Update (3:00 PM EDT): Legendary finally uploaded the VR movie teaser to Youtube.

Warcraft Movie Trailer - November 2015
We finally have a release date for the trailer!



Warcraft Movie Footage
Attendees saw several minutes of footage and no recording was allowed.



  • Nerdist had a recap of the panel, but there wasn't any huge news there.
  • Recap of the footage from io9. Read the full description on their site for more!
    • Durotan says “Our planet is dying, we need food and water.” A group of orcs sit around the fire and talk about how they believe in the orc warlock Gul’dan (Daniel Wu), and will follow his lead.
    • Next Durotan and his wife, Draka, are laying on the ground of their hut. The wife has chosen a name for their child, but the father says “I’ll choose a name when I meet him.” She then reveals it’s a son and he’s very excited.
    • We see the aforementioned Gul’dan on a massive cliff with the Dark Portal from the games behind him. “Dead, alive, dead, alive,” he slowly chants. He reveals that a thousand soldiers need a thousand slaves - prisoners, not corpses - as fuel for the Fel
    • Montage of shots of the Alliance characters walking in on and around Stormwind, before we go back to the orcs, “We are not powerful enough to defeat them” one says to the other. “We could be,” the other responds.
    • King Llane Wrynn says “They’re beasts, they should be destroyed. If we do not unite to fight this enemy, we shall perish.”
    • There’s a shot reminiscent of Braveheart where the Alliance is running from the left side of the frame, it pans right and the orcs are running, and the smash into each other in the middle. That’s followed by a shot of a guy jumping off a cliff and jumping onto a Gryphon.
    • Warcraft definitely looks like it’s CG and green screen. These are not real sets.
    • Think a dirtier, dustier, more muted Avatar.
    • I think many fans are going to complain that it looks to fake but, come on, how else could this get pulled off?
  • Recap of the footage from geektyrant
    • The footage basically starts off with clips of the orcs and their lives in a desolate wasteland that is dying. They need to find a new place to live so they can survive.
    • This leads to them making their way through the dark portal into the world of Azeroth thanks to the help of warlock Gul'dan with his death magic.
    • Of course The Alliance discovers them, think the Orc are dangerous, and they go to war!
    • The audience was then treated to a ton of visually stunning battles sequences between these two factions.
    • Seriously, the footage that we saw is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It is the true definition of "epic."
    • I haven't been moved by film footage like this since I saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time.
    • Warcraft takes all of that CGI filmmaking to a whole new level.
  • Recap of the footage from ComingSoon
    • Basically it starts with a focus on the Horde as it shows a bunch of them walking across the wilderness until they come to an area with a bunch of green orcs
    • We spend some time with the orcs as they realize they need to find food and water to save their world
    • It shows a lot of Durotan and his wife who is pregnant and that seems to be a big part of the story
    • But we see a wizard creating a portal from the souls of prisoners
    • Anyway, the wizard creates the portal and the orcs rush through it and for that whole section we haven't seen a single human
    • When they get through the portal, they first see the humans on horseback and we get to see King Llane and some of the other characters who say that the Horde are monsters that need to be destroyed
    • There was a lot of footage of all the characters but it kept coming back to Durotan and his wife who has the baby in the human world where he's in danger
    • Yes, filming has been finished a long time. From the footage it's obviously very CG heavy especially in the Horde scenes because that's all CG
    • What's interesting is that it seems to be focusing more on the Horde characters in terms of the emotional base of the film
    • But maybe it was more impressive to show those characters than the humans
    • We did see a few scenes where the clash as well as characters riding on Gryphons
    • They didn't show a trailer but full footage, probably; 5-6 minutes and they were using the large side screens so the footage was being extended to either side
    • It looks good but it's very CG heavy
    • This wasn't a trailer but they obviously have enough footage to do one. I think this was more to introduce the story being told, the basic characters and the visuals
    • The individual characters looked great but there were huge scenes with thousands of orcs and the scene where Medivh opens the portal was pretty impressive
    • Yeah, the music was great and it definitely seems to be actual score from Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim)
    • No, they did not say when they will release the trailer online or anywhere.
    • We did get a brief glimpse of the elves, very short
    • "what about Paula Patton?" - We only see her very briefly in chains being taken somewhere
    • It seems the characters are really being given a lot of life and dimension


Warcraft Movie Posters
Some movie posters were shared on Twitter today.



Warcraft Movie Dagger
A dagger from the movie was also shared on Twitter.



