Warcraft Movie In The Works? 122
The New York Times is reporting that World of Warcraft maker Blizzard plans to make a big-screen adaptation of its very popular gameworld. From the article: "Many details of the film deal remained unsettled or undisclosed on Monday, including the choice of director, cast, the planned release date and the exact budget (rarely a firm number in the movie business anyway). But Blizzard and Legendary appeared united in wanting the project to be a major departure from Hollywood's undistinguished record in turning games into films. 'We try to make big, epic, immersive games at Blizzard, and we have a track record of making some of the best games in the world,'" Paul Sams, Blizzard's chief operating officer, said in an interview. 'Similarly, our goal is to make one of the best films in the world. With Legendary, they have a creative and management team that is so attuned with us it was like we were separated at birth. We want to make a movie that will not only appeal to our existing fans, but will also bring in people that have never heard of Warcraft before.'"
Blizard have been working on this for a while. (Score:5, Funny)
The animation is fantastic - far above what I thought modern PCs were capable of producing
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No no... You've completely missed it! (Score:1)
"Later this week, Blizzard is expected to announce details about an expansion pack for World of Warcraft, called the Burning Crusade."
WOOOT! MORE INFO ABOUT THE WISPS!!
~Star~
60 Priest
Kel'Thuzad
Re:Blizard have been working on this for a while. (Score:2)
They should get the guys from Myndflame [warcraftmovies.com] to do it. Everytime I here the MC Raiders theme song I feel the urge to sing along while banging my head on the desk... (We got a thunderstrike drop last time we ran MC - free nexus crystals ftw)
Re:Blizard have been working on this for a while. (Score:2)
http://www.warcraftcinema.com/00220060405000001/I
Also: "c'mmon baby, I got blessing of protection!"
Re:Blizard have been working on this for a while. (Score:2)
Personally, I prefer the version with the two cute girls lypsynching it into a webcam. However, while I don't like to criticize, I think the artistic effect would have been enhanced if the "for porn" girl flashed each time.
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Re:I'm all game... (Score:1)
I just have no idea whether you'll be modded -1, Redundant or +5, Insightful. I'll bet on Redundant tho ;-)
Re:I'm all game... (Score:1)
I for one would mod funny if I had the points, since that is exactly the phrase that popped in my head when I read the summary. I would hate to see all the wonderful memories that I have in association with Blizzard and their products to be tarnished by one of his hack-jobs.
Early reports indicate (Score:1)
Age of Aquarius (Score:1, Offtopic)
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If you have to explain the joke... (Score:1)
Why not do it themselves? (Score:4, Interesting)
Why would they go for live action if they're so talented at this?
(Though it isn't my favorite, this is their introduction to Diablo II: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=869465555
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Final Fantasy (Score:2)
The CG was the best thing about FF:TSW, and it really wasn't as great as what we can do now. But don't say that the Final Fantasy movie failed because it was CG, it failed because as a movie it was grade B cra
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Re:Why not do it themselves? (Score:2)
I saw FF:TSW, and frankly, that only proves to me that
a) sadly, Hollywood is right in the fact that when their prices to see a movie run into the $50/couple range, few people will 'risk' that on an unknown, preferring to see Rocky XVIII.
b) FF:TSW wasn't that good.
Ultimately, content will win out. The question is, does someone have enough deep pockets and patience to wait to see t
Re:Why not do it themselves? (Score:2, Insightful)
Given Blizzard's track record for censorship, that is the funniest thing I've heard stated about Warcraft in weeks.
I'd take the early Bungie, easily (Score:2)
Bungie's ham-fisted. Just listen to the voice acting on, say, Warcraft II, and tell me it wasn't painful. No way can that stand up to an hour and a half at theater volumes. I could hardly stand it for thirty seconds at a time in the game, just to hear the
Re:I'd take the early Bungie, easily (Score:2)
How do you forget a company like Blizzard? Honestly, you just lost a lot of geek points.. You should turn your membership card in.
Bungie made Myth, to which I was referring (Score:2)
And you, friend, lose just loads of reading comprehension points.
Re:Bungie made Myth, to which I was referring (Score:2)
Try again, cocksucker.
Re:Why not do it themselves? (Score:2, Insightful)
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I miss those characters.. *sniff*
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Nice (Score:1)
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6 million * $8 = $48 million dollars.
So if they can produce the movie for $30 million, they'd do quite well. :-)
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Plus, if the Warcraft movie opens against weak movies, people will see it because there's nothing else out.
