10 Upcoming Blockbusters That Could Easily Bomb With Critics

2) Warcraft

It could be argued that one shouldn’t judge upcoming video game adaptations based on all of the abominations that came before, but it’s hard to forget that films like House Of The Dead and Max Payne actually exist, as much as we’d like to, so a healthy amount of scepticism is to be expected. Some people are suggesting that 2016 is the year that video game adaptations may finally improve, but if that’s the case, our money is on Assassins Creed rather than Warcraft.

Fantasy movies that fully immerse themselves in an imaginary world far removed from our own are hit and miss at the best of times. Director Duncan Jones does lend credence to the project, as Moon is a phenomenal debut and Source Code had moments of brilliance, but this is filmmaking on a completely different scale.

Warcraft follows the conflict between orcs and humans as they fight for control over the world of Azeroth, which could turn out to be as cheesy as it sounds. Jones has described the film as a mix between Game Of Thrones and Avatar, which would put Warcraft in some fine company indeed… but the likelihood of it being as well received is highly doubtful.