Blizzard wants Cameron for StarCraft film

By Ellie Gibson Published 31 August, 2010

James, not Diaz. Or David.

Blizzard exec Rob Pardo has said the company would consider doing a movie based on StarCraft - providing the right caliber of talent was involved.

"We've always had an interest in seeing our stuff on film or TV. It's just tricky to find the right partners," he told MTV Multiplayer.

"We probably could have made a ['StarCraft'] movie or something on TV years and years ago, but it's really important to us that we find creative people that are really talented but also really excited about our properties. That's always been the challenge for us."

So who does Pardo have his eye on? "I think if Jim Cameron came to us tomorrow and said, 'You want to make a 'StarCraft' movie?' we'd probably sign that."

In the meantime, Blizzard's busy with the World of Warcraft movie - but doesn't have much to say about it right now.

"We're still super-excited about it but it's still in that story-development phase," Pardo said.

At least he's confident the right people are on board. "We were really excited about being involved with Legendary Pictures, who we thought had a really good track record with these sorts of movies that would make sense for our franchises."

As announced last year, Sam Raimi will direct the World of Warcraft film. Who knows when it's out though.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • riceNpea #1 1 year ago

    who the hell is JIM Cameron? are they best friends? i'm sure that'll really impress him.

    anyway he'll only make it if he can call it Dances With Smurfs 2, otherwise known as Avatar 2.

  • BabyJesus #2 1 year ago

    Starcraft the movie with smellovision! You can smell the zerg rush before you see it!

  • schnide #3 1 year ago

    Dude, if James Cameron came to ANYONE they'd make a movie with him, as others have said he's too much of a box office draw for anyone to turn down.

  • MyPointIs #4 1 year ago

    If the people working on the WOW movie have to play the game for research. Then the movie will NEVER be out.

  • EugenesLair #5 1 year ago

    What's the deal with one uppercase word in almost EVERY post?

  • riceNpea #6 1 year ago

    it's for EMPHASIS Eugene. the same reason you wear those padded underpants

  • paulf #7 1 year ago

    didn't he already make a film about the 'zerg' in 1986?

  • Restart #8 1 year ago

    David Cameron would be amazing for the Starcraft film. He could play the entirety of the Zerg! Slimy little lizard.

  • riceNpea #9 1 year ago

    nobody. it obvious. you constantly pointing at it gives it away too.

    it is impressive, i'll give you that

  • Dizzy #10 1 year ago

    Give me a Halo movie instead plz.

  • Goodfella #11 1 year ago

    I'M GOING TO DO THE OPPOSITE AND POST one LOWER CASE WORD.

  • riceNpea #12 1 year ago

    NoW YoU ArE JuSt BeInG SiLlY GoOdFeLla

  • reelbigkris #13 1 year ago

    When I think of the world of warcraft movie... I imagine there being a guild that forces you to pay a subscription fee to take quests. Very much like the sheriff of notingham from robin hood. But replacing taxes with subs...

    Enjoying starcraft right now, could make a great movie and there is a hell of a lot of content. You know who could make it?... Neil bloompfkamp (I can not be bothered to check his real name) director from district 9. But concerned that he may be typecastign himself with "alien invasions" and infecting a human being to make them one of the aliens! OOoooOOooo!

  • crazyhorse174 #14 1 year ago

    Dear Blizzard,

    Just do a CGI movie if you must. That way, we dont need to worry about who will play what character, as you can just use the same voice actors. Also, the guys you get to do your CGI are fecking amazing, so no need for a live action movie.

    Thanks

  • AphoticCosmos #15 1 year ago

    Doesn't he have bigger fish to fry, you know, the sequels to the film that made $3bn?

  • Goodfella #16 1 year ago

    @ EarlBassett.

    Blizzard wouldn't do that, only the best for them, e.g Sam Raimi for the WoW movie.

  • darkmorgado #17 1 year ago

    I second the imaginary petition to scrap live-action and get Blizzard to poke their CGI dept with sticks until they make CG movies. Their CG is on par with Pixar, if not superior in some ways (i.e insane levels of detail, while Pixar tend to make things relatively simple or highly stylised with less detailing).

