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New ‘Warcraft’ Featurette Digs Into The Film’s Incredible Production Design!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: It’s nearly here!

Duncan Jones highly anticipated Warcraft is just over two weeks away from theatres, and Legendary has just debuted a new featurette which digs into the film’s incredible production design.

The featurette shows off the importance of melding visual effects with real locations, and while we don’t know just how good Warcraft will be at this point, it’d be pretty tough to say that the film isn’t gorgeous.

In Warcraft, the peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

Take a look at the video below, and be sure to let us know what you think! Warcraft hits theatres on June 10th!

Garona Gets Her Own Action-Packed ‘Warcraft’ Teaser!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: We’re now barely a month away from the heavily anticipated release of Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, and today Legendary has debuted another (short) teaser for the film, this time featuring the assassin Garona.

In Warcraft, the peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

It’s an action-packed teaser that should certainly drive excitement for the film! Take a look at the video below, and be sure to let us know what you think! Warcraft hits theatres on June 10th!

Draka Gets Her Own ‘Warcraft’ Poster At PAX East!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: We’re now less than two months away from the heavily anticipated release of Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, and today at PAX East the celebrated director debuted a bad-ass new poster for the film.

In Warcraft, the peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

It’s a gorgeous image featuring the female Orc Draka, and she definitely doesn’t look like someone you’d want to mess with!

Take a look at the new poster below, and be sure to let us know what you think! Warcraft hits theatres on June 10th!

Draka

Legendary’s ‘Warcraft’ Gets A Gorgeous New Poster!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: We’re now just a few months away from the heavily anticipated release of Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, and Legendary has just debuted a gorgeous new poster for the film.

In Warcraft, the peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

It’s a gorgeous image that showcases the Orc vs. Human struggle, and based on all of the footage that we’ve seen so far, there are set to be some mighty battles ahead for these two armies.

Take a look at the new poster below, and be sure to let us know what you think! Warcraft hits theatres on June 10th!

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New ‘Warcraft’ TV Spot Shows Off More Insane Effects!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: We’re still a couple of seasons away from Legendary’s beyond anticipated Warcraft adaptation to finally hit the big screen, and today the film’s first TV spot has hit the web, showing off some more incredible effects, as well as making us remember that director Duncan Jones is likely having a really tough time right now (sorry, Duncan).

In any case, it’s a great spot, that showcases a little more of what our humans and Orcs are set to endure during the feature. In the film, the peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

Take a look at the spot below, and let us know what you think! Warcraft hits theatres on June 10th!

The Official Trailer For ‘Warcraft’ Is Finally Here!

by Shane O'Hare

Holy cow! What a day so far. Activision Blizzard announces they’re starting a film and TV studio, and now this! We had the teaser for the Warcraft movie earlier this week, but now the full monty is here! Check out the trailer below.

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.

I’ll be honest, I was more hyped when I saw the teaser trailer a few days ago. This makes me believe that this will just be a generic fantasy story set infront of pretty green screens. Well I’m gonna hafta wait to find out!

Warcraft hits theaters June 10 2016!

‘Warcraft’, ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Get New Release Dates!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Dang.

Two films that I was really looking forward to have just received delays. Sure, they’re small delays, but delays nonetheless.

Warcraft, which was initially slated for March 2016, has received a new date of June 10th 2016. This puts it into the busy Summer movie season (showing confidence for the film, right?), and also pushes it away from the sure-to-be-a-blockbuster Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Pacific Rim 2 was originally set to release in April of 2017, and will also get a push to the Summer, hitting theatres on August 4th, 2017.

At least each push is only a few months, right? Are one are you most looking forward to? Sound out below!

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BlizzCon 2014: ‘Warcraft’ Cast Revealed

by S.J. Borger

Almost lost in the avalanche of announcements at BlizzCon 2014 today was the Warcraft cast. Never fear, though, we at Geekscape are here, battling exhaustion and bad internets, to bring you all the Blizzard news worth reporting.

