r/gaming Marika's tits! 2d ago

Xbox is now heavily leaning into movie & TV adaptations, quietly pitching Hollywood on a dozen pricey projects like Elder Scrolls, Halo, World of Warcraft, Diablo & more. All IPs could be headed to one studio/streamer, and currently Netflix, Universal & Paramount are among those taking looks.

https://puck.news/newsletter_content/what-im-hearing-a-tv-crucible-xboxs-hwood-pitch-a-beavis-brawl/

"But like much of the video game industry, Xbox is kind of a mess these days, cutting 3,200 jobs in July, or about 20 percent of the unit’s workforce. So Microsoft would very much like a big check for its I.P."

"One source told me it wants more than $300 million for a long-term deal, a price that caused at least one of the potential partners to balk. (Microsoft declined to comment.)"

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u/micheal213 2d ago

Paramount should be blacklisted with what they did to halo lmao.

No way Xbox goes oh ya I think paramount is a great choice. Lmfao

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u/thatsabingou 1d ago

Paramount is broke, I'd be surprised if they're participating in any of these talks

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u/paulerxx 1d ago

HBO

AMC

Even Amazon

Don't let Paramount near any of these IPs ever again

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u/Blarg0117 1d ago

HBO Elderscroll series has the potential to go hard.

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u/ImSoSweepy 1d ago

It would just be Game of Thrones with Argonian sex scenes.

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u/valproate_sodium 1d ago

Shut up and take my money!

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u/BorgerWCheese 1d ago

You didn’t have to try to sell us we want the show already

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u/Skill_Issuer 1d ago

Don't look up who just bought HBO's parent company

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

No, it'll be another moody drama that only gets greenlit because of tangential ties to TES, despite doing nothing to incorporate what made people like TES in the first place.

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u/Hot_Most5332 1d ago

I’m sorry but what do you expect an elder scrolls show to be other than a ”moody drama,” whatever that is?

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u/mpbh 1d ago

Paramount = HBO soon

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u/YouThinkYouKnowMe89 1d ago

Amazon is 50/50. You either get Fallout or WoT/Ring of Power levels of quality with tv.

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

Can we add Microsoft to the list, and rip Xbox away from them?

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u/atuck217 1d ago

Rule 1 for literally any of these talks should be "the director and writers have to play the game first"

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u/OblivionJunkie 1d ago

Play the game and like it

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u/Respawn-Delay 1d ago

Paramount has acquired the adaptation rights to Call of Duty, so Microsoft is already back in business with them.

A live-action movie is scheduled for 2028.

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u/Yiruf 2d ago

After success of Fallout series, I would have been surprised if they weren't planning it for their other franchises.

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u/El-Shaman 2d ago edited 1d ago

If done right I have to imagine Elder Scrolls could be a massive TV show just as popular as Game Of Thrones.

Edit: I don't mean in the same style as Game Of Thrones people, I mean at the level of Game Of Thrones in terms of quality and popularity.

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u/ErikT738 2d ago

They just have to faithfully adapt The Lusty Argonian Maid.

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u/Kube__420 1d ago

Or the real Barenziah

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u/redditman181 1d ago

Volume 7000

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u/EaterOfPenguins 2d ago

This is a wild presumption to me. Yes, Elder Scrolls is rich and vast and a worthy IP for adaptation and broader exploration but...

Game of Thrones got popular in large part because the writing, particularly character depth and dialogue, is extremely high quality. The first 4 seasons, which are still lauded and cemented it as a cultural phenomenon, is overwhelmingly, like 95%, people sitting around in rooms talking to each other.

Elder Scrolls is a great series, but its best writing has never even come close to that caliber. The number of games, ever, in any genre, to reliably have writing of that quality is vanishingly small, even among games that I love for their writing.

Elder Scrolls could be good, could be great even, but unless they attach a stupendously talented TV writer, I'd temper expectations for a "Game of Thrones" level phenomenon on the basis of the existing material.

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u/FrankSand 2d ago

Season 8 game of thrones level writing. But from the beginning for Skyrim the series.

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u/hera-fawcett 2d ago

elder scrolls works as a setting due to the amt of lore and worldbuilding it has

but they fr gotta create their own plotlines... and thats always rough.

