Warcraft movie

Warcraft is a movie directed by Duncan Jones and produced by Legendary Pictures. It began filming at the beginning of 2014 and has a release date of June 10th, 2016 in The United States of America.

Synopsis

Though little has been revealed about the content of the movie, it is reportedly set at the time of the First War. The story focuses on the war between the orcs and humans, capturing each side's way of thinking and delving into their varied and sometimes identical ideals. Anduin Lothar plays a prominent role for the humans, while the orcs' main driving character is reportedly Durotan, the father of Thrall.

Since it is set at some point during the First War, there are some plot points that can be expected - though it remains to be seen how strongly the writers have stuck to canon:

• The corruption of the orcs
• Medivh and the creation of the Dark Portal
• The invasion of Azeroth by the orcs
• Durotan and Gul'dan at odds with one another. Durotan is a being of honor and stands against the corruption and invasion, while Gul'dan has accepted the promises of Sargeras and his agents unquestioningly
• The destruction of Stormwind

There are a number of characters that may make an appearance in the movie since they appeared at some point during this time period. For the human side of things we might see Khadgar, Adamant Wrynn III and his wife Varia, and perhaps even Aedelas Blackmoore, depending on if the entirety of the First War is played out.

For the orcs any of the warlords featured in Warlords of Draenor are possible, most prominently Blackhand and his lieutenant, Orgrim Doomhammer. Garona is also possible, as is Durotan's mate, Draka.

Cast and crew

Crew

Director - Duncan Jones

Executive Producer - Stuart Fenegan

Executive Producer - Jillian Share

Executive Producer - Brent O'Connor

Co-Producer - Chris Metzen (Blizzard)

Producer - Charles Roven

Producer - Alex Gartner> (Atlas Entertainment)

Producer - Thomas Tull (Legendary Pictures)

Producer - Jon Jashni (Legendary Pictures)

Writer - Charles Leavitt

Writer - Duncan Jones

Visual Effects Director - Bill Westenhofer

Cast

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Confirmed

• Clancy Brown — Blackhand
• Travis Fimmel — Anduin Lothar
• Ben Foster — Medivh
• Rob Kazinsky — Orgrim Doomhammer
• Toby Kebbell — Durotan
• Paula Patton — Garona
• Daniel Wu — Gul'dan
• Dominic Cooper — King Llane

Rumored

• Burkely Duffield — ?

Likely not

• Paul Dano — ?
• Anson Mount — ?
• Anton Yelchin — ?
• Colin Farrell — ?
• Mila Kunis — Valeera Sanguinar?

Development history

2006 - 2008

In a May 9, 2006 press release, Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures (makers of Batman Begins and 300) announced that they will develop a live-action film set in the Warcraft universe. Legendary Pictures has acquired the movie rights for the game universe, and both companies are now focused on translating the Warcraft experience to the big screen. Read more about it in the press release. Uwe Boll attempted to apply for the job of director, from which Blizzard CEO Paul Sams replied "We will not sell the movie rights, not to you…especially not to you." At BlizzCon 2008, according to Mike Morhaime, a script was being written.Chris Metzen mentioned that the film will be action-packed and violent, stating "We're definitely not going to make a G or a PG version of this. It's not PillowfightCraft."

2009 - 2011

The live-action film was set for release in 2009, but was later rescheduled to 2011. On July 22, 2009, Blizzard Entertainment announced that Sam Raimi would become the Warcraft movie director, but in July 2012 he told Crave Online that he would not direct due to committing to the movie Oz: The Great and Powerful.

In 2010 it was announced that Filipina cosplay goddess Alodia Gosengfiao would likely star in the movie, but this was never confirmed by any official sources.

2012

As of early 2012, the movie has still not been announced to be in production, so the chances of it being made are getting lower by the year. At Comic Con 2011, Chris Metzen said the movie was not dead, but gave few useful details saying it was still in the "treatment stage". In mid-March 2012, Nethaera said the movie is "still on the radar" with no other update.

According to IMDB, the manuscript writer will be Chris Metzen. (Jesse Wigutow was mentioned, but has been removed). IMDB information on pre-release movies should be taken as suspect, though. IMDB generally only removes false information if someone reports it.

2013

Not much happened thru late 2012, but in late January 2013, Legendary Pictures announced that director Duncan Jones had been attached to the production, sparking some hope the filming might start. No specific development news has come out so far in Spring 2013, but lots of indirect evidence of film production has cropped up. However, previous Director, Sam Raimi, did explain why he left the project in 2013. He revealed that a lot of pre-production work was done by him and Robert Rodat (script writer), but Blizzard effectively vetoed their work and he largely blamed it on their mismanagement.

The film now appears to be real with an official announcement and short teaser at Comic-Con 2013. The film is supposed to begin principal photography some time in early 2014.

Comic-Con teaser

A very short visual teaser for the film was introduced by current director, Duncan Jones, at San Diego Comic-Con. Here is a brief description of the teaser which was not released to the public:

A view of a desolate, dry landscape full of rocky outcroppings that pans to a scruffy, armored human soldier drinking water from a leather skin. A cage with rocks in it is shown followed by a squeaking noise as a green tinged sky is shown with dark clouds and green lightning. The waterskin is tossed to the ground and the soldier draws his sword with a sound of metal ringing off metal. The human walks over to the skeleton a fallen soldier and picks up the soldier's shield. He smashes his sword on the shield, apparently testing it. Cut to the muscled green arm (likely of an orc) of a creature heading toward the soldier. They circle each other with flashes of green skin and some armor as they charge each other. An extreme closeup of the orc as it raises its hammer and brings it down as the human raises his shield. Cut to black. A Warcraft logo. And then the Blizzard Entertainment logo.

