Warcraft hit theaters in 2016, weaving a story that took countless elements from the World of Warcraft franchise. For years, the MMORPG was one of the premier digital environments for gamers to congregate within, with the Blizzard Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game still creating new events and locales to this day. While the Warcraft movie didn’t see success in terms of its box office, it is being granted new life via streaming. In a wild twist, Warcraft hit the top ten for streaming movies on Amazon Prime Video, even though it came out over a decade ago. Coming in at number eight on Prime’s streaming service, it will be interesting to see if this resurgence changes anything for Azaroth’s future.
“I would love to and it’s such a weird one, Warcraft.” Jones stated when asked regarding which movie of his he’d love to return to, “I mean, I think it has the highest divergency between fan ratings and critical ratings of any movie. But it really did. It has this really weird split, and then obviously, the financial side in the US was not what it needed to be, but it did do great internationally. So it’s such a unique case. It’s a truly unique case. No one really knows why or if a sequel will get made at this point. And I think no one is kind of ready to pull the trigger one way or the other. One of the things you’ll probably notice or be aware of with the studios is, it’s very easy to say no to things. It’s very hard to say yes because that’s when you get fired. You don’t get fired for saying no. You get fired to saying yes. And with a Warcraft sequel, no one wants to pull the trigger.”
Jones also added, “So we’ll see. We’ll see what happens. Maybe at some point, someone will say, “You know what? It made so much money in China. Let’s just make it.” And assume that the international is what’s gonna make it successful, but I’m still waiting. I’m hoping they do it.”
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