Before Duncan Jones became the director of one of most highly anticipated video game movies of 2016, he actually started out as a 'World of Warcraft' gamer who was curious about the rumored Sam Raimi film a few years ago. In an interview with GameTyrant during BlizzCon 2015, the 'Warcraft' director admitted the movie was something he truly wanted to see.
"I had been basically stalking in the background when we first heard of it back in 2011," Jones admitted. "I was very intrigued to know what was going on with the project, because I was a fan [of Warcraft] and I wanted to see the film. I kept on asking, 'When is this thing going to happen, if it's going to happen?' I think awareness developed that I was a devout fan and wanted to see what movie they were going to make."
Duncan Jones continued to explain that he finally decided to express his interest in working on the film himself.
"As it started to trickle out that the film maybe wasn't getting traction, I started putting my name in the hat to say, 'Look, if it's not working this way and you want to try it a different way, I would really be interested in getting involved,'" he said. "Eventually I was invited to come in and give a pitch on what I thought we could do with the project. Legendary was intrigued and sort of asked me if I would come and do the same pitch to the guys at Blizzard, and it was all sort of kismet."
The rest, as they say, was history.
"When I talked to the guys at Blizzard it became pretty obvious that I was speaking the same DNA that they were hoping for," Jones concluded.
The thrill of directing a film about the game he loved is not lost to Duncan Jones, although he does admit it felt like a major responsibility.
"It was a massive load of excitement, and then there was also this huge new boulder on my shoulders that I knew I was going to have to carry to the finish line," Jones said. "I was just joking about it the other day, now that the film is finished and the trailer has come out I feel like that boulder is now off of my shoulders and in my stomach until the movie is actually released."
'Warcraft' will crash into theaters on June 10, 2016.
