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[Music] [Music] kill him kill him the war and this war is only [Music] beginning e e e e Warcraft alternatively known as Warcraft the beginning is American action fantasy film based on the video game series of the same name directed by Duncan Jones who co-wrote with Charles leave it it stars Travis fil Paula Patton Ben Foster Dominic Cooper Toby keble Ben schnetzer Robert kazinski and Daniel woo the film follows anduin lothar of Stormwind and dooen of the frostwolf clan as Heroes set on opposite sides of a growing War as the Warlock gulan leads the horde to invade Azeroth using a magic portal together a few human Heroes and dissenting Orcs Must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war and restore peace the film was first first announced in as a project partnership between legendary pictures and the games developer Blizzard Entertainment Warcraft premiered in Paris on May and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June the film gross dollar million in the United States and million dollars worldwide based on its considerable success in China where it gross dollar million becoming the highest grossing film based on a video game at the time however it failed to reach its Break Even point of million dollars after Global Marketing and distribution and the film received generally negative reviews from critics plot dra or home world to the Orcs is being torn apart by a force known as Fel magic orc warlock goldan unites the orc Clans Into The Horde and creates a portal to another world Azeroth by using Fel magic to drain the life out of captive dra Gan leads a small War band through the portal to capture and sacrifice prisoners on Azeroth to bring the horde dooen Chieftain of the frostwolf clan his pregnant mate draa and his friend orgrim doomhammer joined this initial War band on Azeroth draa goes into labor and goldan rescues goel the dying Baby by draining the life out of a deer to revive and Infuse him with fell magic the Orcs raid settlements throughout Azeroth anduin lothar commander of the human forces of Stormwind Kingdom finds trespassing Mage khadgar investigating the bodies of the slain men khadgar notices the bodies contain traces of fell magic stormwind's King Lane Rin sends them to the stronghold karajan to inform medv the guardian of Tyrus of the Fel Magic's presence on Azeroth loar khadgar and medv join a scouting team following traces of Fel magic but are ambushed by Orcs Med uses a spell to kill the Fel corrupted Orcs leaving the hordes Warchief blackand to flee along with durotan and orgam the team takes a half orc slave gona as prisoner but Lane releases her in exchange for loyalty to Stormwind gona leads the humans to spy on the orc camp where they learn of gold Dan's plan to bring the horde to azero while studying a book found in medivis library khadgar realizes that goldan had helped from someone in Azeroth opening the portal despite orgams objections Duren meets with Lane secretly to unite the frostwolf clan and the Huma goldan but the group is ambushed by Blackhand Med forms a iCal barrier to protect the human's retreat but loar's son Kalen is separated from the group and killed by blackand medv is weakened and garona and khadgar take him back to carazan to recover khadgar eventually realizes that medv is the one who helped gulan having been corrupted by fail magic at the orc Camp Blackhand purges the frostwolf clan orgam helps draa to escape after sending goel down a river in a basket draa is found and killed doen challenges go Dan to M Gora a duel to the death for leadership of the Orcs during the fight Gan violates the honorable combat Rules by draining the life out of durotan with magic killing him and earning the disapproval of the Orcs watching he then empowers blackand with the same magic medv now in a half demonic state starts to open the portal to dror and Gan begins sacrificing the captured humans to allow the rest of the horde to enter Azeroth Lane leads the human Army in an assault on the orc Camp while lothar and khadgar fight Medi and destroy the demon that began to manifest on the outside during Lane's funeral the leaders of the other human Nations along with the High Elves and dwarves Proclaim an alliance against the Orcs and support lothar as the leader of the alliance elsewhere orgrim takes one of durotan's tusks to one day give to goel the basket containing goel is found by a human past Travis fiml as andin Lo AR the military commander of the human forces at Stormwind Kingdom in Azeroth steadfast and charismatic andwin is a knight who has sacrificed everything to keep the king and his people safe paa Patton as garona a strong willed half orc caught between the War Of Orcs And humans Ben Foster as medve the guardian of Azeroth and a mysterious and reclusive protector who wields formidable magical power Dominic Cooper as King Lane Ren the ruler of the storm Kingdom in Azeroth and a Beacon of Hope for his people in times of darkness and anduin's brother-in-law Toby kebble as durotan a noble orc Chieftain of the frostwolf clan and the father of goel he fights to save his clan and the rest of the Renegade Orcs from goldan and the destruction of their world Keel also portrays the archmage antonas leader of the Kiran tour the Mage Council of dalaran Ben schnetzer as khadgar a gifted young Mage who was trained at a young age by the Kieran tour to succeed Med as guardian but left and eventually found his place in the Stormwind Kingdom Robert kazinsky as orgrim doomhammer duren's best friend and second in command of the frostwolf clan Clancy Brown as Blackhand The Fearsome orc Chieftain of the Black Rock Clan