World of Warcraft Movie Update: Director Signed and Projected 2015 Release

Live Posted 2013/01/30 at 7:13 PM by perculia

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We are pleased to announce that Duncan Jones, director of critically-acclaimed films Source Code and Moon, has signed on with Legendary Pictures to direct the upcoming live-action film based on the Warcraft universe. Click here for more info.

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Duncan Jones is making the jump to big-budget tentpole movies, signing on to direct Warcraft, Legendary Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s video game universe.

Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing for Legendary along with Blizzard and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner.

Taking an almost kitchen-sink approach to fantasy, Warcraft, which has grown to be one of the most popular multiplayer online role-playing games out there, is part fantasy, part science fiction and — depending on the game you’re playing — includes elements such as dragons and orcs, zombies and werewolves, and aliens and spaceships.

Legendary is keeping its script, written by Charles Leavitt, under wraps. The Warner Bros.-based production and finance outfit is eyeing a fall 2013 start and a 2015 release.

Jones’ producing partner, Stuart Fenegan, will executive produce while Chris Metzen will co-produce for Blizzard.

Warcraft is a big jump up in terms of scope and scale for Jones, the filmmaker son of David Bowie known for his thoughtful sci-fi work.

Jones (CAA, Independent Talent Group, Bloom Hergott) made his feature debut writing and directing 2009's Moon, the well-regarded low-key indie sci-fi drama that starred Sam Rockwell and cost around $1 million to make. He followed that up with Source Code, Summit’s 2011 time travel thriller that starred Jake Gyllenhaal and cost around $35 million to make. Warcraft is expected to have a budget north of $100 million.

Roven most recently produced The Dark Knight Rises and is a producer on Man of Steel, both of which involved Legendary. Atlas is in pre-production on David O. Russell’s follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook, an untitled project that will star Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Production begins this March.

Legendary is prepping for the July 12 release of Guillermo del Toro’s monsters vs. mechas tentpole Pacific Rim.

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Comment by RyuugaMuradinLooking at some of the previous films Legendary Pictures has done, I'm not going to make any judgements against the film being live-action until I actually see it.

Exciting news, nonetheless.Comment by Vitor900000"live-action" why ?Comment by nomanaExcited!Comment by Sas148$100 million budget, awesome!Comment by KingdomKnightLive action? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Comment by WTBaggrodumpQuick question; WTF is a 'tentpole' movie? Is it a movie that, without it, the production company will fail?

Also, Ron Perlman for King Terenas or Uther the Lightbringer. :DComment by TomatoSauceWTF is a 'tentpole' movie?macmillan dictionaryComment by 358281This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by angelofdeath666about time we got an updateComment by shaoChris Metzen will co-produce for Blizzard.Comment by kumboAwesome!Comment by Luniwenorlive action? holy !@#$ im afraid already...
there was once speculation that the plot would be a random alliance x horde fight. PLEASE NO PLEASE

THERE IS WAR OF THE ANCIENTS TRILOGY USE IT FOR GODS SAKE ONLY WAY TO ASSURE THEY WONT DESTROY THE MOVIE MUCH.Comment by 586543I'm worried about the live action things as well, but I would remind those that are comparing this to FF-AC that that movie was basically one long action cinema, it was obviously made by the people that make their CG action sequences and therefore had almost ZERO plot, dialogue, character development, etc. I'm not saying I didn't like, it was cool for what it was, but it was not a proper movie. I would hate to see Blizz do the same thing with the WOW movie....Comment by AdamsmI'm worried about the live action things as well, but I would remind those that are comparing this to FF-AC that that movie was basically one long action cinema, it was obviously made by the people that make their CG action sequences and therefore had almost ZERO plot, dialogue, character development, etc. I'm not saying I didn't like, it was cool for what it was, but it was not a proper movie. I would hate to see Blizz do the same thing with the WOW movie....Comment by RankkorI'm worried about the live action things as well, but I would remind those that are comparing this to FF-AC that that movie was basically one long action cinema, it was obviously made by the people that make their CG action sequences and therefore had almost ZERO plot, dialogue, character development, etc. I'm not saying I didn't like, it was cool for what it was, but it was not a proper movie. I would hate to see Blizz do the same thing with the WOW movie.... it was meant to show people what happened between the end of 7 and Dirge of CerberusComment by JezzebelPopI'm disappointed it's live action :( If Blizz do make a movie with their awesome animation skills it'll be more likely to be Diablo or SC now, which I'd be pleased to see anyway but I like wow more. Unless it sucks so bad they want to do it justice.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see if it actually happens and if it's actually good.Comment by 66CashishFor the love of god, please Blizzard, cancel the live action. If you saw any of the success of your CG cinematic, please follow suit.Comment by darkelemental1Franchise killer. It will attract trend hounds to play WoW, get bored, move on, and leave a bloated economy and a huge plunge in numbers on servers that wont translate well in blizzard stocks. Successful or not, this movie will do more harm than good.Comment by TykzorAbsolutely looking forward to a warcraft movie. would be awesome!
I hope, like all others, that it will be a good movie.
I do wish Blizzard and the chosen director good luck and hopefully it will be a great movie !Comment by EccentricaFranchise killer. It will attract trend hounds to play WoW, get bored, move on, and leave a bloated economy and a huge plunge in numbers on servers that wont translate well in blizzard stocks. Successful or not, this movie will do more harm than good.

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