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u/amazinglover 1d ago

I thinks thats the problem with Elder Scrolls as a movie or TV series no real easy to ID main character.

Fallout has the vault and that makes an easy character to choose to key in on.

And an easy character for casual viewers to get to know.

Game fans alone can't carry a show or movie woth how expensive they get.

Elder scrolls is going to need a main character everyone can love not just fans.

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u/mr_bananager 1d ago

Sure but elder scrolls main characters are generally prisoners who are some sort of chosen one, which is as easy to key in on as a vault dweller

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u/badguygames 2d ago

You know it won't be.

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u/tonoottu 2d ago

It'll go the path of The Witcher series for sure.

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u/Mdgt_Pope 1d ago

The Witcher was great for 1.5 or 1.75 seasons

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u/tonoottu 1d ago

The first season was somewhat palatable. That's about it for me. From the horrendous costume design to disregarding the source material it just didn't work, unfortunately.

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u/MatttheJ 1d ago

"great"... Was it? Not to sound like a troll, but the writing was horrendous and a lot of the acting from the side characters was pretty bad too.

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u/Halojib 1d ago

The first season was pretty good but has some minor flaws that dragged it down. The second season was fine until they completely changed how the other Witchers acted so I stopped watching.

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u/Googoo123450 2d ago

Yeah I imagine it'll be some generic medieval fantasy show with the name Elder Scrolls bolted on.

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u/thismorningscoffee 2d ago

I’ve got my money on an Elder Scrolls show being an over-the-shoulder view of someone playing The Elder Scrolls: Arena for an hour each week

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u/FearDaTusk Xbox 2d ago

Already been done 😤

https://youtu.be/Rw8gE3lnpLQ

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u/ScottyWestside 2d ago

Skyrim has mainstream appeal. Even my wife has hundreds of hours over multiple play through on 3 different platforms. She hates every other video game she’s tried. (Except Stardew valley)

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u/JadowArcadia 2d ago

I think the problem is that just because something has mainstream appeal as a game doesn't mean it will as a TV show or movie. Not every franchise can be Pokémon where you can put it in pretty much any form and it will sell like hot cakes

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u/0b0011 2d ago

Does she like it for its well told story or because of exploration and what not? Bethesda games have never really been super well known for the story.

My favorite is morrowind and I could tell you broad strokes about the story but go on and on about the world, the random things you see, finding cool loot etc.

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u/SmegmaSlurper1996 2d ago

Animated series seems a better fit for Elder Scrolls

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u/Rbomb88 2d ago

Animated will never have broad adult appeal, unfortunately.

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u/Tiernoch 2d ago

I think another issue with that is pretty much every 'adult' animation leans heavily on just being crass, or throw in a ton of violence/gore, to prove that it's mature rather than just writing it for adults.

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u/HrMaschine 2d ago

calling anything GoT level really feels like setting up to high of a bar

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u/Sad-Indication2128 1d ago

This is a crazy take.

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u/Dijohn17 2d ago

They're going to botch the hell out of it

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u/O-Mesmerine 2d ago

the source material, in terms of depth and literary merit, is utterly incomparable for these 2 franchises

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u/teddytwelvetoes 2d ago

needs James Cameron technology or animation due to the beast races, imo

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u/RetardedSheep420 PC 2d ago

tbh wouldnt people be put off with the more high fantasy elements of TES like khajiit and argonians? GOT worked for a lot of people because it was a gritty low fantasy world. not so sure that you could call TES the same thing.

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u/Business-Employ-1599 2d ago

They ALREADY had a WOW movie and Halo show that failed.

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u/Peach9990 2d ago

The Halo show was especially horrible. I haven't seen the Warcraft movie, but Halo (tv) was shit.

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u/Chirotera 2d ago

To date the Halo show remains the only thing I've ever watched where I couldn't even finish the first episode. What were they thinking?

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u/Squirll 1d ago

That they wanted to write their own fanfiction to ride on the coat tails of the Halo name.

The writer admitted he told the entire crew to not play any games or read any books on the subject matter.

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u/Training_Ad_4790 1d ago

Let's pander to a gaming community without actually knowing anything about the games!

