AICN got the scoop earlier this week: Sam Raimi has been tapped to helm a World of Warcraft movie, which he'll start filming after completing Spider-Man 4. Not that I have confidence in the film being any good, but today at Comic Con, WoW's VP of Creative Development confirmed my preliminary fears with the following hype-talk: "[Sam Raimi] is gonna rock it out," and ""we're prepping all engines to rock." Rockin'.

Since this one's too easy, I'll leave the expected smarminess up to chance. Let's roll the ol' "stupid jokes about WoW" wheel and see what we land on...

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To appease the game's target fanbase, a game of Bejeweled will flash on the screen during the dialogue scenes.

ZING. Man, you guys were this close to a joke about Chinese gold farmers being used as extras. I'll make up for it by presenting the best "movie" about WoW ever made:


'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'