The Q & A - World of Warcraft

The form of this blog is Q and A - i may wax lyrical about a certain topic / issue / person close to my heart, however its a digital think tank for a reason and I like the Q & A form for this blog immensely. So the question I will leave you with today and i would love to know your thought is around very recent news release that Sam Raimi, famed director of the blockbuster Spider-Man series, has signed on to bring the forces of the Horde and the Alliance to life on the big screen in the upcoming live-action film based on the World of Warcraft universe.

This is so interesting to me as many games have tried - some successfully Peter Jacksons Lord of the Rings for example and some not so successfully - Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros - to take games to the big screen and I will be deeply interested to see how successful the transition is for such an intense, core MMORPG game. With 11.5 million subscribers - who are devoted to the cause - there is a guaranteed massive opening weekend - but will Raimi be able to deliver against what will be extremely high expectations from such a devoted fan base? Time will tell. What do you think?