by JR Cook - 11 years ago     show comments

In a recent interview with producer Charles Roven over on SlashFilm we got some new information on the Warcraft movie conveniently titled “WarCraft” (please note this movie is not called “World of Warcraft”).

Earlier this year it was announced that Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) would be directing the movie after Sam Raimi was removed/left the project to what at the time seemed like it’s death. However, things have been in full swing and we’ve seen several updates from Duncan Jones on twitter regarding the movie and also several updates from Blizzard’s own cinematic VP Nick Carpenter who appears to have an important role in the movie as well.

Charles Roven was quoted as saying “First quarter of 2014 we’re going to shoot the movie… we’re moving forward; obviously Legendary is making that film and I’m having a great time with Duncan.”

Now this news a little bit off from what we originally heard (filming in late 2013 with a release in 2015) – however, even with that small of a delay I believe a 2015 movie release is still entirely possible. 2015 is already shaping up to be a nerd’s heaven for movies as both Avengers 2 and Star Wars: Episode 7 are planned to release that year as well.

With this schedule I wouldn’t be surprised in the least to possibly see Duncan Jones and possible actors/actresses who are selected to star in the movie to make an appearance at BlizzCon this year to talk about the movie. We’ll have to see though.