You’ll have to forgive me if I seem a little giddy. But they’ve just announced that Warcraft is indeed being turned into a motion picture!!! The good folks over at IGN give us the following:
Legendary Pictures, the production company behind Superman Returns and Batman Begins, may turn the wildly successful series of games from Blizzard Entertainment into a feature film.
This has now been CONFIRMED by The Hollywood Reporter!
The best news is that the studio isn’t going to bother trying to stick to the story of any of the games! This is fantastic because it gives them a lot more creative freedom. The film WILL take place in that same epic world… but they will write their own story. Folks… that is GOOD news. Most video game movies fail because they try to somewhat stick to a story that was never written or intended for the big screen. They were written for, and work well in games. I’ve always said you can’t just jump mediums and expect it to work without serious adaptation.
Years ago, the first 2 Warcrraft game just totally dominated my life…. and then World of Warcraft came out… damn that thing ate up like 25 hours a week for me. It just sucks you in and doesn’t let you go! I only got up to level 40, got my horse and then had to force myself to stop playing because everything else in my life was getting neglected.
However… I do have one little item of concern. Considering the similarities between the world of Warcraft… and the world of Lord of the Rings… isn’t there a danger that a Warcraft movie could come across as nothing but a Lord of the Rings rip off? Or a “poor mans” LOTR? I’m not saying it WILL, I’m just wondering if that danger is there.
Your thoughts?
