie. I just cant wait to see it.
First get your lore right the Lich King is the beginning of World of Warcraft everything we have been doing so far is up to and because of what he did. Before Arthas there was the dark portal fight that allowed the Orcs and Trolls into Azeroth so the movie has to be based on one of those things but ultimately there will have to be some integration of Arthas into the movie
lol this movie should be more…game like…if you want it to be like lord of the rings..go kill your self.. it needs to look exactly like the game!!!
they should make a starcraft movie that seem alot cooler than a warcraft movie. no offense but starcraft was alot better with storyline and the game in general even though its older
why not make both of the movies and try to make it better than avatar
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They should make a rogue named coocoo and have him destroy worlds. wouldn’t that be coo?
Oh and he better be in Wrathful gears… not some savage blue threads!
Better be in Wrathful gears, not some savage blue threads
i’ve played WoW for a grand total of about 10 hours but that’s all i need to be able to say WoW is the best game in the wotld. If a movie is created based on the game all 12 million regestered users of WoW will watch it or be slapped
Kids dont even know the storyline to world of warcraft or the two expansions so maybe this is a way to dumb things down for them lol wow blizzard found another way to make it easier to understand there game. almost like it takes 2 days to fully gear your toon now lol sad.
I allways thourgth that world of warcraft was good first time i played it, But now a movie!? well if a movie comes out, i want to say, it would be great if you first made a Movie about, Warcraft 1 and warcraft 2 and warcraft 3 and frozenthrone, into one big movie, that could be great, and then later a world of warcraft maybe xD, i dont know but if there comes out a Movie i would pay 2000 eu just for hearing a Yes, for the movie, Then Goddamn Make that movie! xD
Is this the real movie??
I think this is a worse idea than making Fruits Basket and The Last Airbender a movie. I don’t want to offend WoW players but.. it’s not my favorite game, I’ll admit that, but.. just look at all of the other abominations they call Movies these days. Have you seen Dragon Ball: Evolution? Or The Last Airbender? Both were great animé/cartoon series, and they butchered both, in my opinion. I am not looking forward to any more movies made from animé or games. :S *Hides in a corner*
don’t spam the section, and please make that movie
The release on 2013 omg 2012 is end of the world.…..
I really would like to see a movie come out of world of warcraft.I just say why not ask the fan what they would like to see in the movie We are the ones who are going to be paying 12 bucks to go see it..
duhh..thers no movie here !!..
I think they should go with the first games storyline and follow lothar. The WOW story crap all chopped up and goes against the actually games and storyline that started this franchise go with the first game and have the giant orc/deamon invasion. Doing that would give them 3–4 movies easy and get watched. Using the Wow crap. good game bad story.
forget the wow crap. it cut a word out
Please do not do what most adaptation movies do these days and try to squish everything into a 2 hour movie. It’s impossible to translate the entire world of warcraft story into a regular movie timeframe. It would have to be a long movie much like the lord of the rings trilogy. If you can’t afford to do that then please, please, please do not make this movie.