Blizzard and Netflix are reportedly working on Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft adaptations after, heck, the former ended up suing the latter

Blizzard reportedly worked with Netflix on adaptations of Overwatch, Diablo and StarCraft before filing a lawsuit against it in 2020.

That’s according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who’s still promoting his upcoming book Play Well: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment and has switched from appearing on podcasts to moderating Reddit AMA.

As part of the latter on r/wow, Schreier was asked by a fan “Any insights into why Blizzard hasn’t gotten into movies/TV/animation? Yes, that happened with the 2016 Warcraft movie… …but oddly enough, in the 20+ years of World of Warcraft history and the even longer history of Blizzard’s story-heavy IPs, they’ve been very light on expanding from the games…the WoW books, the short-lived comics series…are they trying?

His response: “The book reveals that they are working with Netflix on the StarCraft, Overwatch, and Diablo series. But uh…” Don’t worry, that sentence doesn’t end there, Shi Ryle went on to provide a link to Variety’s report on Activision Blizzard’s lawsuit against Netflix.

What does the lawsuit allege, you ask? Well, in ActiBlizz’s opinion, Netflix showed “disdain” for California employment laws when it hired Spencer Neumann as chief financial officer. Activision Blizzard fired Neumann over the issue, with the company arguing that the streaming giant was less than two years into his three-year contract when he was Activision’s chief financial officer.

So, yes. On the face of it, businesses are dissatisfied with the way entertainment industry lawsuits are being diverted that may or may not violate contract terms.

If the undecided fate of these adaptations, which doesn’t look promising, has you frustrated, be sure to check out what Schreier said recently about Blizzard reportedly working on another StarCraft shooter.