World of Warcraft: The Movie? Yep, as incredible as it may sound, it looms – potentially at least. We know this because Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Morhaime has spoken of how he „would love for us to release feature-length films in each of the worlds“, letting slip a desire to see Wacraft, Starcraft and Diablo make the move to a new medium in the silver screen. Cor. And indeed, blimey.
Explaining the grand reasoning behind this „love“ in a recent interview, Morhaime has said he thinks that „the universes are rich and strong enough to support that kind of thing“ and adds that in his mind it would „enhance the connection that players have with the game“. Morhaime also spoke of a desire to see the mainstream appeal of videogames expand and about how he“d like „more people outside of the core audience“ to be „familiar with our gaming world“.
And it appears that Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo stomping onto the silver screen is no mere pipe dream for the developer too, Morhaime stating: „…I hope that we“ll able to see something happen in the next five years.“
Es sieht nicht so aus als ob Mike Morhaime ein Luftschloss erbaut, denn sein abschließendes Statement hierzu ist: „Ich hoffe, das wir innerhalb der nächsten fünf Jahre diese Idee umsetzen können.“
Ob es sich um eine Animations- /Comic oder Realverfilmung handelt, ist noch nicht bekannt.
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