Blizzard Entertainment who will be teaming up with Legendary pictures for their upcoming motion picture, today revealed that the director of the Spiderman-Man trilogy, Sam Raimi, will be directing the Warcraft movie. Raimi also wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days of Night.

"At its core, Warcraft is a fantastic, action-packed story," said Raimi. "I am thrilled to work with such a dynamite production team to bring this project to the big screen."

"Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have a shared vision for this film and we searched at length to find the very best director to bring that vision to life," said Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment.

"From our first conversation with Sam, we could tell he was the perfect choice. Sam knows how to simultaneously satisfy the enthusiasts and the mainstream audience that might be experiencing that content for the first time."

Furthermore Legendary Productions acquired the American film producer Charles Roven to help with the production, who was part of the two recent high grossing Batman films, Batman Begins and the Dark Knight.

The Warcraft movie will fall under Legendary Pictures’ co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. As of yet there is no release date but "details about the upcoming Warcraft movie, including cast and targeted release date, will be revealed as development progresses."

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