Spiderman director gets “World of Warcraft” movie

World Of Warcraft

The film director Sam Raimi whose direction brought Spider-man movie to life in the theaters has not bagged the direction of the “World of Warcraft” movie.

Blizzard Entertainment Inc., a unit of Activision Blizzard, and Legendary Pictures said on Wednesday that Raimi has signed to make a film out of the Warcraft universe of Azeroth.

“Warcraft” made its debut in 1994 as a real-time strategy game based on a conflict between the Horde and the Alliance and was developed into the massively multiplayer online game “World of Warcraft” in 2004 which has developed a huge following.

“World of Warcraft” now holds the Guiness World Record as the most popular massively multiplayer online game with more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers as well as having a lucrative range of licensed products.