Warcraft Movie Adapted By Private Ryan Writer
Sam Raimi said that "Saving Private Ryan" writer will pen the Warcraft movie.
Spider-Man and Evil Dead director Sam Raimi dropped a few Warcraft nuggets in a recent phone interview with MTV Multiplayer, revealing that the upcoming movie will not be based on the Arthas: Rise of the Lich King novel witten by Christie Golden. Raimi said that the story 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."
Raimi also revealed that Robert Rodat has signed on to write the story. His previous screenplays include The Patriot and Saving Private Ryan, two extremely successful movies. While the credentials don't seem ideal for a fantasy-based, game-based movie, Raimi seemed rather confident that Rodat will "properly capture" the Horde and the Alliance and the overall mythology.
"We want to be really faithful to the game," Raimi said. "We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a 'World of WarCraft' adventure. Only obviously it's very different 'cause it's expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture."

You sir, deserve a fishy stick.
Its not WoW, WoW doesn't have a story, Warcraft does. And Warcraft lore kicks @$$.
I do not really understand the point of making movies from video games.
You sir, deserve a fishy stick.
Its not WoW, WoW doesn't have a story, Warcraft does. And Warcraft lore kicks @$$.
and more adult
As long as they don't throw too many cliches into the film (boobs are nice, but let's not overdo it like anime, eh?), I think it will be received well enough.
otherwise... they'd better just leave it...
By the way... I do agree that the Diablo can be a better one to port to the movie... if they can make it like "Lord of the rings - fellowship of the ring"
I mean seriously, learn about the games a bit before writing an article..
Diablo? Yes...One based on the Fallout universe would be great... FreeSpace would be interesting but I doubt it would go anywhere good.
They have said in other interviews that it will be based on the original Warcraft RTS lore. Also it's what the guy said, you cant edit that so I don't get your comment about "writing the article".
""We want to be really faithful to the game," Raimi said. "We would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a 'World of WarCraft' adventure. Only obviously it's very different 'cause it's expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture.""
But AFAIK, it's going to be live action, which with Warcraft... Eh. I mean, how are they going to incorporate the art style into that? Because art is a big piece of Warcraft...
I dunno, I don't have faith. I'm watching to see if they prove me wrong though.
Very true.
One of my favorite things about Warcraft was the lore.
You got the story from both sides, it was in depth, it was emotional, and made you want to fight for it.
So, if they want to stay true to Warcraft, will it only be based on the original WoW, not the expansions?
But... Uwe Boll is actually my second favorite director, only second to Steven Spielberg.