The World of Warcraft movie may not be coming for quite some time. Director Sam Raimi who is slated to oversee the production of the WoW movie has signed on to do a Wizard of Oz prequel for disney.

From IGN UK:

Sam Raimi has left the Daily Bugle, and the road before him has offered several different paths -- including one that is made up of yellow brick. And now it looks like the director has chosen which direction he'll be heading in.

Last week word came that Raimi was in talks to take on Oz: The Great and Powerful, the Wizard of Oz prequel that's happening at Disney -- and this despite his also being signed to direct the World of Warcraft game adaption for Legendary Pictures. Well, it looks like the latter is going to have to wait a while longer, for Deadline has confirmed that Raimi signed on the dotted line last night to make the 3D Oz.

Fans who have been following the project will note that this isn't the first time the WoW movie has been delayed or set back. There's been very little information forthcoming from Blizzard about exactly what kind of timeline they are pursuing for the project, but with this news we can be fairly certain that a World of Warcraft movie won't be hitting theaters any time soon.