Warcraft Inches Closer to Actually Happening - Screenwriter Hired

While pimping the home video release for his underrated horror gem Drag Me To Hell (if you didn’t check it out during its theatrical run, shame on you!), director Sam Raimi gave an update on the World of Warcraft film. Remember, he signed up to helm the property with Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures forking over the mullah back in July.

He revealed to MTV Movies Blog that screenwriter Robert Rodat (credited for solely penning Saving Private Ryan) has been commissioned for writing duties. The project (simply titled Warcraft) is expected to fully move forward once Raimi finishes Spider-Man 4. Yeah, I’m still waiting for actual news to come from that production myself. Enough with this “Yeah, we’re writing it right now and we’ll start up next year” crap, man.

If there's anything Drag Me To Hell proved, it's that Raimi still has that "crazy" energy he became known and loved for among us film-fans back in the 80s. It also showed that he'll be able to move away from ol Webhead once he finally gathers up the strength to do so. The idea of him helming a fantasy film is just too damn intriguing to pass up. I mean there was that period where he could have directed The Hobbit after all.