SDCC '14: WARCRAFT Footage Description And Reactions; Travis Fimmel Is Lothar?

SDCC '14: WARCRAFT Footage Description And Reactions; Travis Fimmel Is Lothar?

Check out the footage description for Duncan Jones' Warcraft portion of the Legendary Pictures SDCC panel. Based on the reactions, it appears that the film is very "high-fantasy", complete with griffins.

By MarkJulian - Jul 26, 2014 02:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Warcraft
Source: via VGF


PANEL SUMMARY

-Warcraft is an origin story says director Duncan Jones. He wishes to show the audience how the humans and orcs came into conflict.
-The footage was very brief, mostly focusing on the various landscapes of Azeroth. However, there was a brief battle clip, revealing Travis Fimmel’s character. He’s playing a human, a knight with a massive beard says AICN’s Eric Vespie. This can only mean that Fimmel is playing Anduin Lothar in the film.
-“I’ve spent more time protecting my king than my own son,” says a human voice. This is presumably Lothar.
-”I’ve led thousands of warriors into battle but I fear being a father. Does that make me a leader or a coward?,” laments an orc. This is presumably Durotan.
-Although we saw Durotan, we don’t know which of the confirmed cast is playing him as the orcs are all CG, described as being something of a cross between Lord of the Rings and Avatar.
-Following the voice overs, there’s a footage montage of an epic battle that has a very high fantasy element that sounds like it’s Lord of the Rings x 1000.

There is an ornate chamber, full of swords and armor in neat rows everywhere. There are huge banners inside a royal chamber, with a massive throne that puts the Iron Throne to shame. There is a mountainous landscape with green clouds floating over it, with lightning shooting out of them….And then there’s shit-tons of action. The king has some kind of blue crystal in his hand, and then we see a woman shooting a similar blue glow into the air with her hand, and a man who has a glowy blue sigil carved on his forearm.

People are shooting lighting bolts out of their hands, and there is all-out melee between orcs and humans. At one point, a guy riding on a giant bird swoops down to attack a huge-ass orc. This film is seriously committing to the high-fantasy vibe, with people shooting light out of their hands while wearing ornate costumes, and lots of wild and crazy violence.

[Footage description via io9]

The cgi and vfx in the film was said to look good but obviously far from finished. Thus, Legendary didn’t post the short teaser online, however, they did reveal the teaser logo.

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Lancer1
Lancer1 - 7/26/2014, 2:21 PM
this is on my list can't [frick]ing wait 2016 is gonna be epic in every [frick]ing way
DelTorite
DelTorite - 7/26/2014, 2:21 PM
They nailed the look the weapons. This movie will surprise a lot of haters.
mbembet
mbembet - 7/26/2014, 2:24 PM
wb should've kept their contract with legendary
wallhead
wallhead - 7/26/2014, 2:25 PM
hell yea!
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 7/26/2014, 2:27 PM
Sounds really cool
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/26/2014, 2:29 PM
I'm saying it now, this will be the next LOTR! This footage description sounds amazing!
Demiurge
Demiurge - 7/26/2014, 2:30 PM
Lok'Tar Ogar !!!

Facade
Facade - 7/26/2014, 2:31 PM
I imagine Ragnar will be killed in this season of Vikings, opening up a great film opportunity for Fimmel.
wcwpoet
wcwpoet - 7/26/2014, 2:38 PM
This sounds awesome, never played the game, but I appreciate a good fantasy film.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 7/26/2014, 2:58 PM
Yes! High-Fantasy!
silverhawk
silverhawk - 7/26/2014, 3:33 PM
Never played Warcraft but the fact that Duncan Jones is directing the film makes me extremely excited!
Ace101
Ace101 - 7/26/2014, 3:34 PM
I need the footage now!
quidom
quidom - 7/26/2014, 4:32 PM
@silverhawk

So you're the guy!
Hellboy6666
Hellboy6666 - 7/26/2014, 4:37 PM
That guy ^^^ looks like a dirty transient.
Mrsinister
Mrsinister - 7/26/2014, 4:53 PM
Im so excited for this movie
RobertLiefeld
RobertLiefeld - 7/26/2014, 5:05 PM
I can't wait to see the trailer.
silverhawk
silverhawk - 7/26/2014, 5:09 PM
@quidom

Yes, I'm the guy!!...wait the guy of what?
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2014, 5:16 PM
jones is a great director,i need to see some footage.
Archgoat
Archgoat - 7/26/2014, 5:37 PM
That title trailer was the best of all time, cannot contain the excitement.
levita
levita - 7/28/2014, 9:50 AM
No one had the sense to record footage?
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