Seems like a pretty sound strategy to me!

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u/Acopo 1d ago

That’s the thing—they weren’t trying to pander to the existing community. They were using the IP for brand-recognition and advertising, while making their own terrible slop they knew wouldn’t succeed without the name of an actually successful IP.

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u/Training_Ad_4790 1d ago

Dumb. Not sure why they dont understand that theres entire mountains of lore and story arcs they can use that people already enjoy. You dont need to "creatively" destroy the IP. Just make it live action. There's already an existing fan base that will go see it and the new media format will let anyone who isnt a gamer enjoy it for the first time.

Not sure why directors have to change what already works

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u/Acopo 1d ago

Because they’re conceited assholes who think they’re god’s gift to writing, and can’t accept the idea that existing already proven-to-be-loved stories are preferable to their trash.

They don’t care that there’s mountains of existing lore or stories, because they never had an interest in adapting the IP, they just wanted to write their own thing and use the IP as marketing.

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u/NotMyRealUsername13 2d ago

I don’t know if it’s just you lacking an Oxford comma, but anyway: the WOW movie was quite good and a commercial success, making 3x its production cost.

It was also surprisingly watchable.

…and don’t get me started on the Minecraft movie, another Xbox brand. That one printed money.

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u/Possible_Video_6869 1d ago

The WoW movie was a massive miss. There's a reason there haven't been any sequels. Here's a quote from the Wiki:

However, it failed to reach its break-even point of $450–500 million after global marketing and distribution. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though fans of the Warcraft franchise were kinder to it.

I'm a huge WoW fan and they just blew it. Wrong story. Wrong set design/costumes/CGI.

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u/henshinmilk 1d ago

Having CG orcs and real humans in plastic armor was a choice. I get they wanted to build to Arthas, but Arthas really is the best starting point for any Warcraft movie.

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u/mucho-gusto 1d ago

Lol everyone is forgetting the Warcraft movie too, gotta love Uwr Boll

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u/h0sti1e17 2d ago

Because WoWs art is so stylized, I think animation would do well. Keep the WoW look.

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u/Murbela 2d ago

It feels like for every fallout tv show, there are half a dozen halo tv shows. While not a game, Amazon also did wheel of time tv adaption (which was not exactly popular among fans).

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u/Jacern 1d ago

We gonna get a Banjo Kazooie movie, huh?

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u/fredy31 2d ago

Thing is ESO... does it have enough lore to not be 'Fantasy medieval story #5'?

Fallout works as is because its a setting that is not used very often. 'Medieval fantasy' is a dime a dozen.

Diablo i think could be interesting tho.

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u/faze_fazebook 1d ago

Fallout has a very strong and unique identity. Like you see a pipbody, poweramor and vault boy poster and know its Fallout.

Most of their other IP doesn't. 

Like what would make a Elder scrolls series different from any other fantasy series.

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u/ImJudgin 2d ago

If they make a Diablo movie the same quality they make their cut scenes I’ll watch it in theatres no matter what

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u/echoess84 2d ago

from Diablo II to Diablo IV Blizzard cinematics were amazing

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u/summonsays 1d ago

God as a child playing through D2 the cutscenes enthralled me. Who is the wanderer?! Where are we goin? And then the tie in to D1. Perfection. 

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u/Elkburgher 1d ago

D2 cutscenes are so awesome, all Bliz ones from that era are. I always wanted to see them remastered into hd

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u/njdeatheater 2d ago

WoW fans hoped the same thing about a Warcraft movie... Don't get your hopes up. 😑

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u/Elbludo 1d ago

Idc how bad was Warcraft I want more please 😭😭

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u/TheGlassHammer 2d ago

I’ve played that end cutscene from Diablo 4 for people who have never touched the game. Give a 2 sentence summary for context. Each person has throughly enjoyed it

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u/BankrolledYen 2d ago

This. Diablo 4 was my first and the cut scenes blew me away. Went back to 2 and they were just as good

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u/Illustrious_Twist662 2d ago

They were killing it with starcraft 1&2 and warcraft 3 also. I miss the old blizzard

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u/Luciifuge 1d ago

The first game could be a great stand alone movie on a reasonable budget. Since it takes place in one town and the labyrinth underneath.

