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Blizzard denies Boll request to direct WoW movie
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 17:00
by News Reader
Blizzard denies Boll request to direct WoW movie
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That sound you just heard? It was
over 10 million World of Warcraft subscribers breathing a simultaneous sigh of relief, now that the MTV Movies Blog is
reporting that reviled game-film director
Uwe Boll won't be getting his hands on the
movie version of the popular fantasy franchise.
Boll recounted a conversation with Paul Sams in which the Blizzard COO reportedly told the director, "We will not sell the movie rights, not to you ... especially not to you." In a rare moment of self-awareness, Boll seemed to understand Blizzard's reluctance, speculating that "because it's such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income." A bad movie? But how could the self-described "
only genius in the whole fucking business" ever make a
bad movie? It just doesn't make sense!
Blizzard joins
Konami in the exclusive "Smart companies that definitively won't let Uwe Boll near their successful franchises" club.
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Source: Joystiq
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Posted: April 21st, 2008, 19:39
by buzzmong
Aww.
Just imagine, if they'd have said yes, some people might have quit in disgust.
And on a side thought, I wonder what would happen to the world if WoW was turned off, permanently. Perhaps the world would become a better place, perhaps a cure for cancer would be found? World peace? Who knows.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 19:45
by Mr. Johnson
i'm really starting to like this guy, he
is a genius, in his own special way.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 20:28
by HereComesPete
There's no such thing as ironic wank. Uwe Boll is a fucking idiot, he's perfect for making a WoW game, the actual story element is most likely a complete unknown to most players, so they'll love it.
He should make a UT3 film, that has similar levels of storyline.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 20:34
by Dog Pants
buzzmong wrote:And on a side thought, I wonder what would happen to the world if WoW was turned off, permanently. Perhaps the world would become a better place, perhaps a cure for cancer would be found? World peace? Who knows.
Maybe the other games would be filled with smacktards. I consider games like Warcraft and CS to fill a sacrificial role, atracting all the badness and seperating it from the rest of the web. Not entirely cut and dry, but I like to think it helps.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 20:54
by Baliame
buzzmong wrote:Aww.
Just imagine, if they'd have said yes, some people might have quit in disgust.
And on a side thought, I wonder what would happen to the world if WoW was turned off, permanently. Perhaps the world would become a better place, perhaps a cure for cancer would be found? World peace? Who knows.
Well I, for one, would be rather happy. WoW's keeping me as a sex slave.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 21:24
by Mr. Johnson
Baliame wrote:
Well I, for one, would be rather happy. WoW's keeping me as a sex slave.
well, that's my mental state ruined.
