Although it didn’t have a great domestic theatrical run, Duncan Jones’ Warcraft was a huge success overseas and became the most successful video game movie ever made. We did hear word late last year that a sequel was in development solely designed for the Chinese market, but now the director has thrown some shade on those […]
Duncan Jones’ Mute picked up by Netflix, will be related to Moon
With production now underway on Warcraft hemer Duncan Jones’ long-gestating sci-fi project Mute, star Alexander Skarsgard has revealed on the Empire podcast that the film is set to be distributed by Netflix. “I think they’ll do what they did with Beasts Of No Nation,” where they do a theatrical simultaneously to a Netflix release,” said Skarsgard. […]
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 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 […]
Movie Review – Warcraft (2016)
Warcraft, 2016. Directed by Duncan Jones. Starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, Clancy Brown, Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga, Anna Galvin, and Glenn Close. SYNOPSIS: The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing […]
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 […]
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. […]
Warcraft movie opens to $31 million
Having opened in twenty territories over the weekend, Duncan Jones’ long-developed video game movie Warcraft: The Beginning (or just Warcraft in North America) has earned around $31 million. The film debuted in territories such as Russia (where it earned the most), Germany, Sweden and limited screenings here in the UK. The film opens fully this coming […]
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 […]
Movie Review – Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)
Warcraft: The Beginning, 2016 Directed by Duncan Jones Starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, Clancy Brown, Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga, Anna Galvin SYNOPSIS: The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their […]
