Perfect World: the Movie

Perfect World: the Movie
Reasons to make a PW movie:
1. Existing audience of players. I heard PW has tens of millions of players all over the planet. The Movie will make back all the money spent to make it on DVD sales alone.
2. Widen the pool of players. New people will be interested and want to know what PW is about. They will download the game and enjoy playing it.
3. Merchandising. Other products tied to the movie can make additional money and also promote game awareness. Several waves of merchandising dependent upon the success of the previous wave could be implemented. T-shirts with cool PW designs, posters, even action figures. There's a lack of PW advertising in the U.S. market and merchandising can help fix that. PWI has many great games that millions of people love to play. Marketing can help millions of more people learn about these games and gain many more players.
4. No other MMO has done this yet. The recognition of this accomplishment will serve to boost PW's reputation.

The best way to make a PW movie:
Most movies that are based on a video game do not do well. This is because the people who wrote those movies based them upon their video game and what the characters can do. This is boring and only attracts an audience of males between 13 and 28 years old. Let's look at some examples:
Vampires: Love it or hate it, Twilight made lots of money, drastically increased the book sales and has become influential to society. People talk about it, have strong feelings (either way) about it, and even parody it. It's not really about vampires and werewolves. It's a fantasy romance that's about people, relationships, and feelings. By contrast, Underworld is about vampires, werewolves, their conflict, and what they can do. It's a flashy action movie with a limited audience.
Lord of the Rings wasn't about dwarfs, hobbits and elves fighting orcs and goblins. That would be boring. It was about good vs. evil, sacrifice, honor and duty, and the forbidden love between the human and the elvish princess. Those are much more powerful themes.
Any PW movie should be based in Perfect World, not be about Perfect World. A PW movie should have some cool action, but it shouldn't just be about the action. The movie should be about the story and only the story. Mechanics and details of the game should be sacrificed for the story when needed.
Example: Marvel Comics releases successful movies that don't always follow what has previously happened in the comic books. This is because they are not writing the movie for comic book fans. They make the movies for the wider audience. I know that many PW fans would love to see a PW movie (some already make their own) even if small details are ignored for the sake of a good story.

I know PWI has a great pool of creative artists and writers. The creative resources to make a spectacular movie are within reach. I would recommend an animated format because the costuming and settings for a live action movie based in Perfect World could easily become too expensive. 3D is a big thing lately and it can really add to the beauty of a production. Take Avatar for example.

Even with the best voice actors and animators, I know PWI will make back any money it spends on the movie just from DVD sales alone. Millions of people already love to play PW and most will buy the movie. More people will become players in PWI games after watching the movie. Additional products based on the movie or other PWI games will increase profits and widen the number of people who become players. A powerful movie can be a great work of art on its own, feeding the dreams of people across the world.