Why didn't the Warcraft movie get a sequel?

At present, Legendary Pictures has not made plans for a second Warcraft film public. The first movie was a critical disaster, and - while making a respectable $500 million - was not the financial juggernaut maybe the studio had expected.
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Why did they never make a second Warcraft movie?

So why there isn't a sequel yet, and it is not probable to have one in the future? The gamers all around the world didn't like the movie? Economically, it wasn't "quite successful." It wasn't quite a bomb, but it lost money. It needed to make somewhere over $450 million to break even, and it only did 433.
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Is there going to be a Warcraft 2 film?

Warcraft's Director Makes a Sequel Sound Unlikely

While it seemed like a Warcraft sequel was likely, tweets and interviews from director Duncan Jones sound like it may never happen.
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Was the Warcraft movie a flop?

Despite negative reviews, Warcraft became the highest-grossing video game movie, making $439 million worldwide. The film's underperformance domestically and failure to launch a franchise left it as the highest-grossing video game movie without a sequel.
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What happened to Warcraft the movie?

In September 2020, it was reported that Legendary is developing a new Warcraft movie, though it's unknown if it is planned as a reboot or a sequel to Jones' film and will continue to be distributed by Universal Pictures or transferred to Legendary's current release partners Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. or Netflix.
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The Truth About The Warcraft 2 Movie

What did guldan do to Durotan?

Gul'dan charged towards Durotan, took both of his arms, crunched them around Durotan, picked him up, drained him of all of his life, and dropped him to the ground, dying next to Orgrim. Orgrim responded to the crowd if they would follow Gul'dan after witnessing what he had become.
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When was Warcraft 2 release?

After seeing the excellent response to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, released in November 1994, Blizzard Entertainment started working on Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Development began in February 1995 and the game was released in December for MS-DOS and in August 1996 for the Macintosh.
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Did the Warcraft movie make money?

It earned a record-crushing 89% of its money outside of North America. In the end, Warcraft is something of a wash. It grossed a lot, but it didn't make money, and it utterly failed at its intended purpose. Like a number of big-budget movies opening these days, Warcraft had two specific goals.
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Was Warcraft 3 a success?

Warcraft III was a commercial success, shipping 4.4 million copies to retail stores, selling over a million within a month.
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Is the Warcraft movie based on WoW?

While the film was obviously created due to the success of World of Warcraft, it is not "World of Warcraft: The Movie." The story simply doesn't take place in the "Modern" Warcraft era depicted in WoW and Warcraft 3. Instead, this is the "First War" film—depicting the battle between the Orcs and Humans.
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Where are the orcs from WoW?

Born on the world of Draenor, the orcs were brought to Azeroth through the dimensional gateway known as the Dark Portal and waged war on the humans while under the influence of the Burning Legion. The orcs once cultivated a noble, shamanistic society on Draenor.
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Will there be a sequel to Leave the World Behind?

Unfortunately, Netflix hasn't announced any plans to continue the story, but that might be for the best. Alam's novel—where the characters reach a similar fate—is a standalone story I'm a purist, but wouldn't it ruin Leave the World Behind to impose a tidy ending on such a wild story?
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When did Warcraft 1 release?

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS) developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment, and published by Interplay Productions in Europe. It was released for MS-DOS in North America on 15 November 1994, and for Mac OS in early 1996. The MS-DOS version was re-released by Sold-Out Software in 2002.
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Is the Warcraft movie Warcraft 1?

They revealed that the story was going to be around the time of Warcraft 1, and that the focus was going to be on Anduin Lothar and Durotan, as they felt it was important to portray both the Alliance and Horde.
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Is Warcraft movie lore accurate?

The Warcraft film universe is an alternate, separate version of the main Warcraft universe. The movie lore is similar, but different. It was streamlined to be more accessible to the general public. Personalities of characters are the same with slightly changed backstories.
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Who owns the rights to Warcraft movie?

Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) and written by Charles Leavitt and Duncan Jones, the film is a Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment and Atlas Entertainment production.
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What game is the Warcraft movie based on?

In the timeline of the Warcraft franchise, the film is largely based on the original game — one that came in 1994, before World of Warcraft, called Warcraft: Orcs and Humans.
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Is Warcraft movie all CGI?

Starring a mix of humans and orcs, Dominic Cooper and Aussie Travis Fimmel are CGI-less humans, while the heavily CGI-ed stars include Paula Patton, Daniel Wu, Terry Notary, Toby Kebbel, Dean Redman, Elena Wurlitzer, Anna Galvin, Michael Adamthwaite and Robert Kazinsky.
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Was the World of Warcraft movie any good?

Warcraft isn't a perfect movie, but it's lots of high-action, epic fantasy fun. Maybe critics were expecting another Lord of the Rings. Maybe expectations are at fault. Whatever the case, I'd urge you not to simply take the Rotten Tomatoes score at face value and go see it for yourself.
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How much did Avatar 1 cost?

Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million, due to the groundbreaking array of new visual effects Cameron achieved in cooperation with Weta Digital in Wellington. Other estimates put the cost at between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion.
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What is Warcraft 2 called?

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (usually simply called Warcraft II; sometimes abbreviated to WCII, WC2, or War2) is the second, highly popular real time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment set in the Warcraft universe.
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Who closed the Dark Portal?

It originally opened a connection between Hellfire Peninsula on Draenor now Outland and what used to be part of the Swamp of Sorrows, now the Blasted Lands. it was closed by Khadgar just prior to Draenor's destruction and th en reopened on Azeroth's side at the start of the Burning Crusade.
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Who is Khadgar?

Khadgar is perhaps the most accomplished of all living wizards and one of the most powerful magi in Azerothian history. Khadgar currently acts as the leader of the Kirin Tor. He was an apprentice to the Guardian Medivh, until he helped defeat his possessed master.
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