In related news... (Score:5, Funny)
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Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:2)
Frankly, even if the broader constructs of WoW are "Tolkeinesque," I look forward to anything that even trys to be as good as the LOTR films were.
Lowes is about to become the ultimate RP server.
Re:Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:2, Informative)
Hobbits are, as anyone who was into "Dungeons & Dragons" back when TSR had to quietly rename theirs to "Halflings" remembers.
Re:Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:2)
It's not just the races. When I played through WC3 I noticed names of places taken directly from Tolkien, and a lot of the plot was suspiciously similar to e.g. parts of the Silmarillion.
There's also Arthas turning into an obvious knockoff of Moorcock's Elric.
Re:Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:4, Insightful)
Does that mean it's not good? No. It just means that art is often derivative from other art. Is the whole of Impressionism soiled by the fact that it wasn't all done by one guy?
So what if WoW is derivative? You certainly can't say they didn't do anything original, which is a hell of a lot more than you can say for any of the other multitude of copies out there.
Re:Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:2)
I've seen it before, so it doesn't add anything to the story. There's nothing surprising about it.
I thought there were some good things about WC3, but I also thought it would have been a *lot* better if it had more originality.
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Re:Get ready for WoW is a rip-off of LOTR! (Score:2, Informative)
Actually, if you get a chance to read "Tales Before Tolkien", you will see that a lot of the premises he used were from writings going back to the 1800's. It also seems a lot of them were from Germany.
His style was much more captivating and expansive than pretty much all of those works though, and therefore had a much broader appeal (and therefore exposure).
Voice (Score:5, Funny)
"Don't you have a kingdom to run"? -Footman
"Stop rocking the boat! you're making me seasick *puking sound*" -Elven destroyer
"Yeeessss Massssterr" - Death Knight
"I'm the smart one! No, I'M the smart one!" - Ogre mage
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I'd rather be sailing.
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Solo, and on the floor as soon as the night elves come on screen, sadly.
Great !!! (Score:1, Funny)
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*Ow* My desk doesn't support crossed legs.
Movie Line (Score:2)
The WarCraft series had quite a bit of personality prior to going MMORPG, and (although I haven't had a chance to play it) I would assume they have quite a large base of backstory to draw from in the World of WarCraft game.
Sounds interesting...
MTW
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With games it is all about the gameplay and if that doesn't work then no matter how good the story is the game will suck.
With movies it is all about the story and without a good storey it just comes off as a string of empty special effects and lots of meaningless CGI.
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I agree. Blizzard has already cancelled two games that they sunk a lot of time and money into because they weren't as good as they had wanted them to be, and they wanted them to be above and beyond current games. If they have the control to decide plots and if they can cancel it, I think there is a chance that it will be good. I woul
Re:Movie Line (Score:1)
Daylight's burning!
Ooooh (Score:4, Funny)
Then when you get into the theatre just as the action hots up random people are ejected forcefully and then forced to stand back in line outside.
Of course they want it to be big, they always do. Its not like it will be the first movie to hit the spot.
They are standing on the shoulders of such greats as Street Fighter, Tomb Raider, Pokemon and Doom..
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Super Mario Bros http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/ [imdb.com]
Alone in the dark http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369226/ [imdb.com]
House of the Dead http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317676/ [imdb.com]
BloodRayne http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383222/ [imdb.com]
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119707/ [imdb.com]
And many more travesties, hell thats not even all Uwe Boll's fiascos.
Only to be joined by all these on the aforementioned shoulders.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-04-26-mov ie-base [usatoday.com]
OMG Hunter item (Score:3, Funny)
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My vote is for Uwe Boll.
What I would give... (Score:1)
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BOOM!!
*** splaaaattt!!! ***
"OMFG!! That's so totally AWESOME!"
Re:What I would give... (Score:2)
I like to moonfire bunnies and other level 1 critters. It's even funnier when they resist.
Who else hoped they could keep the orphan as a pet this year...
Way better than StarCraft II (Score:2, Insightful)
Oh, sure (Score:1)
Oh, please. (Score:2, Offtopic)
Blizzard, spend your money on infastructure upgrades first. This is a little more important to us, your subscribers of WoW.
Horde still suck.
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Oh, the Horde does agree with you on the infrastructure upgrades though. With as much cash flow as Blizzard has, that should be their main priority. Period. Never let it be said we are in total opposition with the Alliance *heh*
Now log in, get in queue for WSG, and get ready for an ass-kicking!
