Posted 21st Nov 2008 01:53 AM by Medievaldragon
Blizzard EVP of Product Design, Frank Pearce, told
MTV Multiplayer during the Wrath of the Lich King midnight opening there are no plans to make the Cinematic team work for the World of Warcraft film. Legendary Pictures is still seeking a film director and writer for the film, but Frank Pearce confirms the Cinematic Team is quiet busy with internal projects (obviously Starcraft II trilogy, Diablo 3 and probably the next-gen MMO).
Very little has been said about the World of Warcraft film in the past two years. Fans have speculated it could be entirely done as a CGI film, or with real actors, or a mix. Certainly what Frank Pearce commented doesn't rule out some kind of CGI in the film. Legendary Pictures has experience with special effects and CGI for the 300 film, and the recent The Dark Knight, 10,000 BC and The Ant Bully to name a few.
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“[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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