WarCraft: The Movie

[brad.dude03]

If they take violence over epic fantasy, kiss your lore goodbye.

 

[RoughneckLeader]

Put it this way (quoted from IGN): "...it's warcraft, it's not pillow-fight craft." So somewhere from 14+ or up.

"...focus more on growing tensions between the races of the World of Warcraft universe and eventually culminate with some kind of battle."

So there probebly still will be lore.

 

[SantaBla]

The movie would have been good if they did the Lord of the Clans book.

 

[Kwaliti]

Here we have Arthas! Triple H would fit that role just perfectly!

 

[RoughneckLeader]

Yea. But unfourtanetaly, it will not have Arthas. Its the Alliance prespective, too. Maybe in a later movie...

 

[Hawkwing]

I read something somewhere.. It said it was through the eyes of a human but his heart laid in the horde.

 

[RoughneckLeader]

where??? TELL US! I looked all over IGN, but I found no trace... and the sites like "dig" or something like that have rumor's made into Articles in them. Some are true, but many are false. And a "mole" could either be doing it on his own acoord, or the company told him to tell that. And it could be the complete opposite.

 

[brad.dude03]

You've never heard of Digg? Kevin Rose is a millionaire now thanks to that site of his.

 

[Perry_]

Brad you don't obviously understand film alot then. Aside from director delays and what not a script takes more than 10 months to be anything decent. Keep in mind that the great film: Donnie Darko took five years to write and lord of the rings took two, however that was a matter of what to remove from the story whilst keeping it intact, though some fans may argue that point. The Legend of Zelda movie has been in production for five years now. I wouldn't be surprised if this took a few years longer.

However you do make a point about video game movies not being very good by average. However I think they are being taken more seriously now and much more effort are being put into them.

On another note the Halo movie has been canceled for the time being. I wouldn't put all hopes down for people who were looking forward to it as Peter Jackson has always picked up films and put them down and then picked them up again. For the time being however there will be no Halo film.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

I have heard of a Warcraft movie.

What will be the story?

 

[brad.dude03]

Brad you don't obviously understand film alot then. Aside from director delays and what not a script takes more than 10 months to be anything decent. Keep in mind that the great film: Donnie Darko took five years to write and lord of the rings took two, however that was a matter of what to remove from the story whilst keeping it intact, though some fans may argue that point. The Legend of Zelda movie has been in production for five years now. I wouldn't be surprised if this took a few years longer.

However you do make a point about video game movies not being very good by average. However I think they are being taken more seriously now and much more effort are being put into them.

On another note the Halo movie has been canceled for the time being. I wouldn't put all hopes down for people who were looking forward to it as Peter Jackson has always picked up films and put them down and then picked them up again. For the time being however there will be no Halo film.

Wrong again. Peter Jackson and Wingnut (Or Weta can't remember) are working on a yet-to-be-named Halo project that was announced last year. Since this is consuming the time of both the director and the special effects teams for the movie, the Halo movie has been put on temporary hold for now. He's aiming for a 2010 release I believe, but he assured that the movie hasn't been scrapped, and with a name as big as Halo, you'd be insane to shelf movie plans. Right now, it's the biggest videogame franchise in the world. They'll sell hundreds of millions at the box office no matter how bad it is, so the movie is definetly still on, and as long as Peter Jackson is on board, I have faith that it will be good.

 

[Kanaru]

Since a lot of you seem clueless about it (assuming from the first 5 posts), I'll provide known information.

Setting: About 3 years after Frozen Throne, a year before WoW, in many areas of Azeroth.
Expected Length: 2 hours 30 mins
Plot: Various battles between the Horde and Alliance, not much detail. Takes the Alliance's perspective, revolving around a new "badass" character.

It’s actually not like the great adventure. It’s not so much a quest movie. It’s more of a war movie. Well, okay, 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.

Planned rating: PG-13
Release Date: Some time 2009.
Other: Don't expect Arthas, but expect to see most of the races and classes in WoW. The movie is only at scripting, no actors, directors, etc. assigned.

