'Warcraft' Director Reveals a Significantly Longer Cut Adds 40 Minutes
Warcraft is expected to fall dramatically short of what it needs to come opening weekend, and it's being marketed as a film for the "die-hard fans" with intent on building a franchise from here.
While we don't expect poor numbers, the team certainly want to keep optimistic in light of some less than stellar critical responses. Director Duncan Jones, with a primarily indie background, has revealed that an extended director's cut exists that adds extensively to the film's run-time.
“There are a lot of fantasy films, but they all kind of want to be Lord of the Rings. Even Game of Thrones, which I love, is mature content-Lord of the Rings. And what we wanted to try and do is broaden out that spectrum of what a fantasy film could be.”
The film comes in at nearly 2 hours long before the added time, so it's really a matter of perspective whether fans are unhappy or relieved that this isn't the latest 'epic' to stretch its run-time. Whether or not we'll ever see this director's cut is a whole other question.
The film opens in the U.S. on June 10.
Source: Screenrant
