The news broke this morning that Duncan Jones, director of the low-key but highly evocative sci-fi Moon, will be directing the film adaptation of Warcraft.

It remains to be seen whether the film will focus more on the RTS side of things, or the more popular World of Warcraft, or will avoid both and just be set in the same universe — but it does seem that filming will begin in spring this year for a release sometime in 2015.

While Jones’ involvement has been confirmed, what seems less certain is that of Johnny Depp. That’s right, ol’ Edward Scissorhands himself has been rumoured to be involved.

While it seems like it would be right up his alley given his past roles, I have trouble picturing him in it for some reason. That said, as a life-long Johnny Depp fan, I sure won’t say no. The Tracking Board seems to be the source of the Depp-based rumour and doesn’t offer any sources or information of its own. We’ll keep an eye out for more info!

滬江娛樂(lè)：以執(zhí)導(dǎo)科幻電影聞名的鄧肯·瓊斯（Duncan Jones）簽約執(zhí)導(dǎo)《魔獸爭(zhēng)霸》（Warcraft），最快將會(huì)在2015年和大家見(jiàn)面。雖然鄧肯的加盟已經(jīng)確定，不確定的是我們的杰克船長(zhǎng)，據(jù)悉，船長(zhǎng)約翰尼德普將扮演巫妖王阿爾薩斯。

據(jù)此前片方透露的消息，電影版《魔獸世界》將根據(jù)游戲劇情和相關(guān)小說(shuō)改編。故事的場(chǎng)景以《魔獸世界》中的艾澤拉斯大陸為基礎(chǔ)，劇情線改編自小說(shuō)《巫妖王的崛起》，包括從游戲《魔獸爭(zhēng)霸3》中的“混亂之治”和“冰封王座”時(shí)期。影片主角當(dāng)然是游戲迷們十分熟悉的巫妖王阿爾薩斯，影片將會(huì)講述他從一個(gè)人族王子一步步走上冰封王座成為巫妖王的過(guò)程。