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| Warcraft | |
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| Directed by | Duncan Jones[1][2] |
| Produced by | Thomas Tull,[3], Jon Jashni[3] (Legendary) Charles Roven,[3] Alex Gartner[3] (Atlas) Stuart Fenegan[2] Chris Metzen[2] |
| Written by | Charles Leavitt[3] Chris Metzen (presumed) |
| Studio | Legendary Pictures, Atlas Entertainment[3] |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release dates(s) | Unknown |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Expected upwards of $100 million[citation needed] |
Warcraft is an upcoming fantasy epic based on the Warcraft series and set on the world of Azeroth. It was first announced in 2006 as a project partnership with Legendary Pictures,[4] but since more than 6 years have past since the announcement and the film is still not in shooting, signs the movie would ever get made were slim until early 2013. Starting in February 2013, there has been a relative flurry of small news bits from recently named Director, Duncan Jones.[5] In April 2013, Legendary Pictures producer, Thomas Tull, was reported to have said production status, script, and release date announcements were coming "soon",[6] but this may be like Blizzard's "Soon™". Development does appear to be proceeding, though, as a Blizzard executive, Nick Carpenter, recently confirmed Bill Westenhofer as the Visual Effects director for the film.[7]
Despite Blizzard's extremely poor PR support for a Warcraft movie, Legendary Entertainment continues to include mentions of their involvement with the Warcraft franchise in the standard boilerplate description of their company into mid 2012.[8] In late January 2013, some hope was renewed when Moon and Source Code director, Duncan Jones, was signed to direct the film.[1] Supposedly Activision-Blizzard's CEO, Bobby Kotick, still supports the making of the film.[9] However, a general statemtent by Kotick to the New York Times about making movies out of game franchises could indicate that no properties of the company will ever be made into movies as long as he heads the company.[10]
At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, a short teaser was shown to the delight of the crowd, but was not release officially for public viewing.
Plot[]
The film was originally set in the era of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. This was scrapped, however, as there were notions that it would be too similar to Lord of the Rings and that Warcraft had reached its current level of popularity through its MMORPG, rather than the previous RTS games.[11]
As such, the movie is set one year before World of Warcraft and will primarily be told from the Alliance's point of view, though Metzen says his heart lies with the Horde. Characters such as Cairne Bloodhoof, Thrall, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Bolvar Fordragon are likely to make appearances. Arthas is unlikely to appear.[11] At BlizzCon 2007, Chris Metzen said that the main character is set to be a new hero described as a "kick-ass Human" and an "Anti-Thrall".[12][13] This new character in the movie is not same one as in the comic (now known to be Varian Wrynn).[14]
Metzen also stated clearly that lore would be bent for the sake of the film, Varian Wrynn might have a twin.[13]
Interestingly enough, the film is described as the "first film", raising obvious possibilities as to future installments.[13]
Concept art of Teldrassil was released in relation to the film, hinting that at least some of the film takes place there, and perhaps by extension, in Darnassus.[citation needed] However, so much has changed in the development of the film since the initial development, that it may now have no relation to the film.
Cast and crew[]
Crew[]
- Executive Producer - Stuart Fenegan[2]
- Co-Producer - Chris Metzen (Blizzard)[2]
- Producer - Charles Roven[2]
- Producer - Alex Gartner[2]
- Producer - Thomas Tull (Legendary Pictures)[2]
- Producer - Jon Jashni (Legendary Pictures)[2]
- Writer - Charles Leavitt[2]
- Visual Effects Director - Bill Westenhofer[7]
Cast[]
- Valeera Sanguinar? — Mila Kunis?[15]
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.[4] 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."[16] At BlizzCon 2008, according to Mike Morhaime, a script was being written.[17] 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."[18]
2009 - 2011[]
The live-action film was set for release in 2009,[18] but was later rescheduled to 2011.[19] 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.[20]
In 2010 it was announced that Filipina cosplay goddess Alodia Gosengfiao would likely star in the movie,[21][22] 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".[23] In mid-March 2012, Nethaera said the movie is "still on the radar" with no other update.[24]
According to IMDB, the manuscript writer will be Chris Metzen. (Jesse Wigutow was mentioned, but has been removed).[25] 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,[2] 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.[26]
The film is supposed to begin principal photography some time in early 2014.[citation needed]
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A very short visual teaser for the film was introduced by current director, Duncan Jones, at San Diego Comic-Con.[citation needed] Here is a brief description of the teaser which was not released to the public:[27]
- 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.
Media[]
Images[]
References[]
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Blizzard Entertainment Nethaera 2013-01-31. #1 - Warcraft Movie Update: Director Signed!. Official Community > General Discussion forum (US).
