Duncan Jones Reassures ‘Warcraft’ Fans That The Movie Is Not Just A CGI Experiment
For World of Warcraft gamers, the movie based on their favorite game cannot come fast enough, be it either for the fact that they can finally see Warcraft brought to life on the big screen, or so they can nitpick the movie and go back to their game. But considering the movie is slated for release in June of this year, little has been presented so far by way of images from the Warcraft movie set.
However, Warcraft director Duncan Jones has just started releasing on-set images from the movie, alleviating some fans’ concerns that the Warcraft movie was nothing more than a movie-length CGI experiment.
And an overhead of Stormwind Keep’s “Throne Room” temporarily set up for a meeting. pic.twitter.com/AyVWMzMEe7
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) March 3, 2016
Stormwind Keep is where king Varian Wrynn resides in the video game. However, in the movie, it will be where king Llane Wrynn (played by Dominic Cooper in the Warcraft movie) lives.
Just another day on the busy streets of downtown Stormwind. ? #WarcraftMovie pic.twitter.com/0VqzBopSyg
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) March 3, 2016
For many fans of the Warcraft games, the few images emerging of the movie had them wondering if the Warcraft movie was just a massive CGI experiment housed on a giant green screen. But thanks to Duncan Jones’ new images, it looks like while there will be some epic CGI in the movie, there will still be some parts that involve sets made by human hands. Duncan also reassured fans that he would be “leaking” more Warcraft on-set images over the next few days, so following him on Twitter might be the easiest way to get more long-awaited glimpses of the Warcraft movie.
.@CStrable Some of the set for the Stormwind city exteriors pic.twitter.com/zUzTf4dNVL
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) March 3, 2016
Warcraft the movie (also known as Warcraft: The Beginning) will tell the origin story of the battle for the planet of Azeroth. On Azeroth, humans are living peacefully, but thanks to dark magic corrupting the orc planet Draenor, and the orcs placing their sights on Azeroth, the humans must fight to protect it.
“When everybody is first introduced to the orcs, they all think they’re monsters and really evil. But through Paula Patton’s character Garona we come to find out that they’re much like us in the way of survival and they’ve really got no choice — they either find a new home or they die.”
“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.”
The Warcraft movie will be released in 3D by Universal Pictures on Friday, June 10, 2016. For fans of Aussie actor Travis Fimmel, Warcraft has been reported by News.com.au as premiering on June 16.
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