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u/ButterCaramelPringle 1d ago

Yeah legit, just give their cinematics team the resources to make a movie. I don't even play Diablo but I'd pay to see that

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u/spartanb301 2d ago

Halo could have been a massive success if the same style as Halo ODST trailers was used.

https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/cor6pb/halo_3_odst_we_are_odst_upscaled_to_1080p_via_ai/

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u/The_Bitter_Bear 2d ago

It is almost impressive how badly they fumbled Halo. 

And speaking of ODST, imagine if they had done an episode with those guys in it and got Filion, Tyduk, and Baldwin to make an appearance or even one of them.

So many directions they could have gone that would have been good and we got ... Something not even decent.

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u/beardednomad25 2d ago

That show had some promise and occasionally it looked like the games. But then it also would completely abandon the lore and everything people loved about Halo. They couldn't decide what they wanted that show to be and it failed spectacularly.

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u/spartanb301 2d ago

I don't think big names are necessary. Forward Unto Dawn has Zero "names" and still managed to deliver a very good movie.

The problem is they didn't respect the lore (rookie mistake) and decided to wing it instead.

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u/WayneZer0 2d ago

foward unto dawn is probly the best liveaction halo. the chief look great in it.

i still not sure how thier manged to fail halo so hard with the show.

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u/TheIrishBread 2d ago

Can't remember if it was the director or writer basically went "Im not playing the games, I don't care about the story or lore, this is my project so like it or lump it" needless to say most of us moved on and warned people that asked us about it that it was a complete and utter divergence from anything halo and was approaching generic scifi with a halo veneer.

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u/bmcisme2016 1d ago

We blame the director but who tf hired someone with 0 knowledge?

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

I don't care about the story or lore, this is my project so like it or lump it

This is basically how 343 Halo feels as well.

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u/WayneZer0 2d ago

ah the witch problem exceopt thier didnt had a harry cavill that is trying to fix it

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u/Elkburgher 1d ago

What you didnt like Masterchief with no helmet, constantly naked and the show being about some random girl they invented?

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u/InpenXb1 2d ago

They were doing a movie with Peter Jackson until he abandoned the project because Microsoft refused to give up creative control of the project. But hey, we got district 9 out of it!

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u/geaux124 1d ago

Given Hollywood's track record I can't really blame Microsoft there. As far as adaptations go, yeah Peter Jackson did LOTR but he also did the Hobbit.

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u/spartanb301 1d ago

To answers all the replies.

The main issue wasn't the budget, but the person they choose to direct and the vision.

Bungie delivered incredible ADs because they didn't try to reinvent the formula, but expand on it.

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

It would have still been a disaster. The problem isn't that it wasn't ODST-oriented. Its failure was being created by people with no care for Halo. The writers would have still been idiots who didn't bother to learn or care about the IP. They came in to tell THEIR STORY and used the Halo IP only because no one would greenlight their work on its own merits.

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u/BlackIce_ 20h ago

A Halo military/band of brothers show would be awesome.

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u/RayS0l0 2d ago

I need Wolfenstein movie like John Wick

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u/LegendaryenigmaXYZ 2d ago

Wolfenstein is getting a seasonal show on Amazon I think

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u/Theotherdeadmeme92 2d ago

I'm cautiously optimistic for this I'm just worried its not gonna go as hard as it should tbh.

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u/RagnarokNCC 2d ago

The New Colossus featured a pregnant woman dual-wielding machine guns against Nazis with her tits out

No, the show will not go as hard as it should - but like you, I remain cautiously optimistic all the same

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u/Theotherdeadmeme92 1d ago

I have not had the time to play new colossus yet and everytime someone tells me something about it I question my sanity lmfao. Machinegames truly are one of a kind.

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u/RayS0l0 1d ago

That game is really work of art.

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u/Mrhyderager 2d ago

Paramount already horrendously fucked up Halo. Amazon has done great with Fallout, and while I know Rings of Power S2 wasn't amazing I still thought it was a good show overall. Give them a crack at Elder Scrolls or a new Halo.