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 Borys Kit 2013-01-31. 'Warcraft' Movie Lands 'Source Code' Director (Exclusive). Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 Jeff Sneider, Marc Graser 2012-08-02. 'World of Warcraft' drafts new scribe Legendary sparks to Charles Leavitt take on fantasy tale. Variety.com.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Blizzard Entertainment 2006-05-09. BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® AND LEGENDARY PICTURES TO PRODUCE LIVE-ACTION WARCRAFT® MOVIE. Web.Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2007-11-25.
- ↑ Google search of "site:twitter.com/ManMadeMoon warcraft". Google.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-28.
- ↑ Matt Goldberg 2013-04-10. Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull Talks Duncan Jones’ WORLD OF WARCRAFT Movie, and Other Future Projects. Collider.com.
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Medievaldragon 2013-04-15. Warcraft Film – Legendary Pictures and Blizzard Entertainment Welcome Visual Effects Supervisor Bill Westenhofer. Blizzplanet.
- ↑ LG Electronics 2012-07-11. LG Electronics' First-Ever Appearance At Comic-Con Showcases Groundbreaking 3D And HD Technology (via PR Newswire). The Sacramento Bee.
About Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment is a leading media company with film (Legendary Pictures), ...Among the wholly-owned projects that Legendary Pictures is currently developing in-house are the upcoming Seventh Son, directed by Sergei Bodrov; the Jackie Robinson biopic 42; an adaptation of the phenomenally successful interactive game universe Warcraft;... - ↑ Jeff Sneider, Marc Graser 2012-08-02. 'World of Warcraft' drafts new scribe Legendary sparks to Charles Leavitt take on fantasy tale. Variety.com. “While Activision Blizzard-chief Bobby Kotick has held off on brokering film deals for his company's games, he told Variety if it's 'important to Blizzard, it's important to me. They're very excited about having a World of Warcraft film. They've been very careful and thoughtful about the development process.'”
- ↑ AMY CHOZICK 2012-12-15. At Activision, a Hero and Villain, Zapped Into One. New York Times. “CALL OF DUTY may look like a movie, but Mr. Kotick has little interest in turning it into one — and has turned down several studios’ requests. He says movies based on video games rarely please devoted fans and could taint the brand.”
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 Charles Onyett 2007-08-04. BlizzCon 2007: New Details of the Warcraft Movie. IGN (PC).
- ↑ Medievaldragon 2008-01-23. Blizzcon 2007 Videos (see Legendary Pictures Panel – Day 2 – Saturday 4th 2007). Blizzplanet.
- ↑ 13,0 13,1 13,2 Blizzcon 07 Legendary Pictures panel
- ↑ Amanda Rivera 2007-08-04. Liveblogging the BlizzCon movie panel. WoW Insider.
- ↑ Shawn Adler 2008-04-18. Uwe Boll Won't Ever Be Entering The World Of Warcraft. Retrieved on 2009-06-01.
- ↑ Alex Billington 2008-10-15. World of Warcraft Movie Still on the Horizon?. FirstShowing.net.
- ↑ 18,0 18,1 Michael McWhertor 2007-08-04. Warcraft Movie Details Revealed At BlizzCon. Kotaku.com.
- ↑ Medievaldragon 2009-10-12. Sam Raimi Announces Robert Rodat as Warcraft Film writer. Retrieved on 2009-10-18.
- ↑ Fred Topel 2012-07-13. Comic Con 2012 Exclusive: Sam Raimi Won't Direct the World of Warcraft Movie. Crave Online. “Actually, they don’t have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director,” Raimi said. “They had to start making it.”
- ↑ Red Baylon 2010-07-31. Cosplay Goddess Alodia to be in WoW movie. Japanator.com.
- ↑ Fated Blue 2010-08-21. It’s official: Alodia will be on the World of Warcraft movie. The 9th Soul (Anima9.Wordpress.com) blog.
- ↑ Pete Haas 2010-07-22. Comic Con: World Of Warcraft Movie Isn't Dead But It's Nowhere Close To Happening. Cinema Blend.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment Nethaera 2012-03-15. #10 - World of Warcraft Movie. Official Movies, TV and Entertainment forum (US). It's still on the radar. We just don't have any current updates to provide.
- ↑ IMDB information on pre-release movies should be taken as suspect, though. IMDB generally only removes false information if someone reports it. Warcraft (????). IMDB.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-11.
- ↑ Medievaldragon 2013-03-05. Sam Raimi Reveals Why He Departed the Warcraft Film. Blizzplanet.
- ↑ An amalgamation of various reports of the teaser.
See also[]
- Suggested Warcraft movie actors ideas
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