It’s taken a long time for the Warcraft franchise to make its way to the big screen, but with director Duncan Jones recently wrapping production and San Diego Comic-Con on the horizon, it shouldn’t be long before we start hearing some definitive news on the highly anticipated project. In the meantime, however, Ben Foster seems happy to fill the void with a few new details.
Speaking with IGN, Foster talked about the character he portrays in Warcraft:
“The character in Warcraft that I play is named Medivh. He’s a mage, which is essentially a sorcerer… He came up in a time protecting an area, and the way he protected this area was through magic. As peace returned to this land he took a break. He hung up his staff, so to speak, or let his guns get dusty. We meet him as his friends are returning asking for his help in a battle.”
Foster also had high praise for the visual being provided by renowned effects house ILM:
“The way that they’re pushing motion-capture — I just saw some of the test footage — it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It’s performance-capture. It pushes it to the next level. It’s going to be one helluva 3D event.”
Foster also confirmed that his character would NOT be motion-captured, and talked about the differences between this film and other video game adaptations that have come before it:
“What’s exciting about Duncan Jones’ take on this video game is that it shows both sides of the war. It shows both sides of a conflict, which is exciting to me. It’s not just a video game turned into a movie. It’s asking, hopefully, an important question of, where do we limit our compassion for what we consider to be the bad guys?”
Warcraft is scheduled for release on March 11, 2016.
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