And to not keep you in suspense any longer, here’s the casting (as we know it):

The Alliance

Travis Fimmel (Vikings) has been tapped to play Anduin Lothar. Yes, that Travis Fimmel and that Anduin Lothar. Lothar is known to most fans as the well-meaning, upright (maybe even a little uptight…) war hero and last true descendent of the Arathi bloodline.

Travis Fimmel will plau Aunduin Lothar in Blizzard/Legendary Pictures Warcraft movie.
Travis Fimmel will play Anduin Lothar in Blizzard/Legendary Pictures Warcraft movie.

King Llane Wrynn (grandfather to Prince Anduin Wrynn) is the ruler of the Kingdom of Azeroth during the First War (so that pretty much answers the when and the what of the movie, as the rest of cast confirms) and will be played by Dominic Cooper of Captain America: The First Avenger and Need for Speed.

Dominic Cooper will play King Llane Wrynn in Blizzard/Legendary Pictures Warcraft movie.
Dominic Cooper will play King Llane Wrynn in Blizzard/Legendary Pictures Warcraft movie.

Paula Patton (MI:5) joins the Alliance as Garona, a strong willed survivor torn between two loyalties.

Paula Patton will play Garona in the upcoming Warcraft movie.
Paula Patton will play Garona in the upcoming Warcraft movie.

Also joining the cast are Ben Foster (Lone Survivor)  as Medivh, the Guardian of Trisfal, corrupted and forsaken by the demonlord Sargeras, Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar, Medivh’s last apprentice and one of the great heros of the Alliance, and Ruth Negga (Agents of Shield) as Lady Taria, Queen of Stormwind and Llane’s great love & trusted advisor.

(l-r) Ben Foster, Ben Schnetzer and Ruth Negga have joined the Warcraft cast as Medivh, Khadgar and Lady Taria.
(l-r) Ben Foster, Ben Schnetzer and Ruth Negga have joined the Warcraft cast as Medivh, Khadgar and Lady Taria.

 

The Horde

The leading figures of the Orc Horde were announced as well.  Toby Kebbell (Planet of the Apes) as Durotan, Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan (for the Horde!), with Rob Kazinsky (Pacific Rim) as Orgrim, Durotan’s right-hand man, and Clancy Brown (The Highlander) as Blackhand, the Destroyer. Rounding out the Horde announcements is Daniel Wu as Gul’Dan, the supreme Orc ruler who can’t see the dark path he is leading his people down.

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l-r Toby Kebbell, Rob Kazinsky, Clancy Brown, Daniel Wu will all appear as famous Horde leaders in the Warcraft movie.

 

While exciting news (if somewhat disappointing that only two women were named, and both as lovers/advisors…still, that’s double the number of woman roles that were announced in the first Star Wars casting announcement, so…improvement? Maybe?), there’s still a lot we don’t know about the movie…other than it comes out in 2016, and it clearly deals with the First War and the creation of the Dark Portal.

Stay tuned for more Blizzard news from BlizzCon, and let us know in the comments what you think!

 

Warcraft Movie Cast Revealed

by S.J. Borger

Last week we had the sad news that Warcraft, the World of Warcraft movie, was pushed from a December 2015 release to a ‘sometime in 2016’ release (probably to avoid going up directly against Star Wars), but  today Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment gave us all something to celebrate. Or at least, gossip wildly over.

That’s right, some of the cast for Warcraft has been announced (note, there’s no character designation as of yet, so we know who’s in the movie but not who they’re playing) and they are (drum roll): Ben Foster (The Messenger, 3:10 to Yuma, X-Men: The Last Stand), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Paula Patton (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Precious), Toby Kebbell (Wrath of Titans, War Horse), and Rob Kazinsky (True Blood, Pacific Rim). Dominic Cooper (Captain America, An Education) is expected to finalize his deal with Legendary soon.

From left to right: Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Rob Kazinksy, Dominic Cooper.
From left to right: Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Rob Kazinksy, Dominic Cooper.

Details on the movie have been scarce, but we do know that production is slated to start early next year, and the movie will have two iconic characters from Warcraft lore: Lothar and Durotan. Which means the movie (or some parts of it, at any rate) will take place a generation prior to the events in World of Warcraft and, nicely, tie in to the WoW expansion set to come out next year, Warlords of Draenor.