[Warcraft movie] release date conflict with Star Wars?

[ghostnet]

I just got a sudden doom feeling after seeing the Star Wars episode 7 release date set for December 2015, the exact same month and year that the 'Warcraft' movie is going to be released. I'm really afraid that the release dates being so close is going to negatively effect the film's hype, because of course everyone will be focused on Star Wars and could drown out Warcraft.

I am positive that this Warcraft movie will be a hit, seeing how popular WoW is, and the fact that it could attract so many more people just because of how amazing the warcraft story is. But now that it is basically squaring off with Star Wars, i'm not so sure that it will get the attention it deserves.

What do you guys think, will it make a difference? Or do you not think Warcraft had much of a chance anyway and is just a "niche" movie. I really have high hopes for this movie, and i don't want it to be hindered just because of the time of release.
http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-e...r-18-2015.html (Star wars and Warcraft are coming out ON THE EXACT SAME DAY)

[Abstieg]

People will see both.

[Chickat]

Bad news =/ Hopefully they push it back till summer and polish it into a jewel.

[Deleted]

i personally never thought the warcraft movie would have much hype behind it in any scenario, and this just makes it 10x worse

[Strakha]

The fact that you believe Blizzard is setting a realistic release date for a product is the best part about this :P

It's a long way off, movie people know when to shuffle release dates, look at the next Hunger Games, it's coming out against a Vince Vaughn comedy and that is it.

WoW movie will not compete head to head with Star Wars taht is just blockbuster suicide.

[Wyrllish]

They haven't even finalized casting yet. No way it makes 2015.

[ghostnet]

The fact that you believe Blizzard is setting a realistic release date for a product is the best part about this :P

Haha true, let's hope they resort to classic blizzard then!

[Masser]

The fact that you believe Blizzard is setting a realistic release date for a product is the best part about this :P

Legendary Pictures announced the date not Blizzard.

[Strakha]

Legendary Pictures announced the date not Blizzard.

So Blizzard is not involved with writing or artwork or anything? I find it hard to believe they'd let someone else take the reins entirely and thus I believe Blizzard will slow down the process to get to their level of quality, etc.

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They haven't even finalized casting yet. No way it makes 2015.

Yep I bet they have not even started principal photography which usually takes about 3-5 months. I hope they don't just use all the same places from Game of Thrones. Ireland and New Zealand should be a no-go, maybe they can use Canada or Scotland, lots of climate fun there.

[ghostnet]

So Blizzard is not involved with writing or artwork or anything? I find it hard to believe they'd let someone else take the reins entirely and thus I believe Blizzard will slow down the process to get to their level of quality, etc.

Chris Metzen is co-producing, that's all i know

[Mormolyce]

I'm sure both timelines will blow out.

[Sierra85]

Who wants to see a warcraft movie at christmas time? Hold it til Feb is my guess.

[xskarma]

If they planned for a December release they must have realised before hand that they'd be up against some kind of blockbuster. There are always huge crowd pleasing movies in November/December that try to get the Holiday crowd. I'm sure that they knew what they were setting themselves up for by choosing that time frame, so I'm sure they are confident that they can do well in that time frame.

Not saying they are right about thinking that, but they didn't decide on a target release date without clear deliberation.

[Nanaboostme]

WoW has a release date of Dec, 18 2015. Star Wars has no official release date yet, looking at its previous releases, it would be quite odd to release it in December and not sometime in April/May/June or July

[iamthedevil]

It will cause a Star Wars vs LoTRs battle between everyone, which will in turn cause everyone to see the Warcraft movie.

I think it makes perfect sense.

[Rucati]

i personally never thought the warcraft movie would have much hype behind it in any scenario, and this just makes it 10x worse

Yeah, I don't really see the warcraft movie being successful regardless. Hell, if it was the only movie released all year I don't think it would do well.

It's important to remember that yes, WoW has a lot of subs, say 10 million people are interested in WoW still. Then realize how many people only play because the game is fun, and don't care about the story or characters. Probably 60%. Now you're down to 4 million people, then figure how many of those people would even be remotely interested in watching a 2 hour movie about a video game. Probably half at best. You're down to 2 million people.

This type of movie isn't going to bring new people into the franchise most likely, who's going to see a movie poster for World of Warcraft and think "Oh man, I need to see that" without having any knowledge of what World of Warcraft is? Probably nobody.

WoW has a release date of Dec, 18 2015. Star Wars has no official release date yet, looking at its previous releases, it would be quite odd to release it in December and not sometime in April/May/June or July

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-e...r-18-2015.html - Star Wars is set to open the 12/18/15 as well.

[beanman12345]

Isn't there usually a few big blockbuster name movies released in December that all do quite well?

[ghostnet]

WoW has a release date of Dec, 18 2015. Star Wars has no official release date yet, looking at its previous releases, it would be quite odd to release it in December and not sometime in April/May/June or July

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-e...r-18-2015.html

[Super Kami Dende]

After the Backlash a lot of people had with the Phantom Menace Trilogy and it now being done by Disney. I do not foresee as MUCH "hype" for future Star Wars movies as there was say 10-15 years ago.

That being said Many good movies come out around the same times these days and someone being hyped for one does not mean they can't be hyped for another.

[Strakha]

Yeah, I don't really see the warcraft movie being successful regardless. Hell, if it was the only movie released all year I don't think it would do well.

It's important to remember that yes, WoW has a lot of subs, say 10 million people are interested in WoW still. Then realize how many people only play because the game is fun, and don't care about the story or characters. Probably 60%. Now you're down to 4 million people, then figure how many of those people would even be remotely interested in watching a 2 hour movie about a video game. Probably half at best. You're down to 2 million people.

This type of movie isn't going to bring new people into the franchise most likely, who's going to see a movie poster for World of Warcraft and think "Oh man, I need to see that" without having any knowledge of what World of Warcraft is? Probably nobody.



http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-e...r-18-2015.html - Star Wars is set to open the 12/18/15 as well.

yeah even though I have played since vanilla I still would not see it in the theatre. WoW is a home experience so I'll definitely watch the movie on a nice speaker system @ home. Plus pausing to pee is #1!