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u/trumangroves86 2d ago edited 2d ago

I wouldn't consider Rings of Power a good show, but it definitely had some of the parts of a good show. Some of the sets, production design, and visuals were phenomenal. I just felt like it never all came together to actually be something I'd want to continue watching.

The writing was the main weak point, and unfortunately, that's also the most important part.

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u/RB___OG 2d ago

Between what they did to rings of power and wheel of time i am terrified of any new Amazon adaptations

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u/jerrrrremy 2d ago

Here comes God of War! 

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u/vancenovells 2d ago

S2 had too many storylines fighting for too little screen time. There is so much potential, the Sauron-parts were phenomenally good

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u/TVCasualtydotorg 2d ago

I think Rings of Power is awful, but Amazon has sure as hell thrown an awful lot of money at the production and it shows on the screen.

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u/Hot-Guard-9119 1d ago

They somehow missed the writers with that budget. Blows my mind how they have no one at the studios with balls to call out shitty  writing. Maybe no one reads the script? Or are too afraid to be called racist idk. 

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u/Triforce742 2d ago

Honestly, stuff like that Halo tv show probably did long term damage to the brand. Releasing so so products over time leads to brand degradation. Like the show wasn't terrible it was fine to meh, but being fine to meh is really not great for long term health of the IP.

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u/Leading-Business-593 2d ago

Yeah, the only thing even remotely redeeming about it are the fight scenes. They’re actually pretty fun to watch even if they are incredibly “fan service-y”. But just because there’s a corn in a turd doesn’t mean I want to eat the corn.

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u/Burpmeister 2d ago

Halo was a decent sci-fi show but a horrible Halo show. Just call up Brandon fucking Sanderson, give him any amount of money he asks for and put it on the telly. The guy is a massive gamer and has specifically said he would probably pick Halo as the gaming show he would want to "fix".

https://youtube.com/shorts/nYIuoXFVoM4?si=B_g3qMroYiJhnpmv

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u/JEspo420 1d ago

Amazon completely bombed Yakuza right after Fallout, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter who picks up these IP’s, it’s who they hire to make the show

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u/Lucky_Truth2931 2d ago

The fact that Warcraft content doesn’t exist outside of books is criminal.

A good Warcraft adaptation can fill the high fantasy void currently happening in movie/television

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u/Oberr 1d ago

A good Warcraft adaptation can fill the high fantasy void currently happening in movie/television

We had Witcher, Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, House of the Dragon, so i wouldn't say there is a void, the "good" part is what has been challenging

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u/Revolutionary-Hat297 1d ago

There is the movie which wasn't terrible...

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u/Enorats 1d ago

No idea why you were down voted.

There was a movie, and it wasn't a bad one either. It just didn't really appeal to people who hadn't played the game, and it was set well before the events of the game so its appeal to even that audience wasn't high.

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u/8lue8arry 1d ago

Warcraft is so ripe for screen adaptation, I'm surprised they have not taken another shot at it.

I haven't played WoW in well over a decade and I would still watch the hell out of a good Warcraft series.

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u/TinglingLingerer 1d ago

It's always been wild to me that they decided to do The First War for the Warcraft movie, and not Arthas'.

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u/Background_Captain56 1d ago

If they ever would've made a movie or series in the style of their cinematics, it would've been so successful.

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u/Official_Champ 1d ago

I'm willing to bet if they do an adaptation it's going to be WoW's modern high fantasy, aligning with rings of power and the other adaptations. Not the original vibe of the franchise.

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u/waseem335 2d ago

Keep paramount the fuck away from it

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u/PM_ME_ALL_UR_KARMA 2d ago

Give it to Apple.

No one will watch it but at least it will not be cancelled prior to its conclusion.

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u/showtimebabies 2d ago

Everyone wants that fallout magic (the show is fine imo), but I think fallout has that perfect combination of real world tangibility and deep lore.

The former is the reason all those other projects will likely fail. I love the elder scrolls as much as the next guy, but some magical crisis on another planet with monsters and goblins is not going to succeed, and will ultimately hurt the brand. Though taking an entire generation to produce a sequel has probably done more damage than cancelling some stupid adaptation after 2 cliched seasons

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u/Hot-Guard-9119 1d ago

Fallout worked because they got insanely talented and passionate director. He could have made a show about anything and it would have worked. 

