This is interesting news!  According to Deadline, Duncan Jones, director of “Moon” and “Source Code,” will be directing a movie based upon Activision Blizzard’s MMORPG (Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game) “World of Warcraft.”  I am of two minds about this:  While it’s good that Jones will be working with a larger palate than his prior films (it’s estimated to cost somewhere in the $100 million ballpark), and his work on those two films showed that he can handle difficult subjects, like time-travel and body swapping, without getting caught up in minutiae.

On the other side, the problem is that there are many people that have never heard of ‘Warcraft,’ and quite a lot of those people will be necessary for it to make a profit.

The game is very involved (I have played it, though not very often or recently), which should enable the filmmakers to create a rich and varied environment on a par with films like “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies.

I also recall reading that Sam Raimi was attached to this project a few years ago, which is clearly not the case any longer.