In an interview with Sam Raimi recently, MTV received a reveal no one had heard to this point. It looks like the upcoming Warcraft movie will be written by Robert Rodat, screenwriter for Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot.
Raimi also goes on to state that there's a good chance familiar lands, and maybe even some familiar characters will be used in the movie, but their goal is to create a unique experience. What that means is hard to say, but it's likely that -- if characters like Arthas, Jaina, etc. appear in the film -- that the story won't be focused on them.
The question then is, will it focus on characters from current Warcraft lore at all? Or will we see another entry into the forms of media that inject characters into the game?
If anyone remembers back to TBC beta, there used to be a quest called "Saving Private Imarion," so it's no surprise Rodat has been chosen for the movie. He obviously has more than one fan at Blizzard Entertainment.
You can hear a snippet from the conversation over on the MTV blog.
