Warcraft (to be released internationally as
Warcraft: The Beginning) is an upcoming 2016 American
epic fantasy film directed by
Duncan Jones and written by
Chris Metzen. It is based on the
Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of
Azeroth. The film stars
Travis Fimmel,
Paula Patton,
Ben Foster,
Dominic Cooper,
Toby Kebbell,
Ben Schnetzer,
Robert Kazinsky,
Daniel Wu,
Ruth Negga,
Anna Galvin and
Clancy Brown. The film portrays the origin story of the initial encounters between the
humans and the
orcs, with an emphasis upon both sides of the conflict, and will take place in a variety of locations established in the video game series.