• Thomas Tull comments on the upcoming Warcraft Movie

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    JD
    Published on 07-03-2013 11:58 AM
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    io9.com caught up with Thomas Tull [300, Clash of the Titans, Hangover 3, Batman] yesterday during the Pacific Rim press roundtables in San Francisco. Thomas Tull is the famous chief of Legendary pictures, and kind of a legend himself. They asked him a question we've all been asking ourselves since there have been movies based on video games;

    How do you make a movie based on a video game which doesn't end up being a failure?
    You start with that exact question... I think, as a gamer myself, a lot of times what has happened in the past is, studios have said, 'How many people play that game? Okay, then that means they'll probably all go and buy tickets.' That is an incredibly poor way to make a movie.
    It seems to me that Tull has finally discovered the major flaw in every game - based movie, and that is relying on an existent fanbase instead of reaching out to everyone, not only gamers, but 'normal folks' too. Moving on.

    So for us, it's [like], We don't know how to make a movie out of Warcraft, the video game. [Instead], it's the incredible story, and the war, and these races, and everything these guys at Blizzard have come up with. They have 100 books, and just this incredibly rich world that they've created.
    Now that's the spirit!

    And so having Duncan Jones realize that for us was exciting. We've also taken our time, because we absolutely don't want to screw it up. And I think we're getting close to a place [where] we're ready to go. And when the script is finished, and when we feel like, 'Forget whether or not there's a built-in audience. Does this stand on its own, and is it great?' Then we'll start filming. We're not quite there yet, but we're under suspicion of going there. And Duncan is one of those directors that you just [say], 'This guy gets it.'

    The next two years are going to be pretty exciting, I think.

    The last sentence gave me shivers. Does this mean that the studio finally has some sort of planned and potential release date, or is this another one of those Blizzards Soon projects?
    Do you think Legendary could break the 'video game --> movie' curse and make a hit, or at least a decent movie?
    Share your thoughts in the comments below!
    Comments 9 Comments
    1. piehead's Avatar
      piehead - 07-03-2013
      Nice, maybe for once a movie about a game will be good. Not getting my hopes up but still crossing my fingers.
    1. Woona's Avatar
      Woona - 07-03-2013
      Quote Originally Posted by piehead View Post
      Nice, maybe for once a movie about a game will be good. Not getting my hopes up but still crossing my fingers.
      I think the main problem will be the negative stigma put on WoW as a whole by the media. Even if the movie turns out to be great it will still have that aura of negativity to the general public because of the name.
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      WizardTrokair - 07-03-2013
      The movie should show hidden areas, like Deadmines Secret, or GMs Island!

      Seriously though, I barely go to the movies any more... basically rent everything. I'll definitely rent this one in 3 or 4 years when I can.
    1. Dante's Avatar
      Dante - 07-03-2013
      We all now how silent hill went... D:
    1. hackerlol's Avatar
      hackerlol - 07-04-2013
      If there's anyone we can trust making a solid video game-movie then it has to be Legendary.
      Hey Dante I liked the first one! : D
    1. mckemo's Avatar
      mckemo - 07-04-2013
      blizzards cinematics are very very good- i still like the WOLTK cinematic and i bet the movie will be AWESOME!!!!
    1. skeletonboy360's Avatar
      skeletonboy360 - 07-04-2013
      I'm counting on this movie to be awesome so my friends that think wow is stupid will think its cool ^-^
    1. olopower's Avatar
      olopower - 07-14-2013
      I really hope they will base this video on one of the following three books, Rise of the horde, Tides of darkness or Beyond the dark portal.

      Three movies in that order would make most sense. Epic books
    1. DarkheartMMO's Avatar
      DarkheartMMO - 07-17-2013
      Silent Hill 2 had BOTH Ned Stark and Jon Snow in it!!!!