Weeks ago Blizzard announced they have partnered with Legendary Pictures to bring a live-action film based on the award-winning World of Warcraft. Now rumor has it that Steven Spielberg, one of the world?s most famous director, will be the helmer for this big title. However words from Blizzard comes that "No final determinations have been made at this time, We?re working closely and carefully with Legendary Pictures on ensuring that the team that forms around this epic production will be equipped to fully capture the Warcraft universe on film. We look forward to revealing further details about the cast and crew in the months ahead."

Whether it is true or not, we are really looking forwarding to the release sechduled in 2009. More for WOW

Hot on the heels of the anouncement of a Kip Thorne-inspired sci-fi project, Steven Spielberg is now being set to direct WORLD OF WARCRAFT, the adaptation of the popular computer game. This seems rather odd because, not only is it a bit much for Spielberg to have what is now four projects slated for the next few years, a video game adaptation (which, as a genre, have yet to claim any kind of mainstream prestige) does not seem like the type of movie for a director of his status to even consider, let alone pile on top of other stuff he has in the works. The movie is expected to hit sometime around 2009 but I guess we?ll see how this one pans out. Meanwhile, Spielberg has the aforementioned sci-fi movie, his Abraham Lincoln project and, of course, INDIANA JONES 4.

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