Filming in Vancouver, release in 2015

CTV News (of Canada) announced that filming would begin in January 2014 in Vancouver with a release date sometime in 2015.

Officially announced to release in late 2015

It has been announced to be released on December 18, 2015.

Official release pushed to spring 2016

Apparently the next installment of the Star Wars franchise was scheduled for late 2015, so it apparently prompted the studio to move the Warcraft film release to March 16, 2016.

Significant casting lined up

By early December 2013, several cast members have been confirmed or mostly confirmed. Among them: Travis Fimmel ('Vikings'), Paula Patton ('Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'), Ben Foster ('3:10 to Yuma'), Toby Kebbell ('The Counselor'), and Rob Kazinsky ('Pacific Rim'). Negotiations with Dominic Cooper ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier') are also being finalized.

Financing and distribution

According to the LA Times: "...Universal, a unit of NBCUniversal, will market, co-finance and distribute Legendary films for five years beginning in 2014..."

2014

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Media

Images

First conceptual art of Teldrassil, which was expected to make an appearance in Warcraft, but the movie has probably completely changed since this old art.

Official movie logo revealed at SDCC 2014.

Official new movie logo revealed at BlizzCon 2014.

Props seen at BlizzCon 2014

Videos

Warcraft Movie Panel Full - World of Warcraft Movie - Blizzcon 2013 HD

BlizzCon 2013 Movie Panel

Warcraft - Title HD

Old motion logo (circa Aug 2014)

Notes

• Related content on other pages should be marked with {{wowmovie-section}} for sections or {{World of Warcraft Movie}} for whole pages. Normal rules apply.

See also

• Suggested Warcraft movie actors ideas

External links

IMDB

IMDB.com Warcraft (movie)

Info

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film Activity Since 2012 By Medievaldragon – February 20, 2013

Fansites

warcraft.moviechronicles.com World of Warcraft - The Movie

warcraft-themovie.com Warcraft: The Movie

News

BlizzPlanet SDCC 2014 – Warcraft Movie Booth Photos

IGN.com Why Warcraft Was Easier to Adapt as a Movie than Mass Effect

HollywoodReporter.com Legendary's 'Warcraft' Adds Daniel Wu, Clancy Brown

ComingSoon.net Full Warcraft Cast Includes Ben Foster, Paula Patton, Dominic Cooper and More!

HollywoodReporter.com Legendary's 'Warcraft,' Spooked by 'Star Wars,' Moves to 2016

The Verge 'Warcraft' movie slated for December 18th, 2015 release

LATimes.com Universal Pictures sets 2015 release date for Legendary's 'Warcraft'

The Atlantic Wire 'World of Warcraft' Gets the Movie Treatment

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film Casting – Paul Dano, Travis Fimmel, Anson Mount & Anton Yelchin

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film Casting – Paula Patton & Colin Farrell Rumored

BlizzPlanet CTV News – World of Warcraft Film Could Save British Columbia Film Industry

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film “Conflagration” Based on Prince Arthas Menethil?

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film Shooting Scheduled to Roll Cameras on January 13 at Vancouver

PC Magazine Comic-Con Fans Get World of Warcraft Teaser Trailer. You Don't

ScreenRant.com Comic-Con 2013: ‘Warcraft’ Movie Teaser Footage Description

CinemaBlend.com World Of Warcraft Movie Officially Announced With Footage Screened At Comic-Con

/FILM Legendary Officially Reveals ‘Warcraft’ Teaser at Comic-Con

[First Warcraft teaser trailer debuted at San Diego Comic Con WowInsider] 

io9.com We just saw the first mighty teaser for the Warcraft movie!

BlizzPlanet Breaking News: Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros End Partnership, Warcraft Film Continues

BlizzPlanet Legendary Pictures / Warner Bros 8-Year Parnertship Contract Expires Soon – NBC Universal Interested

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film – Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment Welcome Visual Effects Supervisor Bill Westenhofer

Collider.com Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull Talks Duncan Jones’ WORLD OF WARCRAFT Movie, and Other Future Projects

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film – Duncan Jones visits Blizzard Entertainment

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film – Motion-Picture

BlizzPlanet Sam Raimi Reveals Why He Departed the Warcraft Film

BlizzPlanet Duncan Jones Teases Working on the Warcraft Film Today

Guardian.co.uk: Film Blog World of Warcraft: how to make the movie really like the game

Hollywood Reporter 'Warcraft' Movie Lands 'Source Code' Director (Exclusive)

FansShare.com When will Call of Duty and World of Warcraft movies be made?

BlizzPlanet Warcraft Film – Blizzard Wants Your Casting Call Ideas

Variety.com 'World of Warcraft' drafts new scribe Legendary sparks to Charles Leavitt take on fantasy tale

WowInsider Warcraft Movie will not be directed by Sam Raimi

IMDB.com News for Warcraft (movie)

Cinema Blend Comic Con: World Of Warcraft Movie Isn't Dead But It's Nowhere Close To Happening

kotaku.com BlizzCon07: Warcraft Movie Details Revealed At BlizzCon

PC.IGN.com BlizzCon 2007: New Details of the Warcraft Movie - Blizzard and Legendary Pictures let loose.

Movies.IGN.com Warcraft Movie Announced

nytimes.com Game Maker to Put Product on Big Screen

hollywoodreporter.com Legendary enters world of 'Warcraft'

warcraft-themovie.blogspot.com Warcraft The Movie - Blogspot

warcraftmovie.net Warcraft Movie News & Videos