As most of you may already know, the World of Warcraft movie continues to gain more and more details daily as it will become one of the first highly anticipated gaming movies ever to be released. In the latest news, Burn Notice’s Sam is joining the cast for the release of the World of Warcraft movie. Some of you may not know Sam from Burn Notice, but if you ever remember the movies Evil Dead decades ago, he is back for more blood as he will join the team.
Here is a quick update below on some news happening with the World of Warcraft movie.
LATEST NEWS
Director of the Spider-Man movie sensation, Sam Raimi, will direct the upcoming Legendary Pictures. A movie based on Blizzard’s WoW characters.
Raimi, a five-time Award winning actor and winner of an Oscar, also directed and wrote supernatural horror flick Drag Me To Hell and The Evil Dead; furthermore he produced 30 Days Of Night.
“Sam knows how to parallel and gratify the enthusiasts and the mainstream audience that might be experiencing that content for the first time… We’re looking forward to collaborating with him to achieve that here.”, states Blizzard’s Sams.
Blizzard COO Paul Sams says Raimi’s the ideal candidate to provide the film with direction. “Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have a shared responsibility for this film and we searched at high and low to find the very best director to bring that vision to life,” he says. “From our very first interaction with Sam, we could tell he was the right man for the job.”
Raimi will be working with producer Charles Roven, whose production accolades include The Dark Knight. “I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen,” says Raimi.
Raimi also partner with Blizzard’s senior VP of creative development, Chris Metzen, who’ll serve as co-producer with Raimi and his partner, Robert Tapert.
“At its core, Warcraft is a fabulous, action-packed story and will help with selling wow accounts ,” says Raimi. “I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production group to bring these Worlds of warcraft characters to the movie screen.”
HOW THIS AFFECTS THE RMT MARKET?
If anything, the launch of this movie is going to continue to grow the MMO industry. The game continues to add gamers everyday, and this is just going to add another layer to the ongoing attention that the MMORPG industry is receiving around the world globally.