The website That Hashtag Show reports that Universal Pictures and Blizzard are working on a new Warcraft movie. However, the film has not yet been officially announced.
Just a few days ago we were considering whether the Acquisition of Activision by Microsoft could lead to that Blizzard revisits a sequel to Warcraft: The Beginning thinks. Now reports the That Hashtag Show website surprising that Blizzard and Universal Pictures have been working on an implementation of Warcraft 2 since 2019. This news goes with the Rumors about a new Warcraft film adaptation from 2020.
Gentle reboot instead of direct continuation
According to internal sources, the new film was originally intended to bring back many of the characters from the first installment. However, due to the corona pandemic, this plan had to be adjusted over time. Envisaged people were not available. Stars who had been hired had to be released again.
The new Warcraft movie now looks set to be a smooth theatrical reboot for the franchise, with new characters taking center stage and a storyline that, while not going to ignore everything from the first film, isn’t slavish either should hold everything. Since all story details are under lock and key according to the sources, it is only clear that the adult Thrall will play a role in the reboot.
What about Duncan Jones?
Perhaps one of the biggest proponents of a Warcraft sequel is Duncan Jones, who directed The Beginning. Jones is a big Warcraft fan and already had Plans for a whole trilogy are in the drawer. He also stated on Twitter several times that he was ready for a sequel. It’s unclear whether Jones will be part of the new crew. Since there has also been no official announcement of the film so far, you should still enjoy the information with caution.
Warcraft: The Beginning (buy now €7.87) was able to gross more than 439 million US dollars in cinemas worldwide (at production costs of 160 million US dollars, without advertising), but the film was a huge flop, especially in the USA (with only 50 million US dollars takings). Most of those involved should according to movie starts left the project with a loss.
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