A new sci-fi film from Source Code and Mute director Duncan Jones is coming with an animated adaptation of the 2000 AD comic Rogue Trooper featuring Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) and Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) in its voice cast. Rogue Trooper, created by artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen) and writer Gerry Finley-Day (Dan Dare), follows […]
Duncan Jones shares his frustrations with Warcraft, rules out a director’s cut
Despite proving a hit in China, Warcraft didn’t quite manage to click with the majority of Western audiences, and failed to replicate the success of its video game counterpart, grossing just $213 million outside of the Middle Kingdom and seemingly failing to provide the lucrative franchise launchpad that its hopeful “The Beginning” subtitle suggested. During […]
Warcraft movie earns $70 million at the box office ahead of its domestic release
Having opened in several territories last week to $31 million, Duncan Jones Warcraft (or Warcraft: The Beginning) [read our review here] has doubled its box office in its second week of release. The movie was released in several more international territories including Spain, Italy and a full release in the UK and brought its box […]
Warcraft is now the biggest video game movie of all-time
Last week we reported how The Angry Birds Movie had become the second biggest video game movie of all-time and theorised it would overtake Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in the coming weeks. Well it looks like we were a little off base as the worldwide screenings of Warcraft have propelled it to the […]
Duncan Jones reveals that 40 minutes were cut from his Warcraft movie
One of the big sticking points from a lot of the critical drubbing of Duncan Jones’ movie adaptation Warcraft [read our review here] is the film’s break-neck pace. Well it turns out – as Luke and Oli theorised on the Flickering Myth Podcast last week – that around 40 minutes were cut from the movie. […]
Interview: Warcraft stars Travis Fimmel and Paula Patton
The eagerly-anticipated release of Warcraft is finally upon us, with the first film based on the hugely successful video-game series opening in the UK this coming week [read our review here]. Directed by Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon), Warcraft tells the beginning of the war of Azeroth, a peaceful realm that stands on the brink […]
Duncan Jones says no conversations have taken place about Warcraft 2
Last year’s Warcraft wasn’t the hit many were hoping for and despite setting itself up for one, a sequel was in doubt after a disastrous domestic box office run. There were rumours that a sequel could still happen and there was even a story it could be a Chinese-centric release following fantastic box office numbers there, […]
Scarlett Johansson defends Ghost in the Shell whitewashing, Warcraft 2 update, Halloween reboot and more – Daily News Roundup
SCARJO DEFENDS GHOST IN THE SHELL One of the big talking points coming out of the casting of Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell was the reported “whitewashing” of the role. Many have come out to defend the casting, and now Johansson herself has spoken out about it. “I certainly would never presume to play […]
Duncan Jones reveals what his story would have been for Warcraft 2
Warning: There are spoilers for Warcraft in this post… Last night Warcraft director Duncan Jones and producer Stuart Fenegan presented a screening of the movie at the Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square. Jones and Fenegan spoke openly about the issues they had making the movie, comparing the studio politics to Game of Thrones at […]
Duncan Jones opens up about the troubled production of Warcraft
Last night, director Duncan Jones and producer Stuart Fenegan presented a Q&A screening of last year’s Warcraft in London’s Leicester Square. Amongst talking about what he would have liked to have done with Warcraft 2, Jones opened up about the troubled production of the movie, comparing the studio politics to Game of Thrones. “One of the […]
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