World of Warcraft Movie Aiming For 2009 Release and PG-13 Rating

The big screen World of Warcraft movie, which is currently development, has a budget of $100 million, reports 300 producer Thomas Tull. The movie is aiming for a 2009 release.

Talking about the film, Thomas says, “We’re going to be looking for someone of Zak Snyder (300) or Chris Nolan (The Dark Knight, Batman Beings) calibre. I can tell you that this is the one thing about running a studio and making these things that’s hard. You want to not compromise and have the right level of intensity. The story and the director’s vision is what’s ultimately going to dictate that. Personally one of my favourite movies of all time is Lord of the Rings, which has a PG-13 rating.”

The studio are also hoping for a PG-13 rating, which doesn’t please everybody. If you’re going to make a big screen adaptation of a game like World of Warcraft then you need to make it big, brutal and bloody. I personally can’t see “an you please leave me alone you nasty person” as convincing dialogue between two warriors! But if it’s a PG-13 it won’t be much meaner than that.

There are 9 million players of WOW around the world who have been waiting for this moment. They really deserve better than a watered down version.

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