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Sam Raimi To Direct 'World Of Warcraft' Film

Updated 11:00 PM EDT, Wed, Jul 22, 2009

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The director of the "Spider-Man" film franchise is set to transform "World of Warcraft" into a movie.

Blizzard Entertainment Inc. and Legendary Pictures says Sam Raimi  has signed on to direct "Warcraft," a live-action film based on the popular online role-playing game which allows players to become such characters as orcs, trolls, humans and dwarves. Raimi is best known for directing "The Evil Dead" and "Spider-Man" trilogy.

He most recently wrote and directed "Drag Me To Hell."

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First Published: Jul 22, 2009 9:45 PM EDT

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