News culture A new World of Warcraft film? Blizzard doesn’t rule out the idea, but only under this condition!
Blizzard says it’s not opposed to the idea of a new World of Warcraft movie, but the studio has some very specific requests. Above all, he doesn’t want to reproduce the mistakes of the first opus and sets his own conditions.
If Blizzard masters its topic when it comes to video games, We cannot say the same about the cinema industry. If he shows some success in China, his feature film will be Warcraft: Le Commencement (2016) received a number of negative reviews. Although I almost reported 378 million dollars (including 200 million viewers from China alone) the film was hardly convincing. John Hight, director of the Warcraft franchise, came up with the idea of one new film adaptation.
Stick with what you’ve learned
It is on the occasion of Game Developers Conference that John Hight spoke about the franchise film Warcraft. In Interview with IGNHe explains that the idea of a new cinema project “would definitely be interestingbefore adding that in his opinion Blizzard shouldn’t be explicit about filmmaking.
We make games, I think they will always be our core business. Warcraft is designed to do that. I don’t want to fall into the trap of wanting to be a filmmaker and leaving it to people who really know what they’re doing. -John Hight (GDC 2024)
He then explains that he has seen many of his colleagues.Let yourself be seduced by the sirens of cinema and seize the opportunity to control Blizzard’s intellectual property and start making films“. He adds thatThe best projects deserve more to see the light of day and be better executed to ensure that it does not “I don’t want someone who just makes movies to come and try to make a game like Warcraft“. He says he doesn’t reject the idea, just wants it Find the right partners to bring it to life.
Delegate to govern better
In the same interview, John Hight extends his analysis to the video game market and explains: Don’t reject the idea of entrusting the license to third-party studios. Following the example of Riot, which licensed the League of Legends franchise to various external developers with the aim of developing more games, the director of Warcraft is also interested here, but under the condition of being selective.
We’re open to people who truly understand the game and have an innovative vision for how to express Warcraft. (…) I think if we find the right partner in the right situation, especially if they are familiar with a type of game that we don’t know, they would be the ideal partner for us and we are open to it. -John Hight (GDC 2024)
With a deep desire to further develop his franchise, However, he doesn’t want to grow too quickly which would render them unable to fully serve the public. His vision seems more at home, highlighting the mobile game Warcraft: Rumble as well as Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, which are already helping to expand the universe. He’s still busy with World of Warcraft, preparing to finish the very popular Dragonflight expansion and release the next one. Even if there isn’t necessarily a new film in the pipeline, Blizzard remains active on its games.
