Legendary Pictures is reportedly working on a new movie based on the huge video game seriesWorld of Warcraft . According to relatively reliable scooper Daniel Ritchman,Warcraft 2 is now in development, largely due to the popularity of the game and the first film overseas.
First filmWarcraft narrates that the orc shaman Gul'dan is trying to escape from his dying world. To do this, he uses dark magic to open a portal to the human realm of Azeroth. Backed by the ferocious fighter Blackhand, Gul'dan unites the orc clans into a conquering army called the Horde. King Llane, the mighty warrior Anduin Lothar, and the mighty wizard Medivh come forward to defend Azeroth from these unwieldy invaders. As the two races clash, leaders on each side begin to question whether war is the only answer.
Directormoon and directorsource code Duncan Jones, who co-wrote the film with Charles Leavitt,Warcraft plays Travis Fimmel fromvikings in roles of Anduin Lothar, military commander-in-chief of human forces in the Kingdom of Stormwind, star "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" Paul Patton. as Garona Halforsen, a strong-willed half-orc, Ben Foster fromAda or Hai Watera as Medivh, a powerful Guardian of Azeroth, starPreacher Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn, ruler of the Kingdom of Azeroth,Dawn of the planet Toby Kebbellmonkeys in the role of Durotan, the noble leader of the orcs,SnowdenBen Schnetzer as the gifted young mage Khadgar, Robert Kazinsky fromPacific region in roles of Orgrim Doomhammer, starThe Shawshank Redemption Clancy Brown as the fearsome Orc Warchief Blackhand and Daniel Wu fromtomb raider the role of Gul'dan, a sinister orc warlock who is the founder and leader of the Horde.
Despite the best efforts of all participants,Warcraft was met with scathing reviews from critics, who felt that the talent involved was ultimately wasted by this lackluster video game work. However, audiences have reacted much more favorably, with the film currently receiving a 76% audience approval on Rotten Tomatoes against 28% of critics.
Warcraft was also a box of disappointment both domestically and globally, earning $47.4 million in the United States, and $391.7 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $439 million. Considering a net production budget of $160 million dollars,Warcraft like reportedly needed to earn at least $450 million to break even. In spite of this, "Warcraft» remained the highest-grossing video game film of all time until last yeardetective pikachu not knocked him out of the top spot.
The film also found a large audience in China, and given the importance of China to the box office these days, it seems like Legendary Pictures are now desperate to capitalize on it and once again try to bringWorld of Warcraft to the big screen. Whilewarcraft, arguably a failure both financially and critically, the film barely touched the surface as far as story and characters are concerned.World of Warcraft The video game franchise has a rich depth like and is ready for further adaptation.
Of course, this kind of news and speculation should always be approached with caution, but returning towarcraft, definitely makes a lot of sense. This is courtesy of scooper master Daniel Ritchman.
