Jul 09, 2015 this is a group interview on location at the san diego comiccon international 2015 with director duncan jones as he discusses his upcoming movie warcraft. Duncan jones talks warcraft s plot tv flix the world. Interview travis fimmel, paula patton on duncan jones, first reading the script, duncan jones being a gamer at warcraft junket on may 26, 2016 in london, england. Duncan jones has had a pretty hard time of it recently. Can warcraft break the curse of the video game movie. Duncan jones went through personal hell while making warcraft and survived by bryan bishop photography by james bareham one of the first things you notice about duncan jones.
His other projects include moon 2009 and source code 2011 notes. Journalist walks out of warcraft interview with duncan jones after. Why everyone was wrong about warcraft, the summers most underrated movie. It is a supersize project that this filmmaker and dedicated gamer who turns 45 on may 30 passionately.
His other projects include moon 2009 and source code 2011. Apr 26, 2016 ahead of the theatrical release of the video game adaptation that is warcraft from director duncan jones source code this june, the filmmaker who also brought the culthit sciencefiction dramathriller moon to audiences back in 2009 already has plans for his next project. Interview with duncan jones writerdirector for warcraft. Duncan jones interview goes wrong, ends in a walkout. Loot crate is the monthly gear club for those that live and embrace the geek and gaming lifestyle. Warcraft s duncan jones is the latest director to blame boxoffice failure on studio troubles the videogame blockbuster suffered a death of 1,000 cuts. Director duncan jones exclusive interview warcraft. Jun 06, 2016 duncan jones on warcraft, mute, and why its about time to start another twitter fight with rian johnson. As much as duncan jones warcraft movie tries to be a faithful adaptation of the popular game series, fans surely noticed some massive, massive differences between the two. Duncan jones on mute, netflix, moon connections, and.
Warcraft director duncan jones talks blade runnerinspired mute. Warcraft was available for digital download starting on september, 2016. Director duncan jones has been working on his world of warcraft adaptation for a looooong time. The actor discusses preacher being a longrunning role. Interviewer walks out of duncan jones warcraft interview. Warcraft actor on duncan jones, preacher, and not being pigeonholed. Duncan jones wants to make warcraft a movie trilogy the. We discuss the nature of game adaptations and the problems.
Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. Duncan jones reflects on moon, warcraft, and more collider. At a screening for the film at prince charles cinema in londons leicester square, the filmmaker laid his vision for future warcraft movies, which might not make any. Based on this conversation alone, jones is sticking true to that sentiment by having a great number of story ideas already in the works. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Duncan jones opens up about the troubled production of warcraft. Duncan jones is having a year earlier this summer, critics scorned warcraft, the moon and source code directors foray into megabudget videogame adaptations, while us. Duncan jones discusses warcraft deleted scenes film. Director duncan jones official movie interview subscribe. He is most known for the films moon and source code. The beginning this section concerns content exclusive to the warcraft movie. Many are hopeful that next years batch of video gamebased films will bring newfound credibility to the genre, and warcraft director duncan jones is confident that they can. The discussion ranged from his thoughts on smaller, more independent films finding a home on streaming services like netflix and amazon to the possibility of making a film based on the world of the comic 2000 ad.
Duncan jones talks spending almost four years making warcraft. Like every parent, david bowie told his son to put down. He is best known for directing the films moon 2009, source code 2011, warcraft 2016 and mute 2018. Journalist walks out of warcraft interview with duncan jones. Warcraft director duncan jones discusses comiccon character sculpts, unveiling 07092015 12. The way he answered the questions and his answers to the questions is exactly how i feel about a good director. Duncan jones wants to make warcraft a movie trilogy the verge. May 23, 2014 the warcraft movie filming has now completed. He replaced an earlier director sam raimi that was attached to the film. Duncan jones defends warcraft the beginning youtube. He previously acknowledged that the film was nowhere near as great as he had imagined because he couldnt include everything from the warcraft games that. Christie golden morale ambiguity and inferno squad. The beginning is een amerikaanse epische fantasyfilm uit 2016, geregisseerd door duncan jones.
