On the eve of the E3 convention, Warners-based Legendary Pictures has acquired movie rights to Blizzard's award-winning "World of Warcraft" video game series and plans to produce a live-action film based on the hugely popular property reports the trades.

The "Warcraft" game series, of which there are four titles, began in 1994. The current incarnation, a multi-player online universe, has over six million subscribers participating. In terms of popularity, only the "Grand Theft Auto" and "Halo" franchises rival that scale.

The movie would not follow one of the games but rather be set in the epic fantasy universe, which includes orcs, trolls, elves and the undead.