Uwe Boll wanted to do WOW movie News
MMO PC News by Oli Welsh
Renegade film director Uwe Boll has told MTV that he approached Blizzard for the film rights to World of Warcraft.
He was not-so-politely refused. According to Boll, "I got in contact with [chief operating officer] Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, 'We will not sell the movie rights, not to you... especially not to you.'"
Boll is the director of a string of game-licensed films - including BloodRayne, Alone in the Dark, Postal, House of the Dead, Dungeon Siege and the forthcoming Far Cry - that have been poorly received by gamers. So much so that Boll famously challenged his critics to a series of boxing matches.
"Because it's such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it," said Boll of Blizzard's decision.
Blizzard did eventually sell the movie rights, however. A live-action Warcraft film is in production by Legendary Pictures, the outfit behind Batman Begins and 300. It's currently slated for a 2009 release, although no director or cast has been attached as yet.
Speaking at last year's BlizzCon convention in Los Angeles, the producers revealed that the film has a USD 100 million budget, and will be set slightly before the time frame of the original WOW release. Blizzard story guru Chris Metzen added that it would concentrate on the war between Horde and Alliance from an Alliance perspective, feature a new hero character, and be "absolutely a war movie".
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Blizzard story guru Chris Metzen added that it would concentrate on the war between Horde and Alliance from an Alliance perspective, feature a new hero character, and be "absolutely a war movie".
It better not paint a happy bunny picture of "Alliance good, Horde evil". I might have played Alliance but at least I understood that all the races have been cocks at some stage in the lore. Except the Tauren, since they're awesome. /moo |
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MagicToast
21/04/08 @ 10:54
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Rather it be from the horde perspective tbh, that way it would offer something different from your usual fantasy film.
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3william56
21/04/08 @ 11:23
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"Bollocks film director Uwe Boll..."
/fixed I would have loved to see their faces when that butt nugget rocks up and offers to utterly destroy the credibility of their game. Cos they need the money, obviously. They were very polite considering. What's elvish for "f**k right off you talentless hack"? |
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actionfitz
21/04/08 @ 11:27
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"Rather it be from the horde perspective tbh, that way it would offer something different from your usual fantasy film."
perfect excuse for a sequel... :) should have started the movie with Thrall meeting Medivh at the start of Warcaft III. and ended with Arthas becoming a deathknight... that would have been one great big bag of awesome to watch onscreen :) : Uwe Boll... LOLOLOL. PWNT. etc. [Uwe Boll] gains greater 'Aura of the Tard'. [Uwe Boll] performs Warcraft Movie Pitch. [Blizzard] parries. [The Internet] gains 50 LOL points from Blizzards 'Blessing of ROFL'. |
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Prodigy_BE
21/04/08 @ 11:29
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Okay, name yer top 5 games you would like Uwe to turn into a movie
Mine are: LocoRoco Destroy All Humans Dragon Quest Viva Pinata Eye Of Judgement GO UWE! |
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Britesparc
21/04/08 @ 11:34
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@ Prodigy
Tetris Animal Crossing Ms. Pacman Seymour Goes to Hollywood Garry's Mod
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Prodigy_BE
21/04/08 @ 11:35
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Haha, Animal Crossing.
I can see him completely fucking up the mailbox scene. |
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MightyMouse
21/04/08 @ 11:52
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I love Uwe Boll films! They're much more worth seeing than rubbish like Eragon, now THAT was a waste of everyone'ss time.
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gingerlink
21/04/08 @ 12:01
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@ Prodigy
N+ Grifball Mario Kart Eledees SSBB (what's the betting the in-game cutscenes would do a better job?) |
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Prodigy_BE
21/04/08 @ 12:12
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@shamblemonkee
Okay Uwe can create a flick with one dimensional characters, but they're not THAT one dimensional. |
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Muddtallica
21/04/08 @ 13:00
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miiiguel: If your perception of Dr Boll is as someone with a self-deprecating sense of humility about their own shortcomings, you should probably watch this.
Britesparc: Believe it or not, there already is an Animal Crossing movie. Embarrassingly, I rather enjoyed it...
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dirtysteve
21/04/08 @ 13:05
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MBar, it will, don't worry, it will.
Does anyone seriously expect a complex piece detailing the differences between the factions, or just a rerun of 300. Except this time they will have a reason to include orcs |
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stoopidgreg
21/04/08 @ 14:29
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"Because it's such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it," said Boll of Blizzard's decision.
that sounds like he's finally admitted he makes shit movies. |
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schachmatt
21/04/08 @ 16:50
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Worse than Boll are all the people jumping on the bandwagon insulting him.
You know, you're partly responsible for his success. |
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actionfitz
21/04/08 @ 17:20
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Prodigy_BE:
"Okay, name yer top 5 games you would like Uwe to turn into a movie" hmm. Custers Revenge... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custers_rev... ) Barbie Horse adventures... (Ron Jeremy playing the horse... lol). Fantasy World Dizzy... think the internet would explode if anyone made a film about Dizzy :P Bubble bobble... see above comment about Dizzy :P The Longest journey... on second thought - i'd probably have to hunt him down and forcibly rape him with a cheese grater if he made that film. :( |
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Triggerhappytel
21/04/08 @ 22:29
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I agree with hiddenranbir - I think this seems like it would be far better suited to a CGI movie, especially since everyone jizzes over Blizzard's in-game CG sequences.
Imagine it -- FF: TSW meets LotR. Could be pretty cool. |
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