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Blizzard Wants James Cameron On StarCraft Movie

Posted August 30, 2010 by M.H. Williams

While Valve may not trust Hollywood with its IP, Blizzard is more than willing to let Tinsel Town mess with its franchises… if you’re the right man for the job. Blizzard’s EVP of Game Design, Rob Pardo, confirmed to MTV Multiplayer that the World of Warcraft movie was still moving forward, but “still in that story-development phase." The movie is being planned by Legendary Pictures, with Sam Raimi at the helm, but production is moving slowly.

"That's why we did the 'WoW' movie. We were really excited about being involved with Legendary Pictures, who we thought had a really good track record with these sorts of movies that would make sense for our franchises,” he told MTV.

So where does that leave one of Blizzard’s other blockbuster franchises?

Pardo talked to MTV about the possibility of a StarCraft movie, with Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty burning up the charts recently. He says that Blizzard is ready for a Starcraft film, but they’re waiting for the right production team to step up to the plate.

"We've always had an interest in seeing our stuff on film or TV. It's just tricky to find the right partners. We probably could have made a ['StarCraft'] movie or something on TV years and years ago, but it's really important to us that we find creative people that are really talented but also really excited about our properties,” he said. “That's always been the challenge for us. I think if Jim Cameron came to us tomorrow and said, 'You want to make a 'StarCraft' movie?' we'd probably sign that."

So the ball is in James Cameron’s court. Will he bite?

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.