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Expansive as this universe is, expect a lot of new casting as well, subject to the sequel happening in the first place. Regardless, if it happens, expect it to feature Travis Fimmel as Anduin Lothar, Daniel Wu as the voice and motion-capture of Gul’dan, Paula Patton as Garona Halforcen, Ben Foster as Medivh, Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar, Robert Kazinsky as Orgrim Doomhammer, and Ruth Negga as Lady Taria Wrynn among several others. Warcraft 2 Cast: Who could be in it?Īpart from the obvious official confirmation on the second film, we haven’t even heard anything from the cast of the first one regarding the smallest development on a sequel. Again, plenty of ground to cover, but a green light has not yet been given to even the second one. Furthermore, we know that if the sequel pans out, it will feature an expansion into his character, perhaps a shift in age too. The fate of Go’el especially hangs in the balance after a human discovers the basket containing him after he floated off in the river.

World of warcraft 2 movie series#

If all goes favourably and according to plan, there is so much to expand on, including Lordaeron, and the series looks equipped as of now to bring in the dragons, a highlight of ‘Tides of Darkness’. This is right on track to lead on to The Second War, and those siding with Lothar sure have a mean shock coming their way. The war between the Orc Horde and the humans is afoot, especially now that the Alliance is in place, along with the other human nations, the elves and the dwarves, with Lothar as the leader. Coming to ‘Tides of Darkness’ and plot possibilities for a sequel, I believe the most direct answers we have are to be found towards the end of the first film. There is no way every critic out there could have been aware of the intricate world and tribes of Warcraft, which is something that is clear looking at the disparity between the audience and critical scores of the film. The sequel may have dusted all of that, but at least it happened owing to pretty much the same condition.īefore coming to more intricate possibilities for the sequel, it is pretty clear that if this franchise thrives, it is going to be for the fans. It is more than evident that a global audience wants it, as in the case of ‘ Pacific Rim’ that yielded what many would call a slightly above average domestic sum but an excellent worldwide cume. All that is required is a bit of stepping back and rethinking, not retracting. There is literally a world to explore, and it’s not like we haven’t seen worse sequels. So the faintest possibility that there may not be enough matter for a franchise leave alone a sequel holds absolutely no merit. One can pick up any fantasy franchise in history: if it were not up to commercial returns, there is virtually no fantasy story involving an ever-expanding world, from Tolkien (especially) to Martin to Rowling that could possibly be covered in one film/book/video game especially given that the later games too took on the mammoth task of expanding upon the typical world setup of ‘Warcraft’ to include more regions apart from Azeroth, revealing Kalimdor, Northrend, Pandaria, Broken Isles, Kul Tiras, and Zandalar, and its traditional fantasy residents Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Orcs and Trolls, and of course their dark counterparts. To add to that, the first film almost definitely ended on a note meaning that there was more than enough room for at least one sequel, dwindling as its chances may seem right now. This is something that has also been corroborated by Duncan Jones, the director of the first film. While the money heads out there figure it all out, let us look at what the sequel could be like, if it happens, of course.įor something like ‘Warcraft’, it would especially seem like a no brainer where its next story to tell would come from, the most obvious guess being ‘Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness’, the second in ‘Warcraft’s world of 4 video games and one cards game, ‘Hearthstone’.

The popularity of the video game around the world allowed the film to eclipse records of mammoth movies like ‘Furious 7’ and ‘ Avengers: Age of Ultron’ in several countries, making it the highest grossing video game adaptation of all time, and it is only achievements like this, if the studio is listening, that may make the development of a sequel possible for ‘Warcraft’, but sadly enough, very few people (and experts) currently seem to echo that sentiment. That by any means and definition would be termed a disappointment, especially coupled with a disappointing critical score of only 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, had it not been for its global sum: close to $390 Million, and a majority of that came from China.

The film ended up grossing only $47 Million domestically against a budget of $160 Million. However, ‘Warcraft’ inevitably met with the same fate, despite the love it received globally.