With "The Beginning" the Warcraft franchise debuted on the big screen in 2016. A Warcraft 2 movie never followed; let's take a look at the chances of a sequel or a reboot to Blizzard's popular fantasy franchise.
When it comes to video game franchises that have a seemingly endless amount of stories to tell, the World of Warcraft is what comes to mind for me. Probably because I played Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft when I was young.
To be fair, nobody wants to see a movie about the current developments in WoW, simply because they are terrible and lack the depth of earlier plot lines (especially Shadowlands which was just a big disappointment).
But who wouldn't want to watch Arthas' or Illidans' fall from grace. That's a story that's overlapping at some points, but man, squeeze both in one movie and I guarantee they won't do it justice! Just way too overloaded.
There are even more awesome stories, but what would make sense to adapt is a story about Thrall. He's a fan favorite, cool as hell and flashy to boot. They also featured his birth in the first movie, so it would make sense.
Warcraft 2 Movie Will Probably Be A Reboot
While “The Beginning” performed quite well in China, it pretty much flopped in the US. Director Duncan Jones always hoped to get the permission for making another Warcraft movie, but as “The Beginning” was not a big hit at the box office, in the end, it never happened.
It seems as if Blizzard and Universal Pictures have been thinking about doing another Warcraft movie for years, but then the pandemic came along and... well... you know the rest.
Rumors in early 2022 indicated that Blizzard and Universal want to include a soft reboot of the story. They want to focus on new characters and undo some decisions from the first movie. Don't worry too much, though, according to the report they still won't ignore developments from the first movie, just take some creative freedoms. Somaybe even the cliffhanger with Thrall at the end of The Beginning could be resolved.
But in the end, the question remains whether this movie is going to happen at all; it's been a year now since the mentioned rumors came up, and there is still no sign of a new Warcraft movie.
There are still some good reasons to believe in one, though: World of Warcraft is still an extremely very popular game, TV series like The Last of Us or Arcane have proven that the curse of bad video game adaptions can have its exceptions and in the end the franchise just offers too much financial potential to ignore it.
We're pretty convinced: It's not about if a new Warcraft movie is coming, but rather about when it is coming and what it will be about. Lok-Tar!
Well, this is everything we know so far, mixed with a little me to make it more entertaining, but let's see how it turns out.
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