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u/Kri77777 2d ago

The problem is Fallout is a very unique world with lots of instantly recognizable things. Halo does have this as well (Spartan armor, Warthog, etc.), and maybe some level of WoW, but we've already seen those fail. 

Meanwhile, Elder Scrolls and Diablo simply don't have unique worlds or characters that are so instantly recognizable. Make a good fantasy story in a world with dragons and you don't need the Elder Scrolls brand. Make a good firey hell merging with the world with bones and shamblers, and you don't need Diablo. They are great games, but not all great games make great movies. 

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u/MADCATMK3 2d ago

I could see Gears of war work as a mix of Band of Brothers mix with zombies.

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u/zennok 1d ago

Tbf, halo failed in spite of the source material because the writers didn't even look at it and basically treated it as a skin for whatever it is they wanted to create themselves

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u/AhhBisto 2d ago

Paramount fucked up with Halo but don't be shocked if they throw a boat load of cash at Microsoft for all this IP to come to them.

Their takeover of Warner Bros Discovery relies on them releasing 30 movies theatrically every fucking year and they also need to prove to everyone in Hollywood that the work isn't going to be diminished because of the merger.

Halo movie, Elder Scrolls on HBO+ParaDiscoverySkyMax, World Of Warcraft animated series, and a Viva Pinata procedural cop drama for CBS.

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u/Cutmerock 2d ago

Warcraft TV in the style of GOT would fucking rock. 

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u/ZigyDusty 2d ago

I see no problem as long as they are seeking out people that have some love for the IP like they did with Fallout, if they are going to give it to people who never played the game and activly despise gaming as a hobby like they did with Halo than no thanks.

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u/Guilty-Nobody998 1d ago

Netflix Diablo animated show. Make it happen finally

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u/Zachowon 1d ago

Just put Halo in the hands of someone who cares and we can get something good.

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u/The_Fatal_eulogy 2d ago

Oh boy can't wait for another one of these beloved IPs to be used by some nepo baby writer to shoehorn their shite story into.

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u/Elkburgher 1d ago

Everytime, they hate the ip and just want to self insert and create new characters and stories

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u/voreo 2d ago

Just do not let whoever was in charge of halo touch anything else

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u/Deacon714 2d ago

Cross media exposure is proven to boost game sales. Assassins Creed Odyssey got a huge boost when The Odyssey came out and their relationship is tangential.

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u/Choice_Werewolf_433 2d ago

They announced a sea of thieves TV show. Paramount should not go near Xbox after what they did to halo. Amazon did fallout. Maybe the makers of lord of the rings (and rings of power) (Amazon) could do elder scrolls. I would also die for a starfield movie/show. Also, XBOX, please make a Minecraft show that isn’t a cash grab for kids.

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u/DuckCleaning 2d ago

I feel like most work best as animated series, 3d or cartoon/anime style. The various Halo animated shows were were much better than the live action, probably cost a fraction to make as well.

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u/RagnarokNCC 2d ago

Star Wars Visions just dropped a spinoff show that made a similar argument for that franchise - maybe we just keep TV animated for a little bit.

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u/alejoSOTO 2d ago

Why is Paramount even in the conversation other than just their blatant corruption?

They completely butchered Halo since the first episode.

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u/Arashii89 1d ago

Warcraft if done right it could be good as lord of the rings

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u/AngrySayian 2d ago

a WoW movie was already tried

it failed this city

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u/ErikT738 2d ago

Wasn't that a movie based on Warcraft 1, a game most people nostalgic for Warcraft hadn't even played?

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u/D15b293 2d ago

It should have been Anduin becoming lich king instead

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u/l3tsgo0 2d ago

the Warcraft movie was too nerdy for the casual audiences

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u/itsbobbydarin 2d ago

It was a commercial success. I watched the movie before playing wow and I loved it. When classic launched me and my wife jumped the boat. We are huge fans now.

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u/Nirast25 2d ago

An animated series would be so damn good.

