Sam Raimi

22. July 2009 | 08:30

Sam Raimi to Direct Warcraft Movie!

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Legendary Pictures announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the eagerly-anticipated major motion picture based on Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning Warcraft universe. Raimi has, in the course of his career, clearly demonstrated a genius for developing and adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences while staying true to the … (News Source: Coming Soon - 05:27:46)

Sam Raimi to direct World of Warcraft movie

Forget Spider-Man : Director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct Warcraft , the live-action film adaptation of the fantasy MMORPG World of Warcraft , Variety reported: (News Source: Sci Fi Wire - 05:28:43)

World of Warcraft To Be Directed By Sam Raimi?

Harry Knowles at Ain’t It Cool News has been hard at work in recent weeks tracking down and verifying a very interesting piece of information: The director for the upcoming film adaptation of the biggest MMO ever, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, will be Sam Raimi. We all know Sam Raimi for his Evil Dead films, […] (News Source: Screen Rant - 06:28:30)

Sam Raimi signed to direct World of Warcraft movie [Update]

Filed under: Culture , MMO , World of Warcraft It’s been a game-to-movie project that, quite frankly, we thought was in the typical “turnaround hell” state but word from Variety and Aint It Cool News is that Sam Raimi has been signed to direct the film adaptation of World of Warcraft . Yep, the man behind the Evil Dead and Spider-Man films is going to take on the task of bringing Blizzard’s MMO … (News Source: Big Download Blog - 04:43:19)

Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft Movie

UPDATE: And now it’s official . Blizzard has just confirmed the news with a press release of its own. “At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story,” said Raimi (or someone who wrote his blurb in the release). “I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen.” (News Source: 1up.com - 05:54:07)

Sam Raimi

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‘Spider-Man’ Director Agrees to Take on Warcraft Project

Legendary Pictures said on Tuesday that Sam Raimi had agreed to direct a movie based on the World of Warcraft online game and fantasy universe. (News Source: New York Times - 05:15:27)

Raimi directing Warcraft movie - confirmed

Blizzard, Legendary, and Warner Bros. announce Spider-Man director will helm the long-in-the-works big-screen version of Blizzard’s genre-dominating MMORPG. (News Source: GameSpot - 05:25:16)

Drag Me to Hell - movie review

Sam Raimi’s latest film is a carnival of terrors from one of the most beloved ringmasters around. (News Source: The Vine - 01:54:02)

Sam Raimi brings comedy-laden horror to Cannes

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Aspiring bank managers beware — refusing loans to frail old ladies could unleash a deadly curse that haunts you for eternity. (News Source: Tiscali - 14:55:52)

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