Sam Raimi To Direct Warcraft Movie

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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:18pm

Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment have announced that Sam Raimi, director of Spiderman trilogy, will be taking the reigns of the upcoming Warcraft movie. Charles Roven, who previously worked on The Dark Knight, is set to produce the film alongside Raimi.

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