Warcraft Movie Premiere, China Pre-Sales Records, Warcraft Cast on WIRED, Coming Soon Interview, New Merch

posted 2016/06/06 at 1:09 PM by perculia

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The Warcraft movie will swoop into theaters on June 10, but we’re inviting you to join us for the premiere live stream June 6 direct from Hollywood! Hosts Jesse Cox and Michele Morrow will be joined by Warcraft movie Director Duncan Jones, movie cast members, and many more special guests as a part of this Legendary event.

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Join us here and on the official Warcraft Twitch channel for the live stream beginning at 5:00 PM PDT. You won’t want to miss it!

Warcraft Cast on WIREDInterview with YouTube Space LAComing Soon InterviewComing SoonComingSoon.net: The game has been such a huge part of pop culture over the years. You either played World of Warcraft or knew a friend who did. In finally being able to bring this expansive story that fans have lived through campaigns, what made the characters you decided to feature the best way into the mythology?

Duncan Jones: It was a puzzle-solving job for me in that I knew what the moment of story that we were going to make the movie out of. The orcs coming to Azeroth and how the war began. Because I knew that’s what the timeline was, I kind of knew who the characters needed to be from the lore. So I knew that Durotan would be involved. that Lothar, King Llane, Medivh and Khadgar. These characters kind of existed in this part of the story. So my job was to find ways to find some depth to those characters and create the relationships. How could I add reality to the bare bones of story that exists in the game world?

CS: The film dropped a lot of hints at the past relationships of the characters to one another. In particular, I noticed the allusions Medivh made to being aware of the orcs possibly and having a moment with Garona (Paula Patton). What can you say about making references to the story lines before the film takes place, are they nods for fans of the history?

Jones: I can answer that for most characters except Medivh. When you have a big release like this, sometimes there are things that go which you’re kind of unsure, should go. There are little elements of Medivh which I would have loved to have kept but we didn’t keep. There is more to some of those relationships.China Pre-Sales RecordsDeadline has reportedWarcraft

Launch estimates for China range from $100-$150M.

Pre-sales are still open; currently Warcraft has the 3rd-highest pre-sales total of all time.

IMAX pre-sales are at $6M, ahead of the pre-sales for Captain America: Civil War.

Warcraft opens in China at the end of high school exams and at the start of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Some of Warcraft's succes in China may come from Daniel Wu's star power--he's a heartthrob in China, although he plays the villain Gul'dan here.

While Warcraft is predicted to have a modest opening in the US, great sales in China increase the likelihood of a sequel and strengthen the power of the international market.

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Comment by quakeskullChina $100-150 million o.O
That would be really great.Comment by SilverDragon234Sequals are the future. Long live Warcraft!Comment by ArthustinusGo China ......... save us from those "muricans" and their $%^&ty taste with movies , we need MOAR movies for our beloved game

Am sorry for the few others that lives in the domestic "US" supporting the movie , you are totally not forgotten
just like you perc , panser and the rest of wow fansComment by Tydfil1 am the stream is, damn it! work in the morningComment by ahunter8056Will this stream be uploaded somewhere afterwards? I'm really interested in watching it, but I live in the UK, and have things to get up for.

And oh yes, go China! We need this film to be successful, and I've read that it needs to make $150 million to be successful (I know nothing about money in the film industry, 1 million sounds like A LOT to me). So the fact that it's estimated to make almost that in it's launch is amazing! Not even mentioning the fact that there is still America to go as well. I didn't doubt it, but the likelihood of further sequels and the much-needed Extended Edition looks almost a guarantee at this point.Comment by SubxaeroI cant even comprehend these mofos will actually bury this movie.

Not to mention the unstoppable propaganda agaisnt the movie from ''specific critics''. Muricans at its worse.

I hope the real US warcraft fans will close their eyes and ears and come and watch the movie.Which has reiceved exceptional ratings in EuropeComment by Garhuun"save us from those "muricans" and their $%^&ty taste with movies" You do realize the movie isnt even out in the US right? No amount of negative reviews will stop warcraft fans from seeing this movie.Comment by Arthustinus"save us from those "muricans" and their $%^&ty taste with movies" You do realize the movie isnt even out in the US right? No amount of negative reviews will stop warcraft fans from seeing this movie.Comment by Amortin1964It needs to make ~$400 million to warrant a sequel. It cost $160 million to make, and a whole lot more to market. Not to mention the fact that they only get a portion of ticket sales, and only a portion of that from international sales.Comment by Kjflood"Fans" will...even the "jilted ex lovers who now "HATE what Wow has become" will probably see it ...at least some will.
I do not think Wow , the movie will/is having a money issue.Comment by QcRomanWhaddayamean "Global Premiere" ?

Hasn't the movie been out in some markets well over a week now ?

Inigo Montoya

“You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means”Comment by roburYep, "Global Premiere" is for all those who think there's only the US on the globe. ;)

It's been out since late May, and the reviews on Rotten Tomato are a bit uneven - maybe that's why we don't hear anything about the reaction in those dozen plus countries all over the world.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/warcraft/Comment by roburIt needs to make ~$400 million to warrant a sequel. It cost $160 million to make, and a whole lot more to market. Not to mention the fact that they only get a portion of ticket sales, and only a portion of that from international sales.http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=warcraft.htmComment by lomisWell, just from the clips I saw the actors are very stiff and not very good. it has a 17% fresh ratting on Rotten tomatoes, so I will not pay to see it in the theater. Blizzard makes incredible intros to their games, what I want to see is a Warcraft movie using that tech and not live action with crappy but good looking actors.Comment by Random0091This made me laugh, "Who Googles that question?" :|Comment by jimbobausI do hope the movie does well but I honestly think they missed an opportunity to make an amazing tv series. Can you just imagine how deep into the lore they could go by having an ongoing series to tell the story.Comment by TuckletutsIn the 20 countries where it's out already it made less than $70 million total. And usually foreign countries help so-so summer movies that don't have too much success in the US.Some reviews are mentioning bad writing and that the story is moving forward very slowlyComment by jimbobausIt needs to make ~$400 million to warrant a sequel. It cost $160 million to make, and a whole lot more to market. Not to mention the fact that they only get a portion of ticket sales, and only a portion of that from international sales.Comment by ahunter8056it has a 17% fresh ratting on Rotten tomatoes, so I will not pay to see it in the theater.Comment by MightylorddkWell, just from the clips I saw the actors are very stiff and not very good. it has a 17% fresh ratting on Rotten tomatoes, so I will not pay to see it in the theater. Blizzard makes incredible intros to their games, what I want to see is a Warcraft movie using that tech and not live action with crappy but good looking actors.

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