'Warcraft' movie news: Trailer releases this Friday

Warcraft movie poster Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures will release the very first full-length trailer for the "Warcraft" movie this coming Friday, Nov. 6. However, in a move to build up anticipation for what many expect to be the first "good" video game-to-movie adaptation, the studios have released a short 15-second teaser trailer that gives a few snippets of the film in action.

This re-iterates the first announcement by director Duncan Jones who initially revealed the release date for the full trailer via Twitter. Releasing the trailer on Nov. 6 will coincide with the Blizzard's BlizzCon event, which will showcase several Blizzard video games such as the final "StarCraft II" expansion and new additions to "World of Warcraft."

The teaser trailer doesn't give a clear look at the film's orcs, particularly of the co-lead character Durotan (Toby Kebbel) or his chief soldier Orgrim Doomhammer (Robert Kazinsky). It barely gives more than a passing glimpse of the main human character, Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel).

Alongside the new teaser trailer is a new poster and a few screenshots of the film's main characters on the latest issue of Empire (courtesy of /Film). Included among the photos is a clearer look at the three aformentioned characters, particularly of Durotan with a close-up shot of his face and a full-body look at Orgrim Doomhammer.

Other cast members include Paula Patton as the half-elf Garona, Ben Foster as the wizard Medivh, Dominic Cooper as King Llane Wrynn, Ruth Negga as Lady Taria, Daniel Wu as Gul'dan, Ben Schnetzer as Khadgar and Clancy Brown as the orc Blackhand.

No offiical synopsis has yet been released, although given the names of the characters, the movie will be primarily based on the first game in the franchise, setting the stage by telling the first war between humans and orcs before introducing additional factions that make prominent appearances in the later games.

"Warcraft" the movie will release in theaters by June 10, 2016.

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