 

[punwisp]

The movie is based pre-wc3 right? Maybe I can finally learn the lore of wc1 without having to play the terrible game(perhaps it was good in its time, but not now, imo).

I'll drag the link but this is 1 year before WoW started. Thus 3 years after warcraft 3. So really its not a WoW movie. But this movie is meant for both. To please both. I'll post a link to the official source for this.

no hellscream

EDIT: Eh guy above me beat me -_-'

Here is my wonderful link to it!
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/20...ction-100-million-blockbuster-due-in-2009.htm

 

[RoughneckLeader]

Please don't go anymore about the Halo movie after this post:

ha ha ha, found this on Gamespot (search: halo movie)

News: Bad box office sales blamed on Halo 3
Posted: Oct 16, 2007
It's been the worst October for North American movie ticket sales in years, and industry executives are pointing the finger at Master Chief.

read Brads post and look on IGN/gamespot. No more damn Halo movie stuff.

Anyways, I'm not quite sure if you mean Azeroth as a continet, or Azeroth as the would, but yea it shall take place in many places of Azeroth(world).

Characters: Bolvar Fordragon, Thrall, and Cairne Bloodhoof will probebly be in it. So probobly (arg spelling) got some Kalamdor stuff.

 

[TheFairfield]

That's right people, Blizzard is making a WarCraft movie. And you wanna know who the director is? Sam Raimi. The director of Spiderman 1, 2 and 3...

EPIC!

From what I've heard, the movie is set before WoW, and after WC3, and is from an Alliance perspective. So instead of just following the events of the first game, we get our own new story. And apparently it will be quite bloody and have lots of action. Yay!

Post your opinions below.

 

[GregerTheGreat]

That is just...awesome. WoW has completely fucked up the warcraft lore, but they fixed it, Blizzard should be awarded the nobel prize!

 

[Pharaoh_]

This has been known since... 2008; I even have a group on Facebook about it.

 

[Kwaliti]

This is way back from 2006. They only added the director and insignificant tease info in the past four years. Old info is old.

 

[Deolrin]

And it's about WC1\2, not WC3.

 

[takakenji]

And it's about WC1\2, not WC3.

that idea was dropped and now it actually is after wc3

 

[Deolrin]

Oh great. WoW shit.

 

[Rui]

I'm actually glad. Since they're doing a movie they might as well show us the Forsaken and the Night Elves! The Human versus Orc conflict is old.

 

[Etzer]

Hmmm... Let us see if it is ever finished.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

I heard about it, and I saw that it was good
I just hope they'd help promote their game as well...

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

This has been known since... 2008; I even have a group on Facebook about it.

Yes, when I read the title I thought the movie is out already and that there is a preview but nai

 

[Dylanyo123]

I doubt this movie will become reality >.>

 

[Overlord99]

YeY, cant belive there will really be a warcraft movie

 

[Cihparg]

There was supposed to be Diablo movie aswell, so where is the Diablo movie?

 

[Arcany]

This interview recently showed up:
http://www.collider.com/2010/06/25/...f-warcraft-movie-oz-the-hobbit-saturn-awards/

It seems that Raimi is quite dedicated to make the Warcraft movie become reality.

 

[Deolrin]

WORLD of Warcraft? Seriously?
Complete lack of interest. I thought they were doing a movie about WARCRAFT, as in, the lore and RTS, not the damn MMORPG.

 

[takakenji]

it's inebetween warcraft and world of warcraft, 3 years after TFT which is 1 year before WoW

and the original WoW wasn't really that bad, it was the expansions which made it shitty and made blizzard greedy

 

[TheFairfield]

it's inebetween warcraft and world of warcraft, 3 years after TFT which is 1 year before WoW

and the original WoW wasn't really that bad, it was the expansions which made it shitty and made blizzard greedy

And in classic WoW, there was no main story, you just did stuff for various people. No final boss at the end or anything. Then Burning Crusade came along...

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Blizzard needs to take WoW and the expansions as non-canon, like Monolith did with FEAR: Perseus Mandate and that other expansion, and make Warcraft 4.

joy joy joy

 

[best_player_88]

When will they release it (by your opinion?)?

