Rumor Mill: Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft Film?

There’s been no new details revealed about the planned World of Warcraft movie that we heard about last year, but rumor has it that Sam Raimi (Spiderman) could be a potential candidate for the director’s seat. In an interview with MTV, Raimi stated:

“In the world of video games, it’s usually more of an environment or a scenario, not character-based … but they certainly could [be better]. There’s ‘World of Warcraft’ — what an awesome video game! It has such great, adventurous characters in it and such fantastic landscapes and rules. … You could make a brilliant ‘World of Warcraft’ movie — as fine as any of the best superhero movies — if you had the right writers and directors.”

While this is far from any sort of confirmation whatsoever, it does warm my heart a little to think that someone like Raimi might take the reigns on the WoW movie. I’m a die-hard WoW addict, and the thought of a film based on the game both excites and terrifies me. The potential is there, in the right hands. But it could also turn out to be a disaster.

I’m remaining optimistic that whoever makes the film will do a good job. No matter what, I’ll be there on opening day with pointy ears on. But it’s still a long ways away.

Who would be your perfect director? Peter Jackson? Uwe Boll? (Haha!)

Via | Yahoo!