2006年5月9日：魔兽世界真人电影拍摄计划宣布，由出品过蝙蝠侠前传和斯巴达300勇士的传奇影业制作。

May 9, 2006: Plans are announced to develop a live-action "World of Warcraft" movie. Legendary Pictures, the studio behind Batman Begins and 300, will produce.

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后来其好友乔治·卢卡斯需要帮忙拍摄他的印第安娜琼斯系列第三部，只好退出，把电影拍摄计划交给了现在这部电影的导演巴瑞·莱文森。

The reason he backed out is because his friend George Lucas needed him to start work on the third Indiana Jones film. So Spielberg left the project and gave his notes to Barry Levinson.

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皮特通过自己的“B 计划”电影公司任该片制片人，而拍摄过《欢迎来到萨拉热窝》和《关塔纳摩之路》的迈克尔·温特伯顿任该片导演。

Pitt is a producer on the project through his Plan B film company, and British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, whose credits include "Welcome to Sarajevo" and "The Road to Guantanamo," is directing.

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