Interview: Blizzard's Chris Metzen Talks World of Warcraft Movie

Blizzard Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise, Chris Metzen recently sat down for a rare interview at BlizzCon 2013 who covered some of what we can expect in the upcoming year from Blizzard Entertainment. It should be mentioned here that he did admit early in the interview he plays Warcraft but "does NOT raid that much.” That’s okay, Chris. Since Wrath of the Lich King killed raiding by removing attunement and opening the flood gates allowing every asshat in the game inside, not much of anyone is raiding seriously now. --- Okay, my rant is over. Please continue.

 Chris had the opportunity to also speculate on how the upcoming World of Warcraft movie measured up to recent blockbusters such as Thor: The dark World. "I want the Warcraft movie to be the biggest movie in the worldand gi ve all the big franchises a run for their money.” said Metzen. He certainly has high hopes for its success, as do we all. The long awaited project has been on the wish list for WoW enthusiasts for nearly a decade. In the effort, perhaps we as players just don’t want the movie to be a cheesy post production copy of the comic book-ish cookie cutter productions we have seen so far. To some degree, we feel all of our reputations are riding on the quality of this film... or what remains of it.

 Chris touched on how wildly popular the Warcraft franchise has become with millions of players all over the world. The success of the Warcraft movie will largely ride upon how well the director, Duncan Jones can deliver the essence of what the franchise has become for so many players. "I think people all over the world will love this film of because they feel the story.” Chris is very optimistic regarding the movie. He acknowledges that players don’t simply play World of Warcraft, but they exist within it as well. They have developed communities within the game and it serves as a form of social media. Perhaps to see our world put on screen will be an emotional experience for those of us who have been associated with this game for the better part of a decade.