 

[Deolrin]

2011 or 2012.

 

[Cablez]

I think it could be a pretty good movie if they will put alot of work on it. I always thought their Trailers have been great. And i remember me and my friends always been saying that they should make a movie. So yeah i think it would be pretty epic if they made one

 

[illmaster]

yes you right
the trailer that blizzard made are very good so far. many people think that they will be able to make such an epic movie just like the epicness of the game

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Since Cablez did a super-mega necro post here, im not ashamed to post here.

On-topic, there might be hope for this thing (again). If you haven't heard of it, Duncan Jones was signed to direct the WarCraft Movie. Bad thing is that its live-action. Its a shame since Blizzard had awesome trailers.

More info: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warcraft-movie-lands-source-code-416956

 

[illmaster]

a live action?
i hope they will make it epic enough to not destroy it

 

[Arcisal]

I'm glad they picked Jones for the job. He's already proven himself thrice over with the movie "Moon".

 

[Vengeful]

Do you think that I'm as crazy as read 139 comments?

If yes you thought wrong

If I said something for second time I'm sorry before.

It will be cool? It will be legen... wait for it... dary. LEGENDARY.

I hope that I be still alive to see how legendary WoW movies can be. And I will kill the creator if create something horrible!!! True story!

 

[Orcnet]

Didn't they announce the movie coming up for 2012? or was that just a foul up?

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

I think its due on 2014 or someplace close there. It would probably be released along with Half Life 3 and WarCraft 4.

 

[Karassu]

Here's my calculated suggestion to you, I calculated it so hard and the result,
We will know if there'll be a movie of Warcraft if we will:
Wait, yeah just wait. (Unless you can time travel like me and Faceless Void.)

 

[Razosh]

This one is from 6/3/2013:

It's been an awfully long time since we've heard much about Blizzard's Warcraft movie -- long enough that we wondered if the project had faded into legend, much like the Dance Studio. Sam Raimi was announced as director way back in 2009 and spoke enthusiastically about the project as recently as 2010. And since then? A heck of a lot of silence, right up until the beginning of this year when Blizzard announced that Duncan Jones would be directing the film instead. So what happened?

Well, while doing press for his new movie Oz the Great and Powerful, Raimi explained: Blizzard had reservations about the story he and writer Robert Rodat had pitched them. Ramai and Rodat spent nine months working on a script before realizing Blizzard had veto power, and, in the end, things fell apart. It doesn't surprise us at all that Blizzard would insist on having full creative control, but it does surprise us that some kind of miscommunication might have killed Raimi's version of the film. Of course, this is just Raimi's perspective, but except for a single tweet from Rob Pardo, Blizzard is keeping mum on the deal.

And this is from 26/4/2013:

Nick Carpenter, Vice President of Art and Cinematics at Blizzard, recently tweeted that award-winning visual effects specialist Bill Westenhofer of Rhythm and Hues Studios will be directing the Warcraft live-action film. Westenhofer has received Academy Awards for his work on The Golden Compass and Life of Pi, as well as a nomination for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. His numerous special effects credits also include Elf, Men in Black II, Stuart Little, and Speed 2: Cruise Control, among many others.

If you've been following the development of the long-anticipated Warcraft movie, this is certainly some very good news. Westenhofer is an accomplished and respected visual effects professional, and his involvement can only mean good things for the Warcraft film. Hopefully we'll learn more soon!

 

[Halo99]

Look You know Red vs Blue Why dont you just do something similar with wc3?

 

[best_player_88]

Can someone please post a link to a direct watch of "warcraft: The movie"?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Can someone please post a link to a direct watch of "warcraft: The movie"?

It doesn't exist yet. Unless you mean the trailer shown at comic-con, but that was only available to those who were there (and it won't be released on the internet).

 

[PurgeandFire]

Release Date Announced

The release date has been announced:


EDIT:

Delayed until 2016, actually:

 

[Adiktuz]

when?