According to THR's Heat Vision, the Moon and Source Code director is expected to receive a budget in excess of $100 million - 100 times that of his 2009 feature debut - for the sci-fi fantasy, which has been written by Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) and will be produced by Thomas Tull (The Dark Knight Rises), Jon Jashni (Pacific Rim), Charles Roven (Man of Steel) and Alex Gartner (Get Smart).
Launching back in 1994 with the real-time strategy game Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft went on to spawn a tonne of video and tabletop games, comic books, novels and collectible card games, the most popular of which is 2004's World of Warcraft, which currently has over 10 million subscribers worldwide.
Following the announcement, Duncan Jones took to Twitter to post the following...
So the gauntlet was thrown down ages ago: Can you make a proper MOVIE of a video game.Ive always said its possible.Got to DO it now! ;)
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) January 31, 2013
Warcraft will begin filming later this year for release in 2015, which is shaping up to be a standout year for geek cinema with Fantastic Four, The Avengers 2, Ant-Man, Justice League and Star Wars: Episode VII all expected to arrive on screens.