It's been a while since we've heard anything about the Warcraft movie, not since it was confirmed that at least Uwe Boll wouldn't be getting anywhere near the director's chair.

Today, in the lead-up to this weekend's Comic-con even in the U.S., film site Variety have confirmed that Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spidermand, Drag Me To Hell) is now attached to direct Warcraft, a film based on the ridiculously popular online role playing game and Blizzard fantasy series.

The plan is for Raimi to supervise development of "Warcraft" and shoot the picture after he completes work on "Spider-Man 4," which gets under way early next year for Columbia Pictures.

"Warcraft" is "emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which our studio is best known," said Warner Bros. Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov. The deal revives a long-dormant pact made by Legendary and Blizzard for a film adaptation of the game.

"At its core, 'Warcraft' is a fantastic, action-packed story," Raimi said in a statement.

Warcraft now joins Prince of Persia as another videogame property actually getting some serious big budget Hollywood treatment, let's hope at least one of them works out and breaks the (crappy) mold for game to movie conversions.