Warcarft Movie Cast Reveal

[Defrager]

What, no one here watched RocknRolla? Toby Kebbel was beyond awesome there.

I love RocknRolla and Toby set that movie alight. His involvement alone has me pumped.

Good cast of actors on the verge. Very capable of building an amazing universe and setting both themselves and Blizzard up with another cash cow going forward.

[yetgdhfgh]

I still don't know who Christopher Lee is.

Blasphemy!!!

GO watch some hammer horror right now or dont darken these forums again heathen!

[MoanaLisa]

*sigh* Because a movie requires A-list stars to be good, right?

The reality is the more A-List stars you have the worse it's likely to be. Take a good look some time at some of those All-Star Agatha Christie movies that had a dozen big-name cast members from a few decades ago. Even with sure-fire material they didn't go well.

[stumpy]

You know he was considered the movie's star power at the time?

What, Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo weren't enough? *gasp*

Very few actors start in porn, especially these days when such things come to light so easily. The industry (and society) is pretty prudish about that.

Cameron Diaz comes to mind. Then again, everything about her breakout role in The Mask (and a few after) screamed "ascended pornstar."

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Blasphemy!!!

GO watch some hammer horror right now or dont darken these forums again heathen!

So... a B-movie actor!

/snark

[roahn the warlock]

anyone who thinks this is going to be a heavy plot based movie is silly.

Legendary rarely has heavy plot based movies. Their movies are a 2-3 hour spectacle of epic and beautiful war and killing, with lots of heroic moments and brutal deaths. I honestly expect 300: warcraft. and oh will I be happy to see it

[yetgdhfgh]

So... a B-movie actor!

/snark

Hammer horror was awesome and alot of top directors was big fans

It was no coincidence that george lucas employed alot of hammer horror stars like peter cushing, Christopher lee, david prowse

Oh wow i do like to go off on a tangent what can i say im a huge movie buff

[Haven]

and he's a nobody now.

But he was THE Aragorn. I mean, one can hardly imagine anyone else on this role.

[stumpy]

Hammer horror was awesome and alot of top directors was big fans

It was no coincidence that george lucas employed alot of hammer horror stars like peter cushing, Christopher lee, david prowse

Absolutely. And Roger Corman gave the likes of Jack Nicholson their start.

[Lillemus]

and he's a nobody now.

Viggo Mortensen a nobody? A History of Violence and Eastern Promises? I realise these are "older" movies, but still pretty mainstream. He is a pretty strange guy though, so I don't think he goes chasing after the mainstream movies too much.

But at any rate, imo it's better to not hire a-list actors, and let the movie carry itself instead of letting the a-list actor(s) define the movie.

[Xiphan]

Great. Glad they went for people without blockbuster lead roles under their belt already.
Toby Kebbell would be a pretty good fit for Medivh. Really enjoyed his character in Rock N Rolla.

[roahn the warlock]

People need to realize quickly that good acting is good acting. A lot of people can do it. There are A list actors that dont have two brain cells to rub together. They are A list actors because they got very very lucky and got into a good first role, under a good director.

Wanna know what makes a good movie? It is the director. Not the actors, any dipstick can act.

[Dazzy]

Never heard of any of them. So it looks like it will be a crappy B movie that will go to DVD a month after its in theaters

Most movies are on dvd that quick now. It is however, a movie with a very small fan base in hollywood terms. Most blockbusters open with 5x the entire wow player base the first weekend. I wouldn't expect it to be a blockbuster or be in theaters very long.

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People need to realize quickly that good acting is good acting. A lot of people can do it. There are A list actors that dont have two brain cells to rub together. They are A list actors because they got very very lucky and got into a good first role, under a good director.

Wanna know what makes a good movie? It is the director. Not the actors, any dipstick can act.

Not even remotely true. There are about 50 good actors on the planet. Put average actors in a movie and it doesn't do anywhere near as well as if it had actors that made you believe it was happening (drew you in).

[roahn the warlock]

This Koopa ...Klown.....


God that movie is facepalm worthy. Then again a Mario movie is dumb as it is.

We don't... We don't speak of that... motion picture

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Most movies are on dvd that quick now. It is however, a movie with a very small fan base in hollywood terms. Most blockbusters open with 5x the entire wow player base the first weekend. I wouldn't expect it to be a blockbuster or be in theaters very long.

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Not even remotely true. There are about 50 good actors on the planet. Put average actors in a movie and it doesn't do anywhere near as well as if it had actors that made you believe it was happening (drew you in).

Oh so very true. I will give you one example. Mark Whalberg, he is an excellent actor? No? yeah, what was that movie called. The happening? Yeah. Enough said

Here's another Jennifer Connelly. Wanna know what she started out in? Go look it up. Then go watch a beautiful mind. All about a director's ability to move and motivate their actors

[Confirm Deny]

and he's a nobody now.

maybe i'm too negative.

Definitely too negative. Mortensen is taking a deliberate break from films, but he is a top-tier A lister for sure. He got quite popular after LotR with A History of Violence, and even nearly won a friggen Oscar with Eastern Promises half a decade after LotR. The Road is still generating buzz on Netflix and in other places.

Looking forward to the actors, if not that many bad things have been said about them other than the guy in True Blood... but I think that show's probably gone a bit crazy in general. I don't watch.

Dominic Cooper seems like he has a lot of potential. Walked in on my folks watching Dead Man Down while visiting on holidays, and it was really light watching (pretty shallow), but he certainly stood out as somewhat convincing.

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Ben Foster was a good choice, these other guys I'm not very familiar with.

[Mormolyce]

and he's a nobody now.

i really hope these actors joining the warcraft movie aren't hoping for it to springboard their career, because my gut reaction is "uh oh". maybe i'm too negative.

Shrug. Every aspiring actor looks at roles in that way.

I still don't know who Christopher Lee is.

He's been in something like 300 films.

But you had to like the kind of films he was in to know him. Also he was more famous in Britain.

P.S. Christopher Lee is fucking awesome, read a bio on him some time. He's even cooler IRL.

[Lillemus]

Most movies are on dvd that quick now. It is however, a movie with a very small fan base in hollywood terms. Most blockbusters open with 5x the entire wow player base the first weekend. I wouldn't expect it to be a blockbuster or be in theaters very long.

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Not even remotely true. There are about 50 good actors on the planet. Put average actors in a movie and it doesn't do anywhere near as well as if it had actors that made you believe it was happening (drew you in).

I'm fairly certain they will attempt for a broader audience, the fantasy / action genre is no longer a niche genre and could attract a much larger audience, which I suspect is their plan.

[klaps_05]

people hang up on actors not having that much credit, think about it - Viggo Mortensen didn't have much real work behind him before LOTR and then he made the best fucking Aragorn ever.

I am sure Metzen will be on set or visit the set often to make sure they are following character profiles.

[r3d3mpt10n]

Rob Kazinsky was also in Blade if i remember correctly, if not Blade then some other Vampire movie...

Imo, the cast is looking pretty good so far, and what people seem to forget, is actors need good movie performances to be considered better than B List, maybe the Warcraft movie will make one of the actors in it a bit bigger.. even then, its still got over a year before it starts filming, thats plenty of time for one of them to bring out a big movie, starring, or co starring with another top actor.. as far as im aware only one of them hasn't worked with a big movie name, and thats the guy from Vikings.

Thing is, they all have experience, which is the main thing... they arent completely unproven... we just need a good story to be honest.

[Conno]

Kazinsky is a wow player, according to his twitter he's got 463 days /played, plays a dk, has every class.

so i'd say it's safe to say he isn't doing it as a springboard, must be a buzz for him!