Spielberg hones Craft?

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by: Jonathan Frey Jun. 19, 2006

UPDATE: There has been some confusion as to the actual source of this story. Variety did not run it and the original source has yet to be confirmed. The matter is being looked into at the moment but, for now, please take the story as an unlikely rumor at best.

UPDATE #2: We've received word from SpielbergFilms.com (who received word from Spielberg's offices) that this rumor has been confirmed to be untrue. Thanks to that site's editor, Steven Awalt, for the heads up. The WORLD OF WARCRAFT project is still in development, just without the involvement of Steven Spielberg. To read more about it, head HERE.

Steven Spielberg

Hot on the heels of the anouncement of a Kip Thorne-inspired sci-fi project, Steven Spielberg is now being set to direct WORLD OF WARCRAFT, the adaptation of the popular computer game. This seems rather odd because, not only is it a bit much for Spielberg to have what is now four projects slated for the next few years, a video game adaptation (which, as a genre, have yet to claim any kind of mainstream prestige) does not seem like the type of movie for a director of his status to even consider, let alone pile on top of other stuff he has in the works. The movie is expected to hit sometime around 2009 but I guess we'll see how this one pans out. Meanwhile, Spielberg has the aforementioned sci-fi movie, his Abraham Lincoln project and, of course, INDIANA JONES 4.

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ihad
11:49AM on 02/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Spielberg won't direct this. Ever.
For a speculative Warcraft cast list, see here:
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Spielberg won't direct this. Ever.
For a speculative Warcraft cast list, see here:
[link]
 
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Mut
1:55PM on 06/19/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Is this for real? I mean, Spielberg ... Warcraft ... doesn't really seem to fit. Granted, he DID do "War of the Worlds," but still ...
Is this for real? I mean, Spielberg ... Warcraft ... doesn't really seem to fit. Granted, he DID do "War of the Worlds," but still ...
 
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Servo
1:41PM on 06/19/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Meh
This sounds like a rumor or some kind of misunderstanding. Though it's not all that inconceivable that Spielberg would do a videogame adaptation. I once read that Spielberg himself spoke at USC (along with Robert Zemeckis) and told students that the next big thing to look out for in filmmaking is videogames.
This sounds like a rumor or some kind of misunderstanding. Though it's not all that inconceivable that Spielberg would do a videogame adaptation. I once read that Spielberg himself spoke at USC (along with Robert Zemeckis) and told students that the next big thing to look out for in filmmaking is videogames.
 
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Tyler_Durden_208
12:56PM on 06/19/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
[link]!!!!!!!
Come on, man, you got tons more interesting projects to work on, screw Warcraft...
[link]!!!!!!!
Come on, man, you got tons more interesting projects to work on, screw Warcraft...
 
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theotherness
6:04AM on 06/19/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
In the nicest way possible: SCREW everything else, Steve! Just get to work on Indie 4!!! Just slap George in the face, tell him "It's ready," and grab the script out of his hands and go down to the studio and hold it high and say "I've got the idol! Now throw me the whip!"

...man that was bad, but you get my point.
In the nicest way possible: SCREW everything else, Steve! Just get to work on Indie 4!!! Just slap George in the face, tell him "It's ready," and grab the script out of his hands and go down to the studio and hold it high and say "I've got the idol! Now throw me the whip!"

...man that was bad, but you get my point.