![]() The story has as its core the events leading up to and including those played through in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the very first game in the Warcraft franchise. So begins a spectacular saga of power and sacrifice in which war has many faces, and everyone fights for something. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. This comes to us courtesy of master scooper Daniel Ritchman.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. Of course, one must always approach this kind of news and speculation with caution but returning to Warcraft undeniably makes a lot of sense. The World of Warcraft video game franchise has a rich depth of both and is ripe for further adaptation. ![]() While Warcraft may have stumbled both financially and critically, the movie barely scrapped the surface where story and character are concerned. The movie also found a big audience in China, and, considering China's importance to box office takings these days, it seems that Legendary Pictures are now desperate to capitalize on this and have another go at bringing the World of Warcraft to the big screen. Despite this, Warcraft stood as the highest grossing video game movie of all time, until it was knocked off the top spot by Detective Pikachu last year. ![]() ![]() Given its $160 million net production budget, Warcraft reportedly needed to bring in at least $450 million to break-even. Warcraft was also a box office disappointment both domestically and globally, earning $47.4 million in the United States, and $391.7 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $439 million. Audiences responded much more favorably however, with the movie currently sitting at 76% audience approval on Rotten Tomatoes, against 28% from critics. Directed by Moon and Source Code director, Duncan Jones, who co-wrote the movie alongside Charles Leavitt, Warcraft stars Vikings' Travis Fimmel as Anduin Lothar, the military commander of the human forces in Stormwind Kingdom, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol star Paula Patton as Garona Halforcen, a strong-willed half-orc, Hell or High Water's Ben Foster as Medivh, the powerful Guardian of Azeroth, Preacher star Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn, the ruler of the Kingdom of Azeroth, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Toby Kebbell as Durotan, noble orc chieftain, Snowden's Ben Schnetzer as the gifted young mage Khadgar, Pacific Rim's Robert Kazinsky as Orgrim Doomhammer, The Shawshank Redemption star Clancy Brown as the fearsome orc chieftain Blackhand, and Tomb Raider's Daniel Wu as Gul'dan, a sinister orc warlock who is the founder and leader of the Horde.ĭespite the best efforts of all involved, Warcraft was met with brutal reviews from critics, who felt that the talent involved was ultimately wasted with this lacklustre video game effort. ![]()
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