With the release of warcraft, he was thrust back into the media spotlight just months after the death of his father, david bowie. Duncan jones on warcraft and how mute was influnced by m. Warcraft is exciting, goofily likable and for the most part, dramatically satisfying, making you root on the orc and human. Recently, he let slip some details about the characters1 for the game adaptation, and has. Warcraft is a 2016 american action fantasy film directed by duncan jones and written by. Star wars started out after the clone wars and all the jedi being dead, we learned why and how that happened before the prequels were made. Warcrafts duncan jones has awkward interview with rude. Duncan zowie haywood jones is a british film director, producer and screenwriter. Duncan jones is the british director for the june 2016 warcraft film. I dont know who the interviewer is, as he deleted the interview after realizing it was a failure. Duncan jones announced the warcraft film officially wrapped on may 23. For a number of reasons, the warcraft film did not turn out to be a career.
Duncan jones talks warcraft animation world network. The writing is generic and duncan jones doesnt quite make use of the intriguing world of the source material. So for his new movie, warcraft, director duncan jonesa gamer himselfhad to create a world that would bring in new fans and make longtime wow players feel like they were coming home. In the past two years, duncan jones has faced the loss of his father, music legend david bowie. Duncan jones, david bowies son, on making warcraft and. Humans the filmmaker recently shared his vision for a sequel and beyond following a warcraft screening in. F ans of the game world of warcraft have been waiting for a film adaptation for nearly 10 years since the project was first announced in 2006. World of warcraft s been going on for about 20 years, and the first 10 years were kind of realtime strategy games, and then world of warcraft. Duncan jones confirmed today on twitter that hes working on a new film based. Warcraft had beaten and bruised mejust the political process of that. Jones has brought world of warcraft to the big screen in megabudget fashion. Duncan jones with collider duncan jones reflects on moon and what he had planned for a warcraft trilogy. Warcraft director duncan jones talks about making the movie for both fans and newcomers, working with 3d for the first time, and more.
Still, it wasnt enough to get a sequel going, but nonetheless, should the powers that be change their mind, director duncan jones knows what hed do in a followup. We put our nerdy questions to director duncan jones. Speaking with ew, jones shared his thoughts on why he believes warcraft and assassins creed can be the movies gamers have long waited for. Warcraft was released on digital download on september, 2016, and was released on bluray, ultra hd bluray, bluray 3d and dvd on september. Jones wasnt originally attached to this warcraft adaption sam raimi the evil dead was. Amongst talking about what he would have liked to have. From the vancouver set of the warcraft movie, duncan jones talks about easter eggs, leroy jenkins, hitting a pg rating, orc blood, and more. Duncan jones has been a pretty busy guy the last few years. Jun 20, 2017 if jones does get the chance to helm another warcraft film, theres no guaranteeing that it would even release in u.
Director discusses bringing blizzard entertainments hit gaming franchise into the realm of feature films. Duncan jones is an english film director, producer and screenwriter. Jun 20, 2017 duncan jones explains how warcraft 2 would have continued story of orcs vs. Director duncan jones announced the event on his twitter and the game adaptation is out march 2015. Feb 23, 2018 screen rant was able to sit down with duncan jones ahead of netflixs release of his new film mute, starring alexander skargard, paul rudd, and justin theroux. May 19, 2015 jones version of warcraft was initially due for release in 2015, but has been twicedelayed and is now set to hit cinemas in june 2016.
Duncan jones wowpedia wowpedia, the world of warcraft. Warcraft will right the wrongs of game movies simon parkin. Jun 16, 2016 duncan jones has had a pretty hard time of it recently. He is best known for directing the films moon 2009, source code 2011, warcraft. Aug 30, 2016 duncan jones is having a year earlier this summer, critics scorned warcraft, the moon and source code directors foray into megabudget videogame adaptations, while us audiences looked the. He has played every game in the warcraft series, including the original warcraft. The actor discusses preacher being a longrunning role and the unfair criticism video game. May 02, 2016 heres the full interview with director moon, source code, warcraft duncan jones. The film, which looks likely to centre on the video game. Ryan birmingham and omar gonzalez with eurogamer the big wow classic interview. Warcraft director duncan jones in studio interview duration. With the release of warcraft, he was thrust back into the media spotlight just months after. Warcrafts duncan jones blames boxoffice failure on.
