WARCRAFT: THE BEGINNING (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), Ben Foster (The Program), Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger), Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Ben Schnetzer (Pride), Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim), Daniel Wu (New Police Story), Ruth Negga (Fury), Anna Galvin (Vice), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption), Terry Notary (Avatar), Dylan Schombing (Pompeii), Callum Keith Rennie (Memento), Burkely Duffield (Pathfinder), Dean Redman (2012)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Duncan Jones (Moon), director, writer; Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond), writer; Stuart Fenegan (Source Code), Alex Gartner (Get Smart), Jon Jashni (Godzilla), Charles Roven (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Thomas Tull (Pacific Rim), producers; Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man), composer; Simon Duggan (The Great Gatsby), cinematographer; Paul Hirsch (Star Wars), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The fantasy kingdom of Azeroth is on the brink of war as it is invaded by a fearsome tribe of orcs who are fleeing their dying home and are in search of another. When a portal connecting both worlds opens up that could spell destruction and extinction for all races, two warriors from both sides – human knight Sir Anduin Lothar (Fimmel) and orc warrior Durotan (Kebbell) – team up on a quest to save everything they know and love…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The heavily-popular gaming series finally makes its way onto the big screen, with director Duncan Jones in charge of an epic fantasy showdown this side of Tolkien.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 30TH MAY 2016

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