First Look At Ogrim For WARCRAFT Movie

Universal and Legendary Pictures (via Wired) have released the first official images from the upcoming big screen adaptation, Warcraft, which features your first official look at Robert Kazinsky as the orc Ogrim.

“We were looking for someone who would be able to perform the gruffness, the humor, and the toughness of this character,” director Duncan Jones tells the outlet. “We’ve gone beyond the point where these are just creatures in movies. “We now have the technology and the ability to make new characters entirely.”

Legendary’s WARCRAFT is a 3D epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based upon Blizzard Entertainment’s globally-renowned universe. Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) and written by Charles Leavitt and Duncan Jones, the film is a Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment and Atlas Entertainment production. The producers are Charles Roven, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Alex Gartner and Stuart Fenegan. Jillian Share, Brent O’Connor, Michael Morhaime and Paul Sams serve as executive producers. Rob Pardo, Chris Metzen, Nick Carpenter and Rebecca Steel Roven co-produce. WARCRAFT will be released by Universal Pictures.

Fighting for The Alliance, Warcraft features Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn, Travis Fimmel as Anduin Lothar, Ben Foster as Medivh, Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar, and Ruth Negga as Lady Taria, and on the side of The Horde is also Clancy Brown as Blackhand, Toby Kebbel as Durotan, and Daniel Wu as Gul’Dan, with Paula Patton’s Garona caught in the middle.

Source: Wired

PACIFIC RIM 2, WARCRAFT & More Get New Release Dates

In addition to its lucrative Fast & Furious and Fifty Shades of Grey franchises, Universal Pictures is broadening its blockbuster appeal in the coming years. The studio is building a shared universe based on classic monsters, which will include last year’s Dracula Untold and the upcoming The Mummy. Additionally, Universal is releasing two Legendary Pictures films in 3D as part of their five-year deal: Warcraft, based on the online role-playing game, and Pacific Rim 2.

At CinemaCon, Universal announced release dates for Fast & Furious 8 as well as the two Fifty Shades of Grey sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. Additionally, the studio unveiled new or changed release dates for its other upcoming features.

Universal revealed both Legendary films will be pushed back a few months, Warcraft from March 11th, 2016 to June 10th, 2016, and Pacific Rim 2 from April 7th, 2017 to August 4th, 2017. As for the monster movies, The Mummy was pushed from June 24th, 2016 to March 24th, 2017, and an untitled monster film was moved from April 21st, 2017 to March 30th, 2018.

Furthermore, Universal announced Mena, the thriller headlined by Tom Cruise, will debut January 6th, 2017. Variety is reporting that Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is in talks to join the feature, which will reunite Cruise with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman. Gleeson has risen in popularity in the past few years, which is reflected in his schedule that includes Ex Machina, The Revenant, and, of course, Star Wars 7.

Warcraft and Pacific Rim 2 being pushed a few months lands both films in prime summer movie season slots. With Warcraft debuting in June and Pacific Rim 2 in the early-August date made popular by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy last year, Universal seems to have scheduled these films aiming to appeal to summer blockbuster fans.

Of course, with all movie studios across the board pushing for bigger blockbusters, more release dates, and broadening shared universes, Universal’s summer features will certainly have contenders at the box office. For instance, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 will open the weekend before Warcraft, with Star Trek 3 arriving a few weeks later. Both sequels will likely be big competitors for the Legendary/Universal film.

That being said, Universal seems to be positioning all their releases so that the features will have as much chance to bring in audiences as possible. With the summer movie season becoming so saturated in blockbusters, moving The Mummy and the untitled monster film to March releases may prove to open them up to more viewers. However, whether this new schedule is in fact successful remains to be seen.

Warcraft will premiere June 10th, 2016. Then, Mena will hit theaters January 6th, 2017. Fifty Shades Darker will follow on February 10th, 2017; The Mummy on March 24th, 2017; Fast & Furious 8 on April 14th, 2017; Pacific Rim 2 on August 4th, 2017; Fifty Shades Freed on February 9th, 2018; and the untitled monster film on March 30th, 2018.

Source: Universal / Variety

"Warcraft" Movie Cast And Synopsis Released

Recently at Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon gaming convention in Anaheim, CA, Legendary Pictures, Atlas Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, and distribution partner Universal Pictures held a panel for Warcraft® fans in support of the feature film that will appear in theaters on March 11, 2016. 

The panel marks Warcraft director Duncan Jones’s second appearance at the show, honoring his promise to “show a lot more next year” at BlizzCon 2013. Legendary held its first movie panel at BlizzCon in 2007, when producers Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni discussed the initial plans for bringing Blizzard’s world to the big screen, and today’s panel continues that tradition of giving the dedicated Warcraft fans first access to information and images related to the film.

Panelist:

Duncan Jones the director behind the award-winning sci-fi film Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011)

Chris Metzen the Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development for Blizzard Entertainment

Bill Westenhofer the BAFTA and Academy Award®-winning VFX supervisor behind films such as The Life of Pi.

Actor Rob Kazinsky whose character, Orgrim, from the Warcraft feature film was revealed today along with the names of the other characters that each member of the film’s principal cast will play (see full list announced below).  Kazinsky’s other recent projects include Pacific Rim and HBO’s “True Blood.”

Characters Revealed Plus Actors:

Until now the specific characters that the film’s principal cast are playing have been kept under wraps. Today the characters were announced, divided between ‘Alliance’ and ‘Horde’ – the two opposing armies recognized by Warcraft fans across the world.

THE ALLIANCE:

Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel)
The lead protagonist for the Alliance, Lothar is a war hero who has sacrificed everything to keep the people of Azeroth safe.

King Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper)
King Llane is the leader of the Alliance city of Stormwind and a beacon of hope to its people in a time of darkness.

Medivh (Ben Foster)
Known as ‘the Guardian,’ Medivh is a mysterious and reclusive protector who wields formidable power.

Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer)
Khadgar is a gifted young mage, embarking on a daring search for the truth.

Lady Taria (Ruth Negga)
Taria is the royal Queen of Stormwind, King Llane’s great love and most trusted counsel.

Garona (Paula Patton)
Caught between the Alliance and the Horde, Garona is a strong-willed survivor who must decide where her true loyalty lies.

THE HORDE:

Durotan (Toby Kebbel)
The lead protagonist for the Horde, Durotan is the noble Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan, battling to save his people and his family from extinction.

Orgrim (Rob Kazinsky)
Orgrim is Durotan’s right hand and a brave warrior destined to wield the Doomhammer: a weapon of orc legend.

Blackhand (Clancy Brown)
Known as ‘The Destroyer’, Blackhand is one of orc-kind’s most fearsome and titanic warchiefs.

Gul’Dan (Daniel Wu)
Gul’dan is a  supreme orc ruler, fueled by a dark magic that even he cannot control.

Synopsis:
Legendary’s WARCRAFT is a 3D epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based upon Blizzard Entertainment’s globally-renowned universe. Directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code), written by Charles Leavitt with a rewrite by Duncan Jones. The film, a Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment and Atlas Entertainment production, is produced by Charles Roven, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni and Alex Gartner. Stuart Fenegan, Jillian Share, Brent O’Connor, and Blizzard Entertainment’s Michael Morhaime and Paul Sams serve as executive producers. Rob Pardo and Blizzard Entertainment’s Chris Metzen and Nick Carpenter co‐produce with Atlas’s Rebecca Steel Roven. The film will be released by Universal Pictures March 11, 2016!

Check out the posters and other images released down below:

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