  • darth_paul #18 1 year ago

    why would Camron bother with starcraft? If the game companies would leave their bubble, they would see that, in the outside world, what they do isnt that exciting. Starcraft is a good game, but IMO crap film material. Again: why would the most important film director (now) give a crap about starcraft

    @ EarlBassett
    hei, any guy that is married to Mila Jovovich gets my respect, ok! ;-)
    Edited by 1 at 31/08/10 @ 13:06

  • darkmorgado #19 1 year ago

    @darth_paul

    Yeah sure, one of the biggest names in film, who is also a massive gamer and has said he would like to have more involvement in the gaming industry, would NEVER consider working with one of the biggest gaming IPs in the world, would they?

    A SC movie would clean up at box office, particularly in Asia, and scifi in general is a very profitable genre atm.

    EDIT: Not that it would necessarily be a good film, but that's a different matter. Personally I don't think Cameron has made a decent movie since T2, and that was already showing his slide into increasing levels of sentimentality.
    Edited by 2 at 31/08/10 @ 13:25

  • Zaiz #20 1 year ago

    Well, on the plus side, at least StarCraft is as black and white(at least with the new one!) as Avatar.

  • mkreku #21 1 year ago

    If Sam Raimi can find his form from the Evil Dead movies, then the WoW movie is gonna be super!

  • darth_paul #22 1 year ago

    @ darkmorgado
    he might be a gamer (dont think so... he might just have said that to be cool. the guys almost 60), but Starcraft isnt that exciting in terms of story. Cameron is, more than a filmmmaker, a businessman... and to him it would make more sense to do Avatar 2 than to do a licenced project, where he would have to share the profit with Activison-Blizzard.
    Honnestly, outside the gaming audiance, noone cares about Starcraft. Dont see a studio financing a very expensive movie, only to see later that the only ones that cared were the gamers. Again, Starcraft is crap film material, imho

  • AOFanboi #23 1 year ago

    Ah, a WoW movie - imagine Brad Pitt standing in IronForge, yelling "LFG ToA!"

    Starcraft has an interesting universe to set a movie in - and if people can sell movie rights to Angry Birds, then the sky's the limit anyway.

  • Phishfood #24 1 year ago

    Forget that, he's still got to make that Battle Angel movie hes been meaning to make for ages.

  • Lee_Morris #25 1 year ago

    Why doesn't Pardo mention having Raimi on board as well as Legendary?

  • Spekingur #26 1 year ago

    @AOFanboi: You know, Brad Pitt might just have done that! Except in WoW. Maybe he plays. Who knows?!

    Blizzard have always been rather good with CG cutscenes and trailers. They should just give us more of that, because we enjoy it (and there seems to be a certain lack of proper western movies as well).

  • Pirotic #27 1 year ago

    I can't imagine James Cameron wanting to take it on, not without completely throwing out all the existing lore.

  • funkateer #28 1 year ago

    Am I really the only one who thought Avatar was a spectacularly well made film?
    One might not agree with his sensibilities (and I also felt that Avatar was a bit too b&w for its own good), but there's no denying that he really is one hell of a director IMHO.

  • number3son #29 1 year ago

    Seriously, is Blizzard's "take your sweet time" attitude with game development contagious or something? That Warcraft movie was announced more than half a decade ago, and they haven't even written the screenplay yet?
    Edited by 1 at 31/08/10 @ 20:59

  • ircaddicts #30 1 year ago

    got to love delusional starcrap fanbois who think thier crappy little game is a huge ip when its anything but. As if Camron would stop working on Avatar 2 to make a starcrap movie. Blizzard can want him all they like he's not going to do it. Uwe Boll would be much more suited to it. he makes lots of films of crap video games.
    Edited by 2 at 31/08/10 @ 22:55

  • rudedudejude #31 1 year ago

    Half Life movie first please!

    And no more Farcry movies!

  • darkmorgado #32 1 year ago

    @ircaddicts

    Aww bless, look at you all butthurt. Yep, one of the most popular gaming IPs in the world makes it automatically a crap game. How's IRC doing? Last time I checked it was pretty much dead. Sucks to be addicted to something that's dying out.