Well, Empire online joked about it a couple of weeks ago but it seems that they’re precog powers are in fine fettle.

Blizzard and Legendary Pictures, the production company behind Batman Begins and this years Superman Returns, have announced that a plan to make a movie set in the Warcraft universe. I get the impression that Blizzard are going to be more involved than simply selling the rights to Legendary. I very much doubt that they’ll want to see their brand diluted in the same way that Doom or it’s ilk have been.

The main advantage is that Blizzard can probably afford to throw a lot of money at this venture and take on a producer role. Legendary Pictures have got a long term contract as an affiliate of Warner Bros. who are definitely on the up in recent years. They’ve handled the Harry Potter franchise quite well and Batman Begins was excellent. They seem to have got over the phase of releasing more godawful movies than good ones so let’s just hope they carry on riding the crest of this wave for a while longer.