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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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WoW Movie Penned By Saving Private Ryan Scribe

7:20AM Mike Fahey | Speaking with MTV News, World of Warcraft director Sam Raimi revealed that Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot screenwriter Robert Rodat will be handling the story for the massively multiplayer movie. More »
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Friday, July 24, 2009
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What’s The Most Important Warcraft Movie Casting Decision?

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Blizzard is making a movie based on its rather popular Warcraft property. Sam Raimi is directing it, meaning one actor’s involvement is almost assured. So which actor and which role? More »
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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You’ll Never Guess Who’s Apparently Directing WoW Flick

2:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Well, you might. Who knows. But according to movie news site Ain’t It Cool, the director has been confirmed — and you might be pleasantly surprised. More »
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Monday, October 20, 2008
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Sam Raimi Says World of Warcraft Would Make ‘Brilliant Movie’

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | After years (no, decades) of trying but failing, Hollywood finally got comic book movies right. Video games haven’t fared as well. Director Sam Raimi is responsible for the silver screen version of Spider-Man and offers this insight as to why video games movies, well, suck: There has been 40 years of different comic books… Writers have had to really get into the characters of the superheroes themselves. They explore their relationships, their loves, their villains, their stories — there’s so much more to draw upon… More »
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