There is still some evilness in play - the entire invasion was set up by the evil warlock Gul'dan, for one. Unlike other universes in which orcs are run-of-the-mill, ill-intentioned brutes, the orcs in Warcraft are another race of intelligent creatures trying to survive through the death of their world, even if that means taking over someone else's. The catch is that the orcs actually aren't inherently evil. This conflict is what fuels the struggles between the movie's many characters, which have names as boring as Sir Anduin Lothar and as badass as Orgrim Doomhammer.
In the world of Azeroth, humans are fighting off an invasion of orcs, who arrived via a magical portal that linked Azeroth to the orcs' dying home world of Draenor. To put it as simply as possible, Warcraft is about the war between humans and orcs. Warcraft, the movie, is based on the universe in World of Warcraft Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures
These elements came together to make Warcraft more than a game for a lot of fans - and now it's a multimedia franchise.īefore we get to all that, let's start with what Warcraft, the movie, is about.
In short, the Warcraft series, which had its first game come out in 1994 but exploded in popularity after World of Warcraft debuted in 2004, rose to global dominance thanks to several different factors, including good timing, the growth of the internet, and a slickly designed, frequently updated game. to Tomb Raider, have flopped.īut how Warcraft became a cultural phenomenon - to the point that it's now coming to the big screen - is a bit complicated. Many gamers are hoping it will finally be the first good video game–based movie, after so many others, from Super Mario Bros. It is regularly mentioned or seen in all sorts of other media - perhaps the most popular example is the South Park episode wholly dedicated to the game, but it has frequently come up on TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and in movies ranging from Night at the Museum to Zombieland.Īnd on Friday, Warcraft will get a movie of its own: the simply titled Warcraft, directed by Duncan Jones (who is known for his 2009 indie hit Moon). The Warcraft series, mostly known for the enormous World of Warcraft, is one of the most-played video game series today. It's rare that a video game franchise becomes so well-known that Hollywood adapts it into a blockbuster movie, but if any game franchise has ever deserved as much, it's Warcraft.
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