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 Sam Raimi: Agrees to direct World of Warcraft movie
American film director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct "Warcraft", a movie based on Blizzard Entertainment's popular videogame "World of Warcraft".
Sam Raimi is best known for directing cult horror films like the "Evil Dead" series and "Drag Me To Hell". He also directed three films in Sony's "Spider-Man" series and is expected to start shooting this fall.
"World of Warcraft" is an online role-playing fantasy game, which features an epic conflict between the Horde and the Alliance. The game has a huge following since its launch in 1994 and requires a monthly fee to play.
Raimi will now supervise the development of "Warcraft", but will shoot the picture after he completes work on "Spider-Man 4", which is expected to get underway next year for a May 6, 2011 release.
Warner Bros. will co-finance and distribute the film. Charles Roven, a producer of "The Dark Knight", is among the producers of the film.
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