http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/3706...lls-10_17_2011

Diablo 3 cinematic images? Good to see Blizzard hasn't let up on epic cinematics!!! :)

I emailed them to my Fiance and said guess the actress... She was shocked when I told her they were CGI.

Also, this gives me faith that if Blizzard were to set their mind to it, they could release a Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo CGI movie at cinemas and it would be a freaking blockbuster.

That is possibly the worst idea i have ever heard. Ever.

Really, worse than David O. Russell's Uncharted movie about a crime family that metes out justice in the world of art and antiquities?

Blizzard have optioned the rights for a Warcraft movie, it appears production has stalled... Part of the problem with sub standard video game movies is the productions are being too far removed from the original creators, and ruined by Hollywood.

If Blizzard were to make a CGI movie, they'd be able to tell the story as it's supposed to be told, have things look the way they're supposed to look, and most importantly the voice actors will be those who we're already familiar with.

Oh ok. It's good to know we at OCAU have somebody that can judge an entire long running profitable companies ability to make a cinematic more than their proven multi-million dollar yearly revenue strategic managers.

does anyone know if blizzard will funnel australians into an oceana server like they did with starcraft2 or can we choose our own server?

yeah, but their CGIs are still too cartoony, doesn't look real. They would still have to get the expert animators.

Didn't they make a Doom movie?

I think I read somewhere that District 9 was meant to be based on the video game Halo, but something happened and they changed direction.

I thought it was going to be a terrible movie, but it was surprisingly okay.

CGI does not mean they have to look real. Cartoony CGI is much better than realistic CGI. Because then the suspension of disbelieve is there. If it looks too real, you'll be fussing about how it's not real throughout the whole movie and ruin it for yourself. If you want realistic CGI, get real actors instead.

District 9 was made because the director of District 9 was attached to make a Halo movie (he'd even begun making props and short videos)... but then the studio didn't want to provide the budget, the project fell through, and Peter Jackson bank rolled District 9 for the director to make up for his trouble.

id didn't make the doom movie, they just sold the license. District 9 was based on a short film made by the director who also made a short film on Halo and was supposedly in line to make the Halo movie. I don't think D9 was supposed to be halo related, other than that they made it instead when the Halo project stalled. D9 was awesome, and all the more impressive if you consider how small it's budget was for the scale of the film.

Think of the FF7 movie. Made by SE, and I found it fantastic. Compare that to Doom Farcry alone in the dark, house of the dead, dead or alive, the list goes on. These were made far removed from their original creators.

I would go see a Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo film if it was made by blizzard or at least they were heavily involved in the project. There's nothing wrong with a movie being entirely CG. Pixar repeatedly show us how you can make engaging characters that aren't real actors. I'd rather they not try to make it look 'real' and go for a fantastic animated art style like they routinely demonstrate in their cut scenes. We should have the game studios more involved in making the films if we want decent video game movies. Gabe Newell has wanted to make a half life movie for ages but has never had someone present a concept/script that he felt would do the game justice, valve even tried to write one.

Could happen sooner than you think especially when head douchebag of Activision, Bobby Kotick, mentions selling cutscenes from games as a standalone dvds. linky

Would be good if they made a proper movie using CGI but given how
Blizz are now following the Activision model (SC2 in 3 parts - pretty much the same as the COD model ( release the same game every year)), I highly doubt it.

Warcraft
http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0803096/

IN DEVELOPMENT
Status: Treatment/Outline


This have been in development since 2006 IIRC.
And no release date, so it might take a while...

Sam Raimi Interview - World of Warcraft Film

Yes, I knew about that... but look at it, the project has stalled... Just like the Gears of War, Halo and Uncharted movies... which is good, because what was being planned for them (especially Uncharted and Gears of war) would have dragged the name through the dirt for a few bucks.

Video game movies are becoming less and less, which is good... but I reckon Blizzard could set a trend by producing movies in house.

Generally the cartoony ones are either kids movies or straight to DVD releases, and a blizzard kids movie would be horrible haha