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World of Warcraft Movie Still in the Early Stages

The producers want screenwriters

By Andrei Dobra, Games Editor

25th of November 2008, 18:01 GMT

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World of Warcraft is definitely a huge game these days. With over 11 million paying subscribers every month, the game dominates the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) market and enjoys a vast amount of popularity with the fans.

Its latest expansion pack, entitled Wrath of The Lich King, has only confirmed the success of the game, as it has registered over 2.8 million units sold in the first 24 hours, making Blizzard, the company behind it, extremely pleased. After all, the best selling PC game in history is something every developer would want to have in its trophy case.

All of this attention with WoW has made a few analysts wonder about the old plans regarding a movie based on the action of the popular game. In response to those questions, Frank Pearce, the director of product development at Blizzard, has revealed to MTV Multiplayer that the project is still in the first stages of development. He went on to say that Legendary Pictures, the company tasked with the creation of this movie, is still looking for screenwriters.

"Legendary Pictures is currently trying to assign some names to write the screenplay and find someone to direct it, so it’s still really early in production," Pearce said. "They want to make sure they get the right talent for those different parts, especially the screenwriting, because that’s the foundation for the movie."

A pretty interesting piece of news, which might make a few fans send their own creations to the movie studio for the chance to get to work on this project. But it's definitely good to hear that Legendary isn't rushing this title and ensures that all of the WoW fans will receive a quality experience.

Let's just hope that this movie will wash away the bad reputation that game-based Hollywood titles have created and will offer movie fans reasons to enjoy this new flick.

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Comment #1 by: Angel Rainn on 27 Nov 2008, 14:21 GMT reply to this comment

I tried once WOW, but I thought it's too time-consuming. Instead, I started playing Lineage 2, which is free to purchase and you can find some free servers. After a short while I found myself tied to that game. Now I don't play anymore I just like to find out about games news and reviews on PC District.com. The site is loaded with the latest reviews on new games and is updated all the time. I used to play a lot.

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