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Duncan Jones ’95 WoWs fans (again)

WOOSTER, Ohio � More than 100 million people have played the games that make up Blizzard Entertainment�s World of Warcraft universe since the first one was released in 1994. And based on the six-day worldwide box office of more than $300 million � including an eye-popping $173 million in China alone � a good portion of them rushed out to see the long-awaited big-screen adaptation directed by Duncan Jones �95 as soon as it hit theatres.

The epic fantasy took three and a half years and $160 million to produce, a far cry from Jones� first feature film, the critically acclaimed independent productionMoon, as well as his sophomore effort,.
As a longtime Warcraft player himself � going back to his days as a philosophy major at ������˾�� � Jones had a very clear vision of the world he wanted to bring to life on screen. �AfterThe Fellowship of the Ring,� he told TechCrunch, �the films that followed it, instead of having their own unique aesthetic, they all wanted to beLord of the Ringsas opposed to learning fromLord of the Rings. I wanted to break with the genre a bit, give the palette a little bit more vibrancy and saturation.�
While the critics have not been kind, moviegoers have given Warcraft a 4.1 out of 5 positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 7.7 out of 10 on IMDb.
�¾��ٳ���Warcraft, Jones set out to tell a story that would resonate with moviegoers who know nothing of the game, while faithfully bringing to life the world that longtime players know so well.
�There are huge numbers of people who have playedWarcraftin the past and play Warcrafttoday,� he said. �I feel confident that if they go see the movie, they�ll feel like they�re visiting a place that they know well. To people who know nothing about Warcraft, it�s an opportunity to see something that you haven�t seen since the firstFellowship of the Ring.�

Posted in News on June 20, 2016.