Quick Jump Daily Digest
Thank you for your interest in the Quick Jump Daily Digest. Get notified of all new content on QJ in our free Daily Digest. To subscribe, enter your email address below and click the subscribe button.
Thomas Tull on the World of Warcraft movie |
Listed in: Titles, Off Topic Tags: Blizzard, Frank Miller, Hollywood, mythology
Legendary Pictures chairman and producer of 300 Thomas Tull and game publisher Brash Entertainment CEO Mitch Davis recently delivered the Hollywood & Games keynote entitled Driving Mythology Forward. They gave a very riveting speech on the difficulties in crossing over from one medium to the next, but what might interest most people though is Tull's references to the up and coming movie based on Blizzard's World of Warcraft.
He addressed the community of gamers who have grown to become rather wary of movies based on video games and why the World of Warcraft movie would be different. He cited 300 as an example of a medium which has traversed the boundaries of media.
WeÂ’re doing World of Warcraft,
and making it into a movie. I have very strong feelings -- from the
movie side -- that making movies based on games just because they sold
well is a really bad idea. ThereÂ’ve been some like that that werenÂ’t up
to snuff just out of the gate.
It doesn’t matter to us if it’s based on a graphic novel like [Frank Miller's] 300, or a TV show – if there’s a great universe and story, that’s what’s interesting to us. Sure, there are 8 million people playing WoW, but even if all of those people saw the movie multiple times, we’d still be screwed. It’s a jumping off point and we see it as larger than that. World of Warcraft has the right stuff to make it happen.
Those are very interesting statements coming from the man who created a movie very faithful to the source material, yet entertaining enough for those who haven't read the graphic novel.
Will he be working his magic with this movie and bringing the game to the big screen with the amount of accuracy that gamers will be looking for and at the same time providing a memorable experience for those who have never played a single Warcraft game?
Well, according to Tull, it depends on how you handle the lore of the game and the characters in the story. He delved into game licenses and the important role that the creators of the game and filmmakers have in the creation of a movie such as this.
Right now we're working on that realtime. I think some of the stuff that makes a game translates well into a movie [and] is a good story. If there's a lore, if there's a road and story and a world that's been created, and characters that are interesting in a way that's more than just point and shoot
You have to look at
it and not make a novelty out of it. Not just look at sales records.
Blizzard plays a very important role in this process. If you've created
a game, be it Halo, Gears Of War, or Warcraft - you came up with
something that's compelling enough to resonate with a huge number of
people.
There has to be a trust, and you have to at some point hand over the baton to people who know how to make films. We are working very closely with the designers and writers, and they're very involved. I think on the bigger [films] you have to have that. They're sitting right there at the table with us as we develop the story and the script, and I think we're nailing the story and what's compelling about it.
With that said, I believe that this has the potential of becoming a blockbuster hit when it comes out. While a lot of people will be going out to see it to see how faithful it to the established Warcraft Lore and what not, more people will be going to see if the movie is entertaining and worth watching. Tull seems to have his eye on the ball with this one, so hopefully he delivers on his statements.
Via Gamasutra
|
|
|
| This story sucks? This story rocks! |
|
|
ps3filer | line of death | convert ps2bgamesto psp iso | ebony hot xmb | game categories full | japan foto bugil | pokemon | cydia apps mega guide | email | pspx48 | wii down | turbografix | moonshell 2 | battery warning psp | xbox live marketplac | lme installer | mhp3rd | psp flash1 files | oreno imouto | 3ds announcements | minority report | np2 | nitepr rev 100 | chickhen r2 mod2 | japan wii games down | cfw d3 | batman | how to edit sfo file | psp wireless display | gta china town for nds | bejeweld 3 | exit ds | pandoras box | freeplay | revival selection | full auto 2 | mohh2 | lcs cheat device download | after years | r1985 | move usb driver | ulok | mahjong solitaire | amazing adventures | tekken 5 | jailbreaking ipad | dat convert | winshell | java on psp | crackdown | resistance retribu | leitner flashcard system | lordrunner | disable shoulder buttons | snes 9x euphoria | x360usb | update wii fw | nds homrbre | mouse | ps4 | pspgo cfw | psp 3007 | black ops zombie codes | how to hack a psp go | bible | willy | psp everest | cheatdevice gta liberty city | pgelua rpg | cs portable 3d | ps driver | fifa streets 3fifa | umd dumper download for psp | cheap flights sweden | how copy umd vid | gta 3 | sega master system | flash1 | ccorp | resident evil 5patch | eflash | iphone pokemon | alien vs predator | cat cannon | uo gbpsp | windown live messenger for psp | rss | psp plugin music | rubgy | emulation | wiip | intrafont | driver san fancisco | pimp screen | google chrome for ps | im comeing home | xplora 2 | wii duplicated | blackb0x | windows 7 portal psp | molyneux | halo to psp games | mx vs atv unleashed | host core | pc beta | ice | bullet hell | indiana jones wii | tinyload | e3 flasher | psp content pack | displaypsp | psp new worlds | kanji learner set 3 | cerita ngentot perawan | star ocean first dep | mounter hunter | e3 roundup | capcom vs snk 2 | king | blue | pop strip mac | ds home | brea | ultimate portable | android multimedia | cios21 | ipad printing | tori black videoj | andy mcnab | babe game | fifa soccer 12 | music play in background | super mario bros cht | 4gb | signed ofw | wii mouse | temo ar | zumba | vgm | ratchet und clank size matters | umd emu | thegood fater | go edit multi | hybbox | wii recovery mode | fruit ninja psp | browser ds | usbld loader | psx medal of honor | acww edit | ftp ps3 | osp | psp update firmware | 985 pspunivralremote | update 150 | tic tac toe | firmware psp go | pixel junk monsters | black screen of death | psp ps3 theme | wii homebrew chanels | pspcomic fang | hue | rock smith | indonesian | black ops nintendo 64 | psptube | psx games in psp | cwcheat psx | battlefield badcompany 2 | quan masters | dolphine roms | x flash | green lantern rom |
Comments
Reply
Reply