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‘Spider-Man’ director to helm film adaptation of ‘World of Warcraft’
MUMBAI: Sam Raimi, director of Spider-Man, has been signed to make a film on the videogame, World of Warcraft, by Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures.
“Raimi has, in the course of his career, clearly demonstrated himself to be a genius for developing and adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences while staying true to the spirit of the original content,” the companies declared in a joint statement.
In 1994 Warcraft made its debut as a real-time strategy game, based on a conflict between the Horde and the Alliance and was later developed into the multi-player online game, World of Warcraft, in 2004.
The video game now holds the Guiness World Record as the most popular massively multi-player online game with more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers.
The film will be produced by Charles Roven (of The Dark Knight fame).
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
