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Internal Blizzard Team Won't Be Making CGI For 'World of Warcraft' Movie

At the New York City launch event last week, Blizzard Executive VP of Product Development Frank Pearce gave an update on the "World of Warcraft" movie currently in development.

"Legendary Pictures is currently trying to assign some names to write the screenplay and find someone to direct it, so it's still really early in production," Pearce said. "They want to make sure they get the right talent for those different parts, especially the screenwriting, because that's the foundation for the movie."

MTV also asked if Blizzard considered making a full CGI movie in the vein of their games' cinematics. "[The idea] has come up in discussions but it's not something we've really considered because it takes so long to generate just the brief amount of footage that we create for the game," Pearce explained. "That department's focus is creating the footage for the games to tell the story; it would be a huge undertaking and it's not really something that we're ready to do anytime soon."
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Published: 391 days 1 hour ago | News | PC
 
 

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Raf1k1 - 391 days ago
1 - I hope its at least as awsome as the games
even if it is, there will always be people thinking as to how great it would have been if blizzard had done it themselves
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Filet of Children - 390 days 23 hours ago
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Word. Pretty much my entire level of excitement for this movie has been based around the amazing things that Blizzard can do with their CGI. If it's not them doing it... Well, the gamble could pay off, but it IS quite a gamble.
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Montrealien - 390 days 22 hours ago
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I was hoping, not scratch that (Dreaming) That It would be a CGI of the War of the Acients Trilogy. I still got high hopes for it but I won`t hype myself, or I will only be dissapointed.

*looks and the Legend of the Seeker`s the Sword of truth TV adaptation*

*shakes fist in anger and sadness*
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Deathaeris - 390 days 23 hours ago
2 - Well
The encompassing fulfillment of the CGI would be enough for me to buy the movie just to show my friends how crazy it looks.
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Fanboi - 390 days 11 hours ago
3 - Beowulf?
The director of Beowulf should look into this. All he need is a good script.
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