'Warcraft' Movie Release Date Delay News: Pushed Back Again to June 2016

By Liezl Dunuan, Christian Post Contributor Monday, April 27, 2015

Sad news for fans of the "World of Warcraft" – the movie adaptation of the popular fantasy game series called "Warcraft" will not be coming out until June 2016. Universal Studios recently announced that the movie will be delayed by three months. It was originally scheduled for release in December 2015 and moved to March 2016.

Described by IGN as a "3D epic adventure of world-colliding conflict," the movie is being directed by Duncan Jones, who also directed "Moon." Jones, according to a report in PC Gamer, was said to have received the news well. He tweeted his excitement that the movie will get a slot in the "summer blockbuster window."

Jones wrote the script with Charles Leavitt. The movie will star Ben Foster of "Lone Survivor," Dominic Cooper of "Need for Speed," Travis Fimmel of "Vikings" and Toby Kebbell of "RocknRolla."

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The movie is an adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment's game franchise, "World of Warcraft." Plans for the movie started as early as 2006. According to Wikipedia, the film is set in the world of Azeroth. Instead of showcasing the full-blown conflict that is featured in the game series, it will apparently dwell on the origin story of the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs.

The film will feature both human and orc characters, such as the Humans of Stormwind which includes Sir Anduin Lothar, King Llane Wrynn, Magus Medivh, Khadgar and Lady Taria. The Orcish Horde will have Durotan, Orgrim Doomhammer, Blackhand "The Destroyer" and Gul'dan.

Production for the film started in January 2014 and was done by May. It was originally scheduled for release in December 2015, which coincided with the "Star Wars" release. It was then moved to March 2016. The film is currently in post-production which according to earlier reports would last for about 20 months.

Producers include Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Tessa Ross, Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Stuart Fenegan, and Chris Metzen of Blizzard Entertainment.