WORLD OF WARCRAFT Movie Almost Ready to Go!
Legendary Pictures is currently working with Moon director Duncan Jones on developing a big screen adaptation of World of Warcraft. There's so much awesomeness to pick from this universe that I imagine it won't be easy adapting for the big screen. The goal is to make a video game movie that doesn't suck, and I think they have the right people on board to make that happen. Legendary Pictures leader Thomas Tull recently talked to /Film about the movie, and the challenges they face brining it to life on the big screen.
So for us, it’s that we don’t know how to make a movie out of Warcraft, the video game. It’s the incredible story, the war, and these races, and everything these guys at Blizzard have come up with. They have 100 books, and just this incredibly rich world that they’ve created, and so having Duncan Jones realize that for us was exciting. We’ve taken our time [developing this property], because we absolutely don’t want to screw it up. And I think we’re getting close to a place where we’re ready to go. And when the script is finished, and when we feel like, ‘Forget whether or not there’s a built-in audience. Does this stand on its own, and is it great?’ Then we’ll start filming. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re under suspicion of going there. And Duncan is one of those directors that you just, ‘This guy gets it.’
I couldn't be happier that Jones is the guy developing this movie. This epic fantasy film is sure to launch his career into a different stratosphere of greatness. I'm confident in his ability to give us the best possible adaptation, and Legendary seems to be very happy to be working with him, so things must be moving in the right direction.
Tull doesn't say when the movie will be released be he thinks it will be sometime in 2016, so we've got a long way to go. It's a good thing that we've got a lot of other great movies coming out in the meantime that will keep us happy and busy.
Is there any specific direction you'd like to see them take the film?