Re:Oh, please. (Score:2)
Like all you people bitching about "Why are you spending time fixing balance issues, when you could be fixing the servers?" Well, because the guys who work on patches don't work on the fucking servers.
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I've heard this said a lot, and I don't entirely agree with it. My primary character is a Forsaken mage. I consider the Tirisfal Glades area to be extremely atmospheric and as well populated with monsters and quests as any other area of the game that I've seen. Thunder Bluff and Mulgore are also beautiful, and the Barrens are a wonderful approximation of a savannah environment in my mind.
I will agree with anyone that Orgrimmar is probably the single least impressive city in the game, but
Intereted, but (Score:5, Funny)
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WTB [Mod Point] 4 PARENT (Score:1)
(seriously though, gave me a good laugh. You'd have my mod point if I had any, and you weren't already fixed for them)
Blizzard's Reputation (Score:3, Insightful)
While the gaming industry is getting more similar to the movie industry there are still differences that have been the bane of most game-based movies. I will optimistically have faith that Blizzard can navigate these pitfalls.
You only need to look at the stories and mini-movies in their games from the last five years: Diablo II chapter movie sequences are a good example. Ghost's story in Starcraft and the Undead Prince in Warcraft III are others.
I'd think they would have better luck making a Diablo movie first. I think the story is simpler, has more chances for pulling the audience in and obviously lots of opportunities for special effects and unique scenery. (Imagine a male barbarian, female paladin and male mage travel together.... oh wait, that's Conan. ;-)
Starcraft, too, would make a good movie.
The real questions that occur to me are:
-What time will they choose? (WC III, WoW, before?) Maybe there will just be lots of history explanation and flashbacks.
-What storylines will they follow? There are so many in WoW, but what is the "central" plot line?
-From which point of view will the movie be? I can guess Alliance, but it would be interesting if they did a second movie from the Horde perspective.
-Live action plus CGI special effects, or full digital animation? They'd get more general masses with live action, but they'd have the hardcore following of gamers and anime fans with full digital.
Regardless I think this will be worth seeing, and again, I trust that Blizzard will do a quality job. Let's hope the director and producer(s) they get listen to them.
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Perhaps (and I'm just wildly speculating here) the Arthas story isn't so attactive because as a main character, he just plain sucks, and his character arc is positively depressing. Let's see, powerful and hotheaded young scion of a kingdom, trying to flee out from underneath daddy's shadow and prove himself, get the girl, and oppress the local orcs (teenaged angst...ugh!) whose shallow plans are disturbed by demons commanding dead bodies, in response to which all he can think of is revenge. Oh, and did I
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There are just certain quests/stories that stick out in my mind. My favorite above all is Morgan Ladimore's decent to Mor'Ladim. I think that most of my characters throughout D&D gaming, single RPGs and MMO's have always connected with the paladin personality. Falling from that state of grace that gives the paladin their powers is the worst possible ending, but doing so as a result of th
Re:Blizzard's Reputation (Score:2)
What really matters is:
Decent director
Decent actors
Decent production values
Decent script
Everything else is just fluff.
Could be good (Score:1)
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In related news... (Score:2)
Video game films obviously have a bright future.
Hmm...Drama (Score:1)
Reverse Tie In (Score:2)
Naturally, it would be easy to have players re-enact certain quests or events that occur in the movie, but Blizzard could also introduce content within the movie and have players explore it
Working as intended... (Score:1)
Then the 13 year old next to you ninja loots your popcorn.
well... (Score:2, Insightful)
And that is why it is going to suck.
Millions of Dollars (Score:1)
Straight to video (Score:1)
How about they just make another DVD of their own CGI? It's more of what we want to see than who they'll likely for actors, directors, locations, etc., and they could put in the voices that we're already familiar with.
Less risky too, since a flop in the box o
Script exerpt (Score:4, Funny)
Confused film critics (Score:2)
The visuals are beautiful (I especially enjoyed the scenery of the land called Mulgore), and the soundtrack is filled with catchy tunes. But I couldn't understand half of the dialogue. What does 'kk' mean? And what about the mysterious words 'WTS [Warden Staff],' 'LFG UBRS need lock/mage/healer!!!!', and '60 flaged rouge @ XR', not to mention 'WTFPWNLOL'?
One can take out the question mark (Score:2)
Leroy Jenkins (Score:2)
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-Rick