The warcraft movie will probably never get a sequel. Warcraft filmmaker duncan jones reveals his story idea for warcraft 2 and future films in the franchise, if universal ever greenlights another warcraft film. Behind the dark portal, and based on blizzard entertainments world of warcraft. A movie, but its based on the 1994 dos game orcs made it to the big screeniconic characters, diverse combat, and epic stories didnt. Legendary looked to bring the popular mmorpg to the big screen in 2016. Duncan jones would be up for making a warcraft movie. Warcraft movie director duncan jones says hed be up for returning for a sequel, if a few of his wishes were granted. Warcraft movie sequel details emerge, still not confirmed. I was really scared about this movie being another video game movie chaos. Orcs and humans, the msdos video game released about 20 years ago. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Warcraft is the highestgrossing video game movie in history, surpassing the jake gyllenhaalstarring prince of persia. Video games are exceptionally hard to turn into movies even one with a rich lore such as world of warcraft has and make. They ruined the game in too many ways that i can only shake my head in reaction.
Another longrunning rumor is that blizzard is going back to the rts genre for a fullon warcraft 4, and that might be what this event is about. The 2016, the much anticipated warcraft movie from director duncan. World of warcraft movie director sheds new light on sequels the. Duncan jones wants to make warcraft a movie trilogy the. The warcraft movie will probably never get a sequel pcgamesn. Blizzard is willing to risk making a warcraft movie.
Other will they ever make another warcraft movie or its. How blizzard never wanted to make world of warcraft classic you. Video games are exceptionally hard to turn into movies even one with a rich lore such as world of warcraft has and make it successful. Blizzard tells us what goes into the making of an overwatch cinematic, the possibility of a world of warcraft movie sequel, plans for a blizzard cinematic universe, and more. Since there has not been any official announcement, it is difficult to predict an actual release date. So i chose the path of the ebon blade, and not a day passes where ive regretted it. The world does not need another bad video game movie.
The fact that it did well overseas could mean a sequel but well just have to see. It was based on blizzards world of warcraft game series. Duncan jones on mute and where to go next after a couple of crappy years. The warcraft movie, released in 2016 will sadly not have a sequel. They are making a warcraft movie which is to be released in 2016. The 2016 warcraft movie from director duncan jones made more than. They deliberately lied to the consumers and fraudulently advertised greater quality than what was supplied. Now, i know youre thinking but a wow movie has already been released.
A stunning behindthescenes look at the making of legendary pictures and universal pictures warcraft. The movie s success signaled a new trend in the industry. They tapped a video game universe with an immense collection of lore and backstories as source material. Director duncan jones doesnt know if warcraft 2 will ever happen. If youre looking for an oscar nominee, warcraft isnt it. But, coming from a warcraft player, i found this movie. The newest video game film, assassins creed, opened in december and has made. However, better than in this movie magic effects have not been implemented in any fantasy films, it seems to me.
Duncan jones, who is a rather splendid filmmaker in addition to being david bowies son, explained to man made movies that he knows exactly what is expected of him with the first warcraft. When working on this film, we worked incredibly closely with blizzard, and i personally got the chance to work with chris metzen, who does a lot of the. The 2016 warcraft movie was a disappointment at the us. If there were an opportunity for us to make another film in the warcraft universe i really feel like we did the hard work in the first movie as far as setting the table, jones told thrillist.
No, money tends to be the deciding factor it is a business after all and warcraft did make a lot of it. Warcraft 2 story revealed by duncan jones collider. Warcraft filmmaker duncan jones talks sequel, says theres. Blizzard on a world of warcraft movie sequel, a netflix. Warcraft failed to impress over here in the states, but the film did gangbusters. The makers of the warcraft movie did everything right. Blizzard needs to make a world of warcraft animated movie. We know that duncan jones is interested in making another warcraft.
Based on the video game series of the same name, the film stars travis fimmel, paula patton, ben foster, dominic cooper, toby kebbell, ben schnetzer, robert kazinsky, clancy brown, and daniel wu. Warcraft 2 official teaser trailer 2019 marvel media. While a warcraft 2 movie sequel has yet to be confirmed officially, the warcraft box office numbers are more than enough incentive to give the green light on the project. The truth about the warcraft 2 movie after the warcraft movie released in 2016, many fans wondered when will the next chapter of the warcraft. Over the years, ive had a couple of conversations with mike morhaime about the companys approach to game development and one of. The beginning, is a movie directed by duncan jones, produced by legendary pictures, and distributed by universal pictures. There are any number of reasons the movie didnt do well. Archived other will they ever make another warcraft movie or its dead forever.
Duncan jones delivered the warcraft movie back in 2016 and for a video game film, it actually did pretty well among certain critic crowds while completely missing the mark with others. I was just literally shaking when i saw the gorgeous magic. Duncan jones on mute and where to go next after a few. They completely annihilated old warcraft 3, making. And im glad they went that route, instead of making it a star vehicle. The beginning is a 2016 american action fantasy film directed by duncan jones and written by charles leavitt and jones. Why warcraft was easier to adapt as a movie than mass.
If you like the cinematics that they make and if you like lotr like me and fantasy, you will absolutely love this movie. The warcraft 2 movie release date is up in the air, especially now that warcraft director duncan jones will be busy in 2017 working on a project completely unrelated to a warcraft sequel or. What plot would make it worth doing another to begin with. Why so many people are excited for the movie and why. Those good numbers are enough to make a sequel possible, but is that.
Other will they ever make another warcraft movie or its dead forever. Warcraft and 9 other video game movies that dont totally suck. Knowing blizzards preference for laser focus and quality output, id doubt they would try to release another movie within the same time. If there were an opportunity for us to make another film in the warcraft universe i really feel like we did the hard work in the first movie as far as setting the table. After the warcraft movie released in 2016, many fans wondered when. Duncan jones unsure if warcraft 2 will ever happen. Duncan jones, who is a rather splendid filmmaker in addition to being david bowies son, explained to man made movies that he knows exactly what is expected of him with the first warcraft film, and segued that thought into ideas for how the movie could provide the ground floor for a larger movie franchise.
If youre looking to get a brief introduction to the characters, how they may factor into future films, and whos below the layers of cg effects without having the entire film spoiled for you then read on for our warcraft. The peaceful realm of azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders. A world of warcraft movie was in development for years before duncan jones finally signed on to write and direct, eventually making the wildly ambitious warcraft a reality. These statements of duncan are predicting that warcraft 2 movie release date will be around 2020 2021. The warcraft movie director has said i dont think were going to get to make any more. The project they were looking at before, felt a little like humans are. Thus, the warcraft story is focused on the first war, an event which took place many ingame years before the events of the world of warcraft story.
Warcraft movie director says more people appreciate the movie. Sadly for fans of the warcraft movie, released in 2016 and based on blizzards world of warcraft game series, it looks like there wont be any sequels. Some are calling warcraft the bestperforming video game movie. I think blizzard has been ready and willing to make a move in the warcraft universe for a while now, jones said.