Warcraft Movie Character Posters
Several character posters were shown at the panel. Thanks to several people on Twitter for the images (Latinoreview, AudejeMarot, joblocom, jjduncan, and Kraven1138)

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Comments 213 Comments
  1. Mazzic518's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by fakaroonie View Post
    So if the next expansion will tie in with the movie, this only means 1 thing. Gul'dan was sent to even another, alternate timeline. This time, no Garrosh, therefore, orcs drink the green beer. But who will defeat the mighty Mannoroth? It has to be the unborn son of Draka and Durotan, casting a fierce lightning bolt through his mother's genitals.
    LMAO I think soda came out my nose
  1. A dot Ham's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by JPDwarf View Post
    Actually, Warlords of Draenor was made for exactly the reason that Metzen said it was. ALOT of people never got the chance to see or experience Orcs vs Humans and to see some of these characters when they were in their prime (Hellscream, Blackhand, Gul'dan, Durotan, Khadgar, Garona, etc). This expansion has served as an introduction to many of these characters for some people (like me). For myself, I'm really excited to see these characters come to life on the big screen cause I want to see more of them. The decision to take the expansion in this direction probably came hand and hand once they knew the direction upon which the movie was going to take.

    The movie universe isn't the same as the game universe. They never will be. It's like others have said already.. just have to look at Marvel.. their comics and movies are separate.
    For now...

    Metzen says... that guy will do and say whatever he can/wants to keep you on the hook.

    Look I loved (past tense) WoD, i might have even loved it more than WotLK. I think I have been subscribed continuously now to WoD longer than I was to WotLK.

    But is glaringly obvious that they are quickly wrapping up WoD (for reasons unknown... call it subs, call it what you want) ahead of schedule and rushing into the next xpac. I think it makes me a little jaded considering there are a lot of little issues with WoD, in the past we would see a much more polished product, and very quick and diligent effort to fix issues. This xpac has not done that, it is clear that it is "not worth their time to fix" when we are already poised to jump into another xpac.

    Maybe I just need to change my mindset and attachment to my characters and time invested. Because more in more this game is being treated much like Activision's CoD franchise. Where they are more comfortable with a less polished game as it will be irrelvant in 365 days anyway.
  1. Alayea's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Tazdar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Vasti View Post
    It's the face. It looks shopped over an actual orc's face.

    I am surprised it hasn't started a Meme yet where people photoshop other faces on top of it. It is perfect for that. Nicholas Cage, Metzen, any one would do.
    I tried.

    http://i.imgur.com/5quKsFd.jpg
    &

    Quote Originally Posted by zer View Post
    This is just great - the drew the trailer - I "loled" hard ...

    http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/12/89...comic-con-2015

    Brilliant.
  1. fiestatastic's Avatar
    lol the less people that see a trailer for it the better, most likely. There is a slim to none chance that it isn't going to be a huge steaming turd in every way, with minimal previewing at least they are still guaranteed to at least sell tickets to all of us WoW enthusiasts. It is a business venture, by the way, for anyone who forgot. If they spend minimal money making it, and it sucks as a result, but still get a few million WoW fans to pay to watch it, it's a win.
  1. Logwyn's Avatar
    I wonder if it will be one of those the best parts were in the tailer moive.
  1. Midnitte's Avatar
    4 months for a trailer?

    ...uh huh.
  1. Invid's Avatar
    Its a shame they never got Marvel to do this movie. It would likely have been dope.
  1. Teebone's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Midnitte View Post
    4 months for a trailer?

    ...uh huh.
    More like 4 months to make sure lore nerds have nothing to pick us apart about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Invid View Post
    Its a shame they never got Marvel to do this movie. It would likely have been dope.
    Ugh,no. Remember, Marvel also did Hulk. Peter Jackson IMO.
  1. markdall's Avatar
    Oh *boy* we know the release date of the *trailer*!!!

    Screw this movie. Zero interest in seeing it. I don't care about the Orcs and the horde will of course be glorified to no end, because Blizzard.
  1. Shudder's Avatar
    Published on 2015-07-11

    Put up a new one already, jesus.
  1. Scopey's Avatar
    "I hope this won't be another Avatar".

    Avatar, a movie that made 2 billion dollars worldwide.
    I surely do hope it will be "another Avatar" just for the pure succes of that movie.

    Just a decent story and nice effects will do it for me. And a big big wish it doesn't flop like other game to movie adaptations.
  1. Feefel's Avatar
    People seem mad that this clip has orcs.
    Orcs are super necessary to tell WC1's story, I don't get why people are upset? Maybe because Blizzard shot themselves in the foot with 2 back to back Orc Expacs I guess?


    Also, now realizing that WoD probably was made to introduce players to the Characters in the film.
  1. chillshock's Avatar
    Probably - it would explain why the whole expansion is more about those faction-hopping NPC heros with the player-characters getting sidetracked even by them followers in their garrison (look at them get raidgear while you herb and mine!). ^^

    If they continue ruining the immersion and character/class distinction as well as the dismantling of the world and it's danger at the speed they currently show... no one's going to be around for the movie.

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