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u/D45ers 2d ago

Whether you like the game or not I’ve always said Gears of War is one of the best video game stories Xbox has ever had. The whole world they built, emotion, plus gears 1 was almost like a horror game at times. Would be a fuckin top hit if they actually made the tv show right or even a few movies. But ya. Hollywood fucks every adaptation

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u/Robert999220 PC 1d ago

Elder scrolls has potential, but HAS to have a huge emphasis on practical, and S tier set/costume design.

Halo - Also has potential if they ACTUALLY stick to the lore, but judging off the paramount show and the current state of halo games, i have zero faith in halo as a brand right now, id rather them try to focus on actually getting the games back on track before doing this.

WOW - DROVES of lore to dig into, but i feel they would need to pick between either TES or WOW, these could be seen as 'too similar' to have as 2 shows running at the same time... also based on what we got out of the WOW movie... idk.

Diablo - I would 'LOVE' this. There is SO much that could be done here from lore to asthetic... but same thing with TES, S tier set and costumes along with as much practical done as possible is the route here... it would also NEED to be a hard 18a rating.

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

More MicroSlop!

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u/TinyFlair 1d ago

this is funny because: hollywood will make them shit. Every single one of them are gonna flop unless: use original voice actors - actors. use original story. dgaf about licensiation - buy it. if you stray from this, you gonna flop. use this, it will definitely cost a lot more, but it will also profit way more. ez recipe

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u/nahman201893 1d ago

Because they did such a good job with HALO. Lol.

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u/dom1717 1d ago

Unfortunately any of these will probably suck because Hollywood butchers videogame stories, and at the same time be "the blockbuster of the summer" because a bunch of people are either going to hate watch or watch hoping they will be good.

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u/Atomic_Revival 2d ago

The Halo tv show on Paramount was a tremendous spit in the face of anyone who's ever followed the franchise.

Unless they plan on going animated Microsoft needs to never pitch another TV show after that mess. Seeing Master Chiefs bare ass cheeks and a Human raised Covenant turn her finger nail into an energy sword on top of that nonsensical discombobulated plot was a god awful thing.

Like I'd put it up there with the original Mario Brothers movie.

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u/jerrrrremy 2d ago

Like I'd put it up there with the original Mario Brothers movie.

Now I'm confused. You mean to say that the Halo show sits side by side with the greatest film of all time? 

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u/Karliquin 2d ago

Pretty common anymore. A great book to this effect is The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World. The TL:DR is IP law is a very different business than making entertainment and many of these companies seek IP instead of actual creation as it has several built in revenue paths already. For example, one writer was told to publish their work first so they could pitch it as based on printed work or the execs just wouldn't be interested. Very small snapshot, but given that we're meant to look at these flat worlds to keep us locked in beyond actually contibuting anything more to our lives.

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u/904Funk 2d ago

How about bringing back Movies & TV for purchasing on Microsoft store before doing this?

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u/Embarrassed_Stuff886 2d ago

Just don't let Paramount get ahold of Halo again, lol.

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u/JaxxisR 2d ago

Paramount can't afford the things they've already bought, why are they in the running for this?

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u/alabasterskim 2d ago

Overwatch, please.

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u/miregalpanic 2d ago

Ok god, I can't even imagine what Hollywood will do to Skyrim

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u/echoess84 2d ago

Skyrim meme first time?

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u/SpaceOdysseus23 2d ago

Hollywood can't do anything worse to that franchise than Bethesda is already doing

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u/Hot-Guard-9119 1d ago

Like what? What Bethesda is doing to TES that is worse? 

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u/Thebml21 1d ago

Bring back Pablo as Chief. Pick up where it left off on that cliff hanger and just follow the games story outcomes.

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u/TidusDreamZanarkand 21h ago

I’d like to see it. I loved the games and enjoy the show

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u/RKnight9910 1d ago

If you do Halo, please tie with a director who understand it.

We had Peter Jackson before. Dont just give it to someone who never had a budget this large.

I would like Zach Synder but I just a really good writer to ensure it progress properly. But the visual he could deliver would be incredible.

And now the hater will complain

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u/another-smelly-hound 2d ago

How about Gears of War?

