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[Rookje]

The latest issue of Empire (via BuzzHub) has given us our very first look at the set for the upcoming Warcraft movie, which is currently filming in Vancouver. Featuring director Duncan Jones watching his actors work, you can check it out below!

Set to star Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Rob Kazinsky, Dominic Cooper, Daniel Wu, Clancy Brown, Warcraft will open in 2D and 3D theaters on March 11, 2016.

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[Magwik]

itsnothing

 

[GuitarAtomik]

So curious how this is going to turn out. If it wasn't Duncan Jones directing, I'd have no faith in this movie.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Looks like the Stormwind throne room with all the blue and gold.

 

[JBourne]

Character creator.

 

[kirblar]

Looks like the Stormwind throne room with all the blue and gold.

Definitely.

 

[GK86]

That is a set alright.

 

[hipbabboom]

Oh god! This is actually being made?

Did they ever release the Asteroids movie based on the game?

 

[Loxley]

I have to admit...it's pretty cool seeing the Alliance crest in a live-action setting. Even if it's just a tiny blip in the background. Also, given the blue and silver armor of the guards, plus the apparently circular architecture of the set and the distinctly Alliance crests in the background - it's very likely that's the Stormwind throne room.

 

[antonz]

That is the throne room exactly in Stormwind Keep. Tile pattern on floor is in game etc.

 

[Grakl]

yo if duncan jones made this good it'd be insane

 

[Entropia]

So a couple of Jedi are standing in the Stormwind Throne room?

 

[Acorn]

Daniel Wu, Clancy Brown.

 

[Ridli]

Ugh, I did not think I'd care but just that tiny peek at the throne room is making me nostalgic. That looks like it *might* be a SW guard in the left monitor but I'm not used to their armor being, you know, metal.

Edit, haha there is a bigger close up of the guard amour in the left side of the pic. I was focused on the monitors.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

So a couple of Jedi are standing in the Stormwind Throne room?

My first thought as well lol.

They look like fucking Jedi.

 

[Einbroch]

Can't wait to see the lightsabers.

 

[StormyTheRabbit]

So a couple of Jedi are standing in the Stormwind Throne room?

Gah that joke was made so much earlier, and it was still not funny then

 

[braves01]

I don't see any choppers.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

I'm worried that by being so true to the source material, it'll come off as corny.

But then, isn't that the complaint for most adaptations, it diverts too much from it's original medium?

Maybe dudes in giant pauldrons in a cartoon-like fantasy world won't make such a good movie.

 

[Lowmelody]

Dudes need shoulder armor the size of hatchbacks for it to feel like WoW tho.

 

[Knox]

They need to rethink the costumes. Where are their giant shoulder pads?

edit: So many shoulder armor jokes

 

[oneils]

So the movie is live action? Huh, I thought it was going to be animated for some reason.

 

[Ferrio]

Going to be so incredibly bad.

 

[Arozay]

I was hoping the movie would just be people acting in front of green-screened screenshots of the game.

 

[triplestation]

feels like 2007 all up in this damn thread

whos directing league of legends?

 

[Angry Grimace]

This is going to be so cringeworthy. Seriously, D&D movie all over.

 

[Atlantis]

How much screen time will be dedicated to daily quests?

 

[shira]

phantomly menacing

 

[Flame Lord]

Reminds me of George Lucas on the set of episode I.

 

[Anbokr]

Guys on the right look like jedi tbh.

 

[psylah]

BOOOO

 

[Shaanyboi]

phantomly menacing

...I don't get it. Dudes standing in robes is a bad sign now?

 

[Captain_Spanky]

I'm assuming the plot is (WARCRAFT III/FROZEN THRONE spolier)

Spoiler

Arthas becoming the Lich King and destroying his homeland

because that's the most gripping plot thread in all of Blizzard?

 

[Kurdel]

...I don't get it. Dudes standing in robes is a bad sign now?

One word: Cloaks.

Edit:

I'm assuming the plot is (WARCRAFT III/FROZEN THRONE spolier)

Spoiler

Arthas becoming the Lich King and destroying his homeland

because that's the most gripping plot thread in all of Blizzard?

I can see them so the events of Warcraft 1 and 2 and keep Arthas as the juicy sequel.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

I'm assuming the plot is (WARCRAFT III/FROZEN THRONE spolier)

Spoiler

Arthas becoming the Lich King and destroying his homeland

because that's the most gripping plot thread in all of Blizzard?

Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. First contact with orcs, Anduin Lothar vs Blackhand.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I'm assuming the plot is (WARCRAFT III/FROZEN THRONE spolier)

Spoiler

Arthas becoming the Lich King and destroying his homeland

because that's the most gripping plot thread in all of Blizzard?

It's the first war between humans and Orcs. I don't know anything about WoW lore though so someone else can be more specific. There's a reason they're just calling this just "Warcraft" as opposed to "World of Warcraft".

EDIT: Beaten

 

[ComputerMKII]

Wasn't Sam Raimi supposed to direct?

 

[Zeppeli]

I'm expecting this movie to retcon a whole bunch of lore so Blizzard can advertise Pandarens some more

 

[Broder Salsa]

Will watch if there's pandas in it.

 

[Sectorseven]

Where all the gnomes at?

 

[BrokenEchelon]

One word: Cloaks.

Edit:



I can see them so the events of Warcraft 1 and 2 and keep Arthas as the juicy sequel.

They can do the lead up to Arthas' trip to Northrend as the first film, and end it on a cliffhanger.

In fact, the most logical thing to do would be to do WCIII as a trilogy, but I'm pretty sure they're going to focus on humans and elves because audiences are too inept to watch Orcs that aren't dumb do cool shit.

Thrall/Doomhammer/Lord of the Clans movie plox.

Wasn't Sam Raimi supposed to direct?

And now he isn't, thank god.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Wasn't Sam Raimi supposed to direct?

That was afew years ago.

Duncan Jones is definitely a gamer though, and it sounds like he made some significant changes since taking the job. Namely not making it solely about the humans.

 

[K.Sabot]

What time does this movie take place in?

Pre or post betrayal of arthas?

or hell, pre or post medivh?

 

[LAUGHTREY]

I'm expecting this movie to retcon a whole bunch of lore so Blizzard can advertise Pandarens some more

Hur hur dur duh hur, did you just come up with that just right now? They already made a warcraft movie it's called Kung-Fu Panda amirite?

=|

If anything it's a giant ad for the new orc focused expansion coming later this year that will probably be current when the movie releases.

They can do the lead up to Arthas' trip to Northrend as the first film, and end it on a cliffhanger.

In fact, the most logical thing to do would be to do WCIII as a trilogy, but I'm pretty sure they're going to focus on humans and elves because audiences are too inept to watch Orcs that aren't dumb do cool shit.

Thrall/Doomhammer/Lord of the Clans movie plox.

They talked about it at the last blizzcon, its the first war.

 

[Konka]

I remember the good old days when Warcraft meant an RTS game.

 

[wenis]

Looks terrible!

 

[bananafactory]

Have faith in this because Duncan Jones. Moon and Source Code were two of my favourite movies the past few years. Even though Source Code falls apart when actually start thinking about how everything in that movie works..

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Color me interested now for Ragnar Lothbrok and the mighty fine Paula Patton

 

[Kinyou]

Wow, it's actually happening. Thought this movie was just vaporware

 

[Carcetti]

Those men don't even have shoulderpads. Faaake.