Could it be true – is Hollywood starting to get the whole ‘hire a good director = half-decent film’ idea finally?
I wish my beard looked as cool as that…
Duncan Jones, director of the superb “Moon” and “Source Code” has signed on to direct the long-stewing adaptation of Blizzard’s MMO powerhouse, “World of Warcraft” (why, you don’t suppose that the runaway success of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” had anything to do with this surprising development, do you?) and that’s clearly brilliant news.
He’s played “WoW“ and is a self-described gamer (fan of the property, formerly in a Brit-based “Call of Duty“ clan) which indicates that he might just have an idea of how best to marry the disparate worlds of live action film making and the wibbly-wobbly, digital realm and not just default to knocking together some sub-Tolkein tropes and letting the CG guys do the real heavy lifting. Make no mistake – it’s perfectly possible to make a good movie from video game material and I suspect that someone who knows the culture might be in a better place to helm an adaptation than some dude hopping up from commercials and music vids to his first feature gig.
Nerds – stand up and be counted! Who doesn’t love a bit of raiding?
IMDB lists an Ian Fleming biopic on Jones’ to-do list, but producers are apparently keen to get this rollercoaster on the tracks this autumn for a bow sometime in 2015 – strike while the +10 to Melee Damage Iron Sword of Sundering is hot, and all that. Is it too much to hope for for a Leeroy Jenkins shout-out?
You’ll be unsurprised that Gabe and Tycho have some good advice on what not to do with this movie…
