Looks like they ARE moving forward with the previously optioned Warcraft movie. Suddenly it's beginning to look more interesting. Here's some basic information on it and the concept art for Teldrassil they recently showed which is kinda bad-ass. Still not sure if this is going to be live action or CGI - I'm guessing, based on the producer, that it will follow 300's formula of being live action people with CGI sets and monsters and all.

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$100m budget
2009 release
Set 1 year prior to WoW
PG-13 content
from an Alliance Perspective
First Concept Art image

All the details here

“Today at BlizzCon 2007 we have heard our first solid and interesting information with regards to the Warcraft, or to some, the World of Warcraft Movie. This movie will be big, huge in fact, Thomas Tull (producer of 300) stated a budget of over $100m would be committed, with a projected 2009 release date.

The plot for the film will take place approximately a year before the start of World of Warcraft, including races you have played and lands you have wandered in, where lots of plot arcs are melded into a two and a half hour story. The film itself will revolve around a 'badass' new hero, with a theme towards conflict and culture - being a War Movie rather than a quest movie, from an Alliance's perspective.

Okay image is too big to include here, this is the link:

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2007/WarCraftArtBig.jpg

wow. that image is sooooooo cool.

It is indeed very cool. It's now the desktop on my game machine.