At present blizzard He may be a shadow of his former self, but his animation prowess is still a source of pride. Since the early days of World of Warcraft For the latest cinematic short films of Diablo IVthe gaming giant has been constantly delivering visuals, resulting in countless requests from fans for a genre Adaptation Based on their work.
As it turns out, it has almost become a reality. In a Reddit AMA, which is short for “Ask Me Anything,” Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier revealed that Monitoring, starcraftand Diablo Projects were working with Netflix Blizzard even threatened to take legal action against the streamer.
“The writers reveal that they have a series in development with Netflix for starcraft, Monitoringand Diablo“But uh…” he opens in response to a question about the company's plans to branch out into films, television and animation.
Hook, line, and sinker. Schreier went on to attach a link to a file Various storycovers news of Activision Blizzard's lawsuit against Netflix after its former chief financial officer (CFO) Spencer Newman breached his contract to become Netflix's CFO. Activision argued at the time that Newman was less than two years into a three-year contract when he jumped ship, as the company claimed it was granted the rights to extend his contract to four years.
In addition to damages, the publisher also sought a permanent injunction to prevent Netflix from “recalling Activision employees who are subject to valid fixed-term employment agreements or inducing such employees to breach valid fixed-term employment agreements.” A messy business, dare we say so.
It's unclear if plans for the series have been scrapped for good and what the adaptations were supposed to be like in the first place. While the loss of potential is disappointing as a whole, Monitoring Fans, in particular, are feeling the brunt of it – the hero shooter already has a roster of impressive animated shorts (“Dragons,” anyone?), with other mediums like comics and novellas fleshing out the character lore and worldbuilding further.
Hopefully the bag won't get messed up forever.
Si Jia is a casual geek at heart — or as casual as someone who has a Sephiroth theme on her Spotify playlist. A fan of Japanese movies, games, and culture, Si Jia's greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any sale on Steam, really.
