Duncan Jones Remains Interested In 'Warcraft' Movie Sequel

 

Checking in with a paltry $48 million at the domestic box office, Legendary’s blockbuster adaptation of Warcraft struggled to have much of a presence during this year’s summer blockbuster season – and that’s despite the studio bumping Duncan Jones’ tentpole from its original March release date.

Alas, a strong performance in oversea markets will all but ensure that the feature doesn’t go down as an out-and-out flop, but we’d only be sugar-coating the situation if we didn’t say that Warcraft disappointed across the board. That hasn’t quelled Jones’ interest in a direct sequel, though, after revealing in an interview with Thrillist that, should the opportunity of Warcraft 2 present itself, he would jump at that chance.

He said “If there were an opportunity for us to make another film in the Warcraft universe, I really feel like we did the hard work in the first movie as far as setting the table. I would love to capitalize on three-and-a-half years of hard work and be able to have some fun in that world now that I’ve done the hard work. [So] who knows? Maybe I’m just being a masochist.”

Bearing in mind that Legendary had tentatively mapped out plans for a bona fide trilogy, it’s not all too surprising that at the very least Jones remains open to the idea of a follow-up. Whether that blue-sky thinking pays off will be told in time.