Hvis du i længere tid har frygtet hvad der ville ske med World of Warcraft-filmen, kom der måske en smule ro på da Sam Raimi blev afsløret som instruktør af filmen. Nu er der flere potentiel gode nyheder, i og med at MTV's Multiplayerblog kan fortælle at Robert Rodat, screenwriter på Saving Private Ryan og The Patriot, skal stå for at skrive filmem.
Sam Raimi udtaler:
"We want to be really faithful to the game...to the Horde and the Alliance and the mythology that takes place in the game, and the archetypes that the game presents. I think we would try and find touchstones within the game to make it accurate and true and choose one or some of the lands that are portrayed in the game with as much accuracy and authenticity as possible.
"But we would have our writer, Robert Rodat, really craft an original story within that world that feels like a World of WarCraft adventure. Only obviously it's very different 'cause it's expanded and translated into the world of a motion picture."
Filmen skulle efter planen indtage biografer over hele verden i 2011.