Warcraft: The Movie?
On a recent phone interview with MTV Multiplayer, Spider Man and Evil Dead director Sam Raimi has revealed that the upcoming Warcraft movie will not be based on Christie Golden’s novel – Arthas: Rise of the Lich King. The movie, according to the director, will be an “original effort” based on the Warcraft Universe.
“We would choose… something that encompasses lands and characters and storylines, and we would be true to it,” he said. “But our story may or may not be about one of those central characters.”
Screenwriter Robert Rodat, who wrote Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot (two highly successfult films), has been signed on to write up the story. Although Rodat’s previous works weren’t of the fantasy-based genre, Raimi appeared confident that the guy who revised the 2008 movie 10,000 BC will do justice to the Alliance, the Horde and the overall essence of the Warcraft franchise.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