Humans the filmmaker recently shared his vision for a sequel and beyond following a warcraft. An interview with warcraft director duncan jones vice. As a fan for 20 years, i felt that this was an opportunity to make a movie on two levels. Interview travis fimmel, paula patton on duncan jones. The announcement was made by hollywood reporter, closely followed by world of warcraft confirming. Duncan jones reflects on moon for the films 10th anniversary, outlines his planned warcraft trilogy, teases rogue trooper, and more. Duncan jones was born on may 30, 1971 in bromley, kent, england as duncan zowie haywood jones. Warcraft most successful gamefilm, duncan jones up for a. Duncan jones explains warcraft 2 vision for orcs vs. Screen rant was able to sit down with duncan jones ahead of netflixs release of his new film mute, starring alexander skargard, paul rudd, and justin theroux. I would struggle to think of any other video game movie that can be described as a great movie, he told me. Duncan jones interview with mtime on warcraft and daniel.
Jun 12, 2016 if u loved warcraft,spread the word or better yet, bring someone new to see it. Warcraft director duncan jones confirms hes working on a rogue. Warcraft movie update and interview with director duncan jones. Duncan jones reveals what his story would have been for. World of warcrafts been going on for about 20 years, and the first 10 years were kind of realtime strategy games, and then world of warcraft started about 10 years ago. Xlabs, jones and the warcraft creative team available to download by. Interviewer walks out of duncan jones interview after. This article contains concerns content exclusive to the warcraft movie or any of its sequels. So for his new movie, warcraft, director duncan jones a gamer himselfhad to create a world that would bring in new fans and make longtime wow players feel like they were coming home. His feature directorial debut moon put him on the map back in 2009, then he stepped up to the midrange budgeted source code for summit. In the aftermath of warcraft s performance and reception, jones has had mixed feelings about the process of the first film. Duncan jones signs up for a massively multiplayer movie the source code director has embarked on a quest to adapt the roleplaying video game for the big screen. Duncan jones talks warcraft at comiccon screencrush. Warcraft iii was my first warcraft game and i was able to understand the back story fine.
Jun 15, 2016 the interviewer ruined his own interview with duncan who handles it very well. But, having been a longtime fan, he jumped at the chance to pick up where raimi left off and build a. Duncan zowie haywood jones born 30 may 1971 is a british film director, producer and screenwriter. Duncan jones destroy a critic in a interview of warcraft l sad affleck version l duration. The twohour running time is brisk, almost too brisk, so a total of 40 minutes of warcraft deleted scenes makes sense. Ely cannon with polygon inside the design of world of warcrafts newest raid, azsharas eternal palace. Like every parent, david bowie told his son to put down the console and play outside. Duncan jones on pc gaming and warcraft by andy kelly 06 june 2016 duncan jones on why his love of videogames makes him the right man to bring the warcraft universe to the silver screen. Duncan jones says the warcraft movie is a first contact story of orcs and humans with chinese movie news site mtime via manmademovies, jones revealed that the warcraft movie opens with orcs and humans.
I really did play all of the warcraft games from the very beginning. Duncan jones, popular, warcraft movie warcraft movie update and interview with director duncan jones the new warcraft movie released some pretty cool looking images last week as we saw of one of the leading orcs in the film, ogrim doomhammer. Duncan jones, or any other directors that are interested and passionate about this franchise, need to take this to netflix or hulu. How a beaten and bruised duncan jones found himself. In the interview, i compare warcraft to gun n roses chinese.
Interview wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. Director duncan jones answers all your burning questions. Director handles rude questions in video the helmer handles the situation like a pro after a reporter criticizes his film right in front of him. In the same interview, he said that a sequel should be better now that the first warcraft movie has laid the groundwork for the franchise. The potential it has for an original series for their streamers is probably vast. Daniel haynes aka deth has been following duncan jones career closely ever since he watched moon, jones featurelength movie directorial debut and proving ground, followed by source code last night dan made a point of informing me that duncan jones will be directing the warcraft movie. Warcraft movie director duncan jones on easter eggs collider. May 29, 2016 yet warcraft is an intensely personal undertaking for its director, duncan jones. Jun 04, 2016 duncan jones, warcraft, and what went wrong the indiewire team debates the destructive impact of hollywood projects on the careers of talented filmmakers. Stefan pape from heyuguys interviews director duncan jones for his film warcraft. While the attention given to the motion capture, to the creature design and costumes are truly impressive, there is a lot to be disappointed with. Actor travis fimmel and duncan jones on the set of warcraft universal pictures. If theres good writing or storytelling then you dont need to see all that back story.
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