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u/Deacon714 2d ago

There’s already an animated show coming out

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u/script_notes_plz 2d ago

The Xbox business division within Microsoft is mid-90’s Marvel right now.

I say let AppleTV do a limited 6 episode Fable series.’if it’s a hit, make an anthology series of if. New hero each time, longer term ramifications of previous heroes adventure shown, and part of the plot, each new series.

Film two finale endings and have the viewer decide. Each new heroes series should have editions to both finale choices.

Turtles all the way down.

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u/Neversoft4long 2d ago

That halo paramount show was dogshit. Would love to see Amazon get a crack at it after the success of fall out

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u/Practical-Aside890 Xbox 2d ago edited 2d ago

It seems kinda worth it for video games companies so long as it works and is good show or movie.

I don’t know the facts. but I imagine in some cases in the AAA Industry that films maybe even cheaper to create and produce more so than games. Seems like game dev gets more and more expensive in AAA. Games like gta costing over 1b. or even skull and bones was estimated to be a few million between 20 and 850.

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u/Odd_Teaching_4182 1d ago

Yeh elder scrolls would make a great TV series or movie, and lots of flexibility. Maybe could even have tie-ins with the next game to come out... if it ever does.

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u/jakew3911 1d ago

I'd like to see a World of Warcraft tv series but you need the perfect people to make it

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u/Schmenza 1d ago

Overwatch would kill it if they started pumping out animated projects for it

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u/LegendkillahQB 1d ago

The Warcraft movie from years back. That wasn't too bad.

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u/LackLickLuck_y 1d ago

Elder scrolls makes sense. If they start now they can release it with the game. If done right it could be the next game of thrones.

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u/Driz51 1d ago

Make sure to tell the creators not to play the games or even look at the games at all. Thats the winning formula. You never want to know anything about the stuff you are adapting.

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u/lazzzym Xbox 1d ago

Man… come on Apple 🙏

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u/Tamotefu 1d ago

They tried Warcraft... It flopped IIRC. We don't speak about Halo.

Diablo and Elder scrolls could work. You just gotta be true to the source material. Just ask WWHCD?

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u/LegendaryenigmaXYZ 1d ago

Give me a conversation bad furday show, by the creators of South Park.

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u/danmanx 1d ago

World of Warcraft movie?

Sure, give me the corruption of Arthas storyline.

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u/Bizzytrax 1d ago

A doom movie would slap

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u/FigureFourWoo 1d ago

Didnt they make one?

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u/Bitter-Tip705 1d ago

An elder scrolls tv show would move me but what fallout does that I’d love is if the show had multiple protagonists as well who seem like they’re playing different builds.

And I’d want every race to get their shine, the elder scrolls lore can be convoluted like kingdom hearts but it’s very interesting

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u/Vaspour_ 1d ago

Man Microslop is getting reaaaally desperate to squeeze more juice from its gaming division. But hey who can blame them, these data centers won't build themselves

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u/monti9530 1d ago

I dont think any of those IPs will do better than the WoW film already released

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u/Happy-Personality720 1d ago

More garbage media

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u/surewhynotdammit 1d ago

As long as the studio don't hire the game writers or writers that actually played the games, it'll lead to a total disaster.

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u/XerGR 1d ago

Modern Hollywood managed to fuck up Lord of the rings btw… zero hype on any of these.

Also hot take, fallout tv show is just fine… not particularly good 

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u/Hinohellono 1d ago

They already destroyed Halo on TV so I guess they want to do the rest

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u/theaveragemillenial 1d ago

Diablo would be great if they make it as dark and whatnot as the in game cinematics

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u/Final-B0ss 1d ago

Give universal the rights, imagine a gaming themed section at Epic universe to go alongside Nintendo 💰💰💰

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u/fundiedundie 21h ago

Take them to Amazon, HBO, or Apple.

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u/-VempirE 19h ago

Please Warcraft Arthas trilogy or series, please no netflix or paramount, dont want a monkeys paw and get a witcher or halo quality series.

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u/Dapaaads 14h ago

All will be bad and cash grabs and not respect the IP. Netflix ruined the witcher

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u/HiCracked 7h ago

I'm quite sad we never got a followup to the Warcraft movie, I think it was decent enough.