Robert Rodat will be writing the screenplay for the new Warcraft movie coming up. - Polidicks

[quote=Kotaku]Slated to helm Spider-Man 4, director Sam Raimi walked away from the project earlier this year. He is currently working on something that could very well be bigger. Much bigger. It was made public last summer that Sam Raimi has signed on to bring Blizzard's massively multiplayer online game to the silver screen as "Warcraft". In late 2008, Raimi expressed interested in World of Warcraft saying it would make a "brilliant movie". In a recent interview, Raimi has provided an update on the Warcraft picture. "It's still a long ways away," says Raimi. "It's only a 40 page story." Raimi has brought in scribe Robert Rodat to pen the screenplay. Rodat is best know for writing Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot. We're finding the characters, and through the characters we are finding the story," says Raimi. "We're just trying to create realistic characters that can live in the World of Warcraft as if you were in the game itself in one or two of those environments and see the interaction of those great, mythic iconic characters." Raimi explains that visual world Blizzard created has drawn him into the project. "I love the visual world that the guys at Blizzard have created. It's incredibly, engrossingly terrifying and exciting. And I like their use of scale, the giant monsters they have. I love the different landscapes that your character can move through. I like the first person interaction you have with other players online. There are so many aspects about the game that I really enjoy — like the battles, doing sword battles. I like performing spells, learning new spells and getting to the next level like everyone else." He gushes that he "loves" the game. The director recounts a story of his Level 29 Shaman that was accidentally deleted. "And now," he adds, "I've worked a new character up to 71 — 72, sorry." He says he's not into power leveling — that is a Level 72 he did himself. "I've spent that many days in The World of Warcraft." But will this movie be all in the world or will it have people playing Warcraft characters? "It would be taking place within the World of Warcraft," says Raimin. "It's all in the world." And it is such a huge world! It must be a daunting task trying to bring it to live in movie form. "There are so many characters in the game. Trying to pull most exciting and different characters. "It is so overwhelming. You know, it really is a world. A universe — worlds, in fact. And so many characters and so many different professions, I don't think we could touch upon them satisfactorily. So we are trying to chose the ones that are interesting and could play a part in a drama that is slowly developing."[/quote] Robert Rodat also wrote the screenplay for Saving pvt. Ryan and The Patriot. I personally can't fucking wait for the movie to come out. Source: [url]http://kotaku.com/5572453/whats-happening-with-the-warcraft-film[/url] Video Source: [url]http://www.collider.com/2010/06/25/sam-raimi-interview-world-of-warcraft-movie-oz-the-hobbit-saturn-awards/[/url]

Well, it'll either be good, or it'll be a flop. Either way, we just have to see what we get...

Well if he's played to level 72 he must at least have a pretty decent grasp of the world and the lore. I've got high hopes for this.

Will if Sam Raimi and Robert Rodat are involved. I think it has a better chance of being good rather then a flop.

i hop they includ my level 163 paladin with lvl 86 elven boots of combat which raise my attack and speed skill by 50%!!

can you link to the source OP

[QUOTE=Ryenoru;22879232]Well if he's played to level 72 he must at least have a pretty decent grasp of the world and the lore. I've got high hopes for this.[/QUOTE] Hes probably reading up on the lore to get information about it rather then playing WoW. [editline]06:47PM[/editline] Sorry, forgot source. It's there now. [url]http://kotaku.com/5572453/whats-happening-with-the-warcraft-film[/url] [editline]06:48PM[/editline] The video review with Raimi: [url]http://www.collider.com/2010/06/25/sam-raimi-interview-world-of-warcraft-movie-oz-the-hobbit-saturn-awards/[/url]

[QUOTE=Paravin;22879318]i hop they includ my level 163 paladin with lvl 86 elven boots of combat which raise my attack and speed skill by 50%!![/QUOTE] You fool. Paladins can't wear elf boots :v:

I can't wait for the scene where the warriors are getting off of the goblin ship on the coast of Northrend and they're all getting fragged by shadow bolts from nearby encamped Warlocks. [editline]06:52PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Paravin;22879318]i hop they includ my level 163 paladin with lvl 86 elven boots of combat which raise my attack and speed skill by 50%!![/QUOTE] I had a level 43 hunter. He had these awesome blue pauldrons from gnomeragon. It was badass.

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;22879474]I can't wait for the scene where the warriors are getting off of the goblin ship on the coast of Northrend and they're all getting fragged by shadow bolts from nearby encamped Warlocks.[/QUOTE] Confirmed scene in the movie: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zuH8srcwE0&feature=player_embedded[/media]

Whilst I like most of the games directors try to make movies out of most of them end up being a flop.

[QUOTE=Chopstick;22879715]Whilst I like most of the games directors try to make movies out of most of them end up being a flop.[/QUOTE] Most of them have shitty directors. EDIT: And a low budget.

Yeah, I think Blizzard are really making sure that this isn't your typical games movie. I hope they manage to pull it off anyway.

Thank god it's not Uwe Boll directing this.

Btw Thi movie is going to be the Alliance's point of view. Rate me agree if you think that sucks.

alliance are so much cooler than horde lore wise, except for thrall

World of Whorecraft, anyone? :smug: Video google it with safe search off.

I still don't see how they'll make a movie about a game with many, many quests.

[b]fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck [/b]

[QUOTE=DudeGuyKT;22886571]I still don't see how they'll make a movie about a game with many, many quests.[/QUOTE] Mayby the lore behind the game? There's a bunch of RTS games based on the lore, like over ten books and a shitload of comics. List of books from wiki: [LIST] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warcraft:_Day_of_the_Dragon"]Warcraft: Day of the Dragon[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warcraft:_Lord_of_the_Clans"]Warcraft: Lord of the Clans[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warcraft:_Of_Blood_and_Honor"]Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warcraft:_The_Last_Guardian"]Warcraft: The Last Guardian[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Warcraft:_War_of_the_Ancients_Trilogy"]Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy[/URL][/I] [LIST] [*][I]The Well of Eternity[/I] [*][I]The Demon Soul[/I] [*][I]The Sundering[/I] [/LIST] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/World_of_Warcraft:_Cycle_of_Hatred"]World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/World_of_Warcraft:_Rise_of_the_Horde"]World of Warcraft: Rise of the Horde[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/World_of_Warcraft:_Tides_of_Darkness"]World of Warcraft: Tides of Darkness[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=World_of_Warcraft:_Beyond_the_Dark_Portal&action=edit&redlink=1"]World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=World_of_Warcraft:_Night_of_the_Dragon&action=edit&redlink=1"]World of Warcraft: Night of the Dragon[/URL][/I] [*][I][URL="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/World_of_Warcraft:_Arthas:_Rise_of_the_Lich_King"]World of Warcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King[/URL][/I] [*][I]World of Warcraft: Stormrage[/I] [*][I]World of Warcraft: The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm[/I] [/LIST]

I hope he rodat screenplay to be awesome.