First World Of Warcraft poster unveiled pits Horde vs Alliance

The curse ?f the videogame film may finally b? ?bout to break.

T?? fi?st poster for World Of Warcraft ??? ??en unveiled, ?ith t?e ?ery first trailer s?t for release on Frida?.

The film ?s based on Blizzard'? massively multiplayer online role-playing game - t?e mo?t popular MMORPG in t?e world, with more than 100m?llion accounts being create? ove? its lifetime.

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?he poster pits ?gainst ?ach ?ther t?e movie's tw? warring factions - t?e orcish Horde ?nd the human Alliance.

On the left sid?, slathered in red warpaint ?ith protruding tusks pierced, ?s leader of the Horde Ogrim, played by Fantastic Four's ?r Doom, Toby Kebbel.?

?n t?? ?ight i? Alliance champion Anduin Lothar, played ?y bearded Vikings star Travis Fimmel.

?ccording to the official website, t?e film ?s set in th? no?mally peaceful realm ?f Azeroth, now on the brink ?f war?as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing t?eir dying hom? to colonize anoth?r

'A? a portal o?ens to connect the tw? worlds, ?ne army fa?es destruction and the other fa?e? extinction. From opposing side?, t?o heroes ar? set on ? collision ?ourse that will decide t?e fate of thei? family, t?eir people and t?eir h?me.'

T?? film is directed ?y David Bowie'? ??n Duncan Jones, ?ho ?as ?lso behind 2009's Moon and 2011's Source Code.

?e has indi?ated before t?at it wil? not be a straight good v? evil story - that ?ach ?ide ?ill have a?protagonist?w?om audiences cou?d root for.

?t al?o stars Dominic Cooper, ?en Foster and Ruth Negga as Alliance mem?ers, ?nd Robert Kazinsky and Clancy Brown a? Orcs.

As th? half-orc Garona, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol star Paula Patton m?y have t?e most intere?ting roll of ?ll, forced to choose ?etween the side?.

Colin Farrell ?as once attached t? th? project, and a?though ?? ne?er sa? it t?rough he di? confirm that the script ?as 'amazing' and akin to Lord of th? Rings.

Videogame fans ?ave long awaited any film th?t ?ill do its source material justice; traditionally films based ?n games perform ?oorly, ranging from the decent efforts ?f Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Doom, and Mortal Kombat, t? th? abysmal Mario Bros, Street Fighter, ?lone In The Dark, Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

Fans m?st onl? wait until Friday to finall? see footage f?om the film, ?ith the long-awaited first trailer f?nally m?king its debut.

Hav?ng wrapped filming ba?k ?n May, it w?s?scheduled?for release ?n December 18, but pushed it ?ack to Jun?10 t??avoid?the release of Star Wars ?h? Force Awakens. In cas? y?u cherished t??s article ?s w?ll as you wou?d like to ?et mo?e inform?tion w?t? regar?s to my blog kindly go to o?r own web-site. ?