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Duncan Jones began the recording of the Warcraft Film on January 13th, and barely 24 hours later the teasing has begun: “Love big film sets! Always have. Just had a lovely wander through Durotan’s hood. Off to another set next!”– said Duncan.

This might only mean one out of two possible locations. The first thought to cross a lore fan when he/she reads “Durotan’s hood” is: Frostfire Ridge in Draenor.

Some of the Frostfire Ridge screenshots given to us at BlizzCon 2013 can be found here. So the Durotan’s hood (stands for: neighborhood) should look similar to the BlizzCon screenshots. The RedShirtGuy wrote a Blizzplanet article about his hands-on gameplay experience at BlizzCon 2013.

If the film story is set to start with images of both planets, and Durotan is in Frostfire Ridge at the beginning of this story — what we will likely experience in the film’s initial 30-minutes is the opening of the Dark Portal. Of course, these scenes could be flashbacks too.

The second Durotan’s hood was in Azeroth … that was the Alterac Valley (known by PvP players as one of the Battlegrounds). The problem with this is that we already saw a concept art showing Draenor. Thus, the first option sounds more likely to be the script’s aim, and what Duncan meant.

Would you want more teasers from Duncan? If so, join the discussion on twitter.

Note: If you missed it, read our full transcript of the BlizzCon 2013: Warcraft Movie Presentation Panel.

The Warcraft film is less than a month away from starting to roll cameras to record scenes on January 13, 2014. The release date was moved to March 11, 2016.

So far Legendary Entertainment officially announced a few actors to star in the Warcraft film — with the latest two actors announced yesterday to join the cast:

Legendary Entertainment announced today new casting details for the Warcraft Film which starts recording on January 12, 2014. Daniel Wu and Clancy Brown join the casting along with those recently announced.

Daniel Wu was most recently in the following films: Europa Report (2013), The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), and The Great Magician (2011).

Clancy Brown has been most recently in Cowboys & Aliens (2011), and he has a long acting history with Starship Troopers (1997), The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

What catches my eye is that throughout 2000-2013 Clancy Brown has mostly been a voice actor for video games and TV Series/animations such as G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Penguins of Madagascar, Thundercats, Green Lantern (The Animated Series), The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Wolverine and the X-Men — just to name a few.

This is interesting. Clancy might be playing as a real actor, or as a voice actor for a CGI character in the Warcraft film. Want to know something few may know? Clancy Jones voiced Thrall in the cancelled video game: Warcraft Adventures. He also voiced Scourgelord Tyrannus (Wrath of the Lich King’s Icecrown Citadel: Pit of Saron).

The Wrap reports Dominic Cooper is joining the Warcraft Film cast. Yesterday, Legendary Pictures announced the cast of actors to bring to life the main characters of the Warcraft film which is focused on the clash between Sir Anduin Lothar and Durotan of the Frostwolf clan during the First War.

We have seen Dominic Cooper in Jericho (TV series), Down to Earth (TV Series), and more recently in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Captain America: The First Avenger (as Howard Stark).

Legendary Pictures announced via Twitter the following actors are part of the of Warcraft film casting crew: Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell and Rob Kazinsky.

Ben Foster is known as Angel/Warren Worthington III in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Travis Fimmel is known in The Vikings (TV series)

Paula Patton is known as Jane Carter in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Toby Kebbell was in Wrath of the Titans, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Rob Kazinsky was in the HBO vampire TV series titled TrueBlood and Pacific Rim.

Missed the Warcraft Movie Presentation Panel in the BlizzCon 2013 livestream? Read our transcript here.

Recently, Universal Pictures announced the Warcraft Film by director Duncan Jones would be released on December 16, 2015. Today, Legendary Picture announced three movies have a new release date.

During the BlizzCon 2013: The Warcraft Movie Presentation Panel, a fan asked Duncan Jones about releasing the movie in 3D.

From the Legendary Pictures update, the new release date seems to be influenced by the Warcraft Film getting converted to 3D. Many films have had this treatment in recent years with success, and considering all the complex visual effects of Warcraft, it makes sense to literally jaw-drop the audience in blazing spectacular 3-D.

The Warcraft Film was among them:

Legendary Pictures’ WARCRAFT, released in 3D by Universal Pictures, will move from December 18, 2015 to March 11, 2016.
Legendary Pictures’ UNTITLED MICHAEL MANN PROJECT will be released by Universal Pictures on Friday, January 16, 2015.
Legendary Pictures’ SEVENTH SON will be released in 3D by Universal Pictures on Friday February 6, 2015.

About WARCRAFT

Legendary Pictures’WARCRAFT, a 3D epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based upon Blizzard Entertainment’s globally-renowned universe, will be directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) and is written by Charles Leavitt and rewritten by Duncan Jones. The producers are Charles Roven, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni and Alex Gartner. Stuart Fenegan, Jillian Share and Brent O’Connor will serve as executive producers. Blizzard’s Chris Metzen will co-produce. — source: Legendary, Nick Carpenter Twitter

Nick Carpenter shared on twitter just a glimpse into the type of work that Visual Effects can do for any film. The video below shows a “Before and After” breakdown from the film The Great Gatsby. While Westenhofer wasn’t involved in that film, this video shows heavy use of visual effects work. By the way, Simon Dugan (“The Great Gatsby” cinematographer) in on the Warcraft film. So this video below shows his work too.

Having watched that, below is a “Before and After” of the movie titled “The Life of Pi” for which Bill Westenhofer won an Oscar. Bill Westenhofer is the VFX supervisor for the upcoming Warcraft film.

Read the BlizzCon 2013: The Presentation of the Warcraft Movie Panel to find out what Bill Westenhofer along with director Duncan Jones, Rob Pardo, Chris Metzen and Blizzard’s Senior VP of Cinematics Nick Carpenter shared about the development of the film.

Here are some breakdowns on the visual effects of the film The Golden Compass for which he also won a BAFTA and an Academy Award.

The Production Weekly Magazine issue #873 has listed new auditions for the Warcraft movie. The listing still mentions the codename “Conflagration”, but it added a new one along with that which says: “Lost in Gastown”.

Gastown is a small town with a train station terminal located in Vancouver. “Lost in Gastown” is sort of a joke because it will get flooded pretty soon with actors from other states coming to the audition.

Director Duncan Jones moved to Vancouver on September 13th, and sported a Vancouver t-shirt at the BlizzCon 2013 Warcraft Movie Panel.

Updates soon. Investigating. =)

Update

I had the opportunity to take a look at the Production Weekly issue #583. I am not able to post an image because of copyright/trademark matters. It is a paid subscription magazine.

What I can confirm is that the audition listing mentions January 13 as the date to begin recording scenes. It is to be filmed at Vancouver.

The credits section mentions:

Producers: Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Stuart Fenegan, Chris Metzen and Jillian Share.
Writer: Charles Leavitt
Director: Duncan Jones
Executive Producer: Brent O’Connor
PM: Cecil O’Connor

The interesting part is that at the end of all those credits is CAST: Travis Fimmel. That pretty much sounds like the rumor is no longer a rumor. Travis Fimmel is part of the cast now.

What I find strange is that the film description continues to mention Arthas Menethil before he became the Lich King.

At the end of the audition listing it says: Paula Patton is in advanced negotiations and Colin Farrell has been offered one of the leads.

Next to that it says these dates: January 13 – May 21.

Release Date: December 18, 2015.

So there you go. The filming will be ongoing for five months, and Travis Fimmel (Vikings TV Series, 2013) is listed in the credits as a Cast Member.

I’ll attempt to double-check if that’s accurate.