According to an article appearing in the New York Times, Blizzard Entertainment is on the verge of announcing a deal with Legend Pictures to make a high-budget live-action film based on the Warcraft series. In an interview with the NY Times, Blizzard COO Paul Sams says, "Our goal is to make one of the best films in the world... We want to make a movie that will not only appeal to our existing fans, but will also bring in people that have never heard of Warcraft before." Legendary Pictures is the production company behind Batman Begins and Superman Returns.