Warcraft (2016) Official Movie Novelizaton

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Based on: Warcraft (2016) Film
Genre: Fantasy_Video Game
Release Date: June 7th, 2016 (film is released 6/10/16)
Screenplay: Charles Leavitt & Duncan Jones
Author: Christie Golden
Publisher: Titan Publishing; MTI edition

Official Cover

Official Synopsis: The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home. So begins a spectacular saga of power and sacrifice in which war has many faces, and everyone fights for something.


This novelization will be a double bonus for me. Not only am I a freak for Novelizations, but this one happens to be written by an author I'm very fond of--Christie Golden. In the summer of 2014, I found pristine, unread copies of the first two novels she ever published. Vampire of the Mists (1991) & Dance of the Dead (1992), both of which are set in the legendary realm of Dungeons & Dragons lore. The woman has a talent for storytelling and has written novels for Star Trek, Star Wars, Starcraft, & several World of Warcraft books as well.

Now I'm not much of a video gamer, and therefore I'm rather ignorant to World of Warcraft games. However, I along with many people out there have at least heard of the franchise, for it has pervaded throughout American pop culture since the mid-2000s. In fact, over 100 million accounts have been created by online gamers.

From my understanding, the franchise  essentially combines Fantasy, Horror, & Science Fiction elements, thereby giving gamers a menagerie of characters to play with--Aliens, Goblins, Humans, Elfs, Witches, Sorcerers, etc.

As for the film, It's been on a long journey on its way to development since 2006. For a span in the early 2010s, Sam Raimi was attached to direct it. By 2013, David Bowie's son Duncan Jones (MOON) joined the project as director and that's when the film's progress gained momentum, appearing on Movie websites sporadically.

Based on a storyline from game designer Chris Metzen (Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft), the screenplay was written by Charles Leavitt (Bllod Diamond, Seventh Son, In the Heart of the Sea).

*** Expect a review on here at some point in the summer of 2016.***

Alan Dean Foster writing a book on his Novelization Career!

ADF...waiting for his palmistry results.

The object of my idolatry, Alan Dean Foster, recently announced the completion of his memoir titled: "The Director Should've Shot You", recounting his long tenured career of writing Novelizations.

From Luana to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), ADF vows to include all anecdotes and frequently asked questions over the years he has received appertaining to his life as the top novolizationalist.

As of spring 2016, ADF's agency is fishing for a publisher and claims he included covers to each one of his movie tie-ins, with hopes that more pictures are included throughout the book.

I'm overly delighted by this news and will definitely go out of my way to purchase this one. Even though he's been very open and detailed about his past experiences in various interviews, It'll be an immense aide for me to have all this info in one tome. This way I can cram more factoids about his novelizations into future article reviews for everyone to enjoy. I just completed the original Star Wars novelization tonight and hopped onto his website for research, only to discover this wonderful news. I already have drafts for 'Clash of the Titans' and 'Star Wars', and now i'm thinking i should wait until this memoir is released before i publish those articles.

Based on the tentative title, I assume ADF receives more criticism for his adaptations than praise. Knowing how fanboys can be, this isn't too surprising. I myself understand he's put in a difficult situation where he hasn't seen the film and is working off a draft of the screenplay. Therefore, as a fan, you have to create your own canon and choose what to exclude and include in your mind.

Until then, look forward to reviews on The Fog, Halloween III, Re-Animator, and Dragonslayer. Also, I'm dying to procure a copy of April Fool's Day by Jeff Rovin.