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Raimi reveals why he exited Warcraft movie
Evil Dead legend also talks about his departure from the Spider-Man series
Sam Raimi has revealed why he exited the 'World of Warcraft' film.
The 'Evil Dead' and 'Spider-Man' director was attached to the movie version of the online fantasy game for some time.
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But he eventually passed, leaving 'Moon' director Duncan Jones to take over.
“I read a screenplay they had that was written by the guys at [Warcraft developer] Blizzard, and it didn’t quite work for me,” he told Vulture.
“I told them I wanted to make my own original story with Robert (Rodat, of 'Saving Private Ryan' fame), so we pitched it to Legendary and they accepted it, and then we pitched it to Blizzard, and they had reservations, but they accepted it.
“Then Robert wrote the screenplay, and only once he was done did we realize that Blizzard had veto power, and we didn’t know that. And they had never quite approved the original story we pitched them.
“Those reservations were their way of saying, 'We don’t approve this story, and we want to go a different way,' so after we had spent nine months working on this thing, we basically had to start over.
“And Robert did start over, but it was taking too long for the people at Blizzard, and their patience ran out. Honestly, I think it was mismanagement on their behalf, not to explain to us that the first story was vetoed long ago. Why did they let us keep working on it? Were they afraid to tell me?”
He also revealed why he departed the 'Spider-Man' franchise.
“I was very unhappy with 'Spider-Man 3', and I wanted to make 'Spider-Man 4' to end on a very high note, the best Spider-Man of them all,” he added.
“But I couldn’t get the script together in time, due to my own failings, and I said to Sony, 'I don’t want to make a movie that is less than great, so I think we shouldn’t make this picture. Go ahead with your reboot, which you’ve been planning anyway'.
“It really was the most amicable and undramatic of breakups.”
Raimi's 'Wizard of Oz' prequel 'Oz: The Great and Powerful' is out this Friday (March 8).
