A warrior is roaming an empty desert with a shield on his back. The greenish sky is covered by dark clouds and lightning. He sees a pile of armor on the ground and kneels down to pick up a shield. He then takes his sword and begins to beat it against the shield, as though calling someone out. We then see a green beast from behind holding a giant hammer. The two circle each other and then both charge. As they are about to collide the title appears: Warcraft.

To me what makes WoW interesting is the lore, is the history. If you're not going to really utilize that in a movie adaptation, I don't see the point. Christ, I've been playing Warcraft games since fifth grade, so that's what—twenty years? I don't know how you encompass this expansive world in a single film. But there's a lot of different time periods within the span of these games. Maybe it'd work if they set it during one of the first wars. I just don't know. Tolkien also had a whole world that he established with his works, but again it had a clean story with established good guys and bad guys. WoW doesn't necessarily work that way.

Themovie, which was unofficially confirmed back in January, has now totally, officially been announced. At today's Comic-Con panel Warner Bros. screened test footage from the film, which will be directed by Moon and Source Code 's Duncan Jones.Described by those in the room as a faithful adaptation of the video game world, the movie-- calledin the teaser-- is set to start production early next year. The footage showed off footage of a warrior wielding a sword and shield who faces down an orc. "Like if someone thought, 'What if Leone made a sword and sorcery movie on a blasted alien planet?" tweeted Russ Fischer . Here's how Eric describes what he saw from inside Hall H:When themovie news broke in January we turned to the nearest WoW fan we could find and asked him about the prospect of turning a sprawling video game world like that into a single film. Given that people who play the game identify as either the Alliance or Horde, and that there's no clear-cut story already set within the universe, he sees some major challenges in encapsulating the world without alienating the game's long-term fans:It's worth noting that Hollywood has been trying to make amovie since 2006 . The project has been through stops and starts, at one point Steven Spielberg was even rumored to be directing it. Later Sam Raimi took over only to drop the project back in 2012 . This time, though, it's the real deal.