According to the SciFi Wire, World of Warcraft is heading to the silver screen. Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights to the film.
From the SciFi Wire:
"The hit online game World of Warcraft is heading to the big screen, as Warner Brothers-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights and will develop the project with game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, which is owned by Vivendi, Variety reported.
World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing fantasy game, has more than 6 million subscribers who not only team up to go on quests, but also interact and form deep social relationships, the trade paper reported.
The only other video games that rival World of Warcraft are the Grand Theft Auto and Halo franchises. Universal and Fox are revising a script for Microsoft's Halo movie, with hopes to release it in the summer of 2007, though they may have to push back that date since the movie doesn't even have a director yet. Universal is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM."
"The hit online game World of Warcraft is heading to the big screen, as Warner Brothers-based Legendary Pictures has picked up film rights and will develop the project with game publisher Blizzard Entertainment, which is owned by Vivendi, Variety reported.
World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing fantasy game, has more than 6 million subscribers who not only team up to go on quests, but also interact and form deep social relationships, the trade paper reported.
The only other video games that rival World of Warcraft are the Grand Theft Auto and Halo franchises. Universal and Fox are revising a script for Microsoft's Halo movie, with hopes to release it in the summer of 2007, though they may have to push back that date since the movie doesn't even have a director yet. Universal is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM."
