World of Warcraft movie: from computer screen to big screen, with ‘Spider-Man’s Sam Raimi to direct

Sam Raimi the guy behind all the Spiderman films and Drag me to hell is the director in charge of a new movie of the upcoming adaptation of the computer cult game WoW ( World of Warcraft ). Matter of fact this film is suppose to be based off of the videogame’s central conflict, between the Horde and the Alliance . But when asked in Sci Fi Wire interviewabout the story he responded by saying ;

“That’s really going to be something that Sam and whatever screenwriter we choose decide,” Pearce said. “For me, telling a story in two to three hours is going to be different from the books that we have or the story in the game. It’s a big universe, and we can tell almost any story we want. … I would personally like to see some cool character development for some of the really important figures in the game. I always look at the Warcraft universe, and there’s good and evil and there’s right and wrong. I love how the Warcraft universe really sort of borders that between the Alliance and the Horde. Depending on how you look at things, who’s good and who’s bad, it’s gray. And that’s cool.”

Also fans will be happy to know. just like Stan Lee did with the Spiderman movies the execs at Blizzard told Sci Fi that they will be keeping a close eye on the making of the movie. The VP of Blizzard Frank Pearce admitted that there is no guarantee that “the production company that’s making your movie is going to appropriately honor your intellectual property,”

The movie is slated to be released by Warner Brothers and legendary films sometime in 2011 and as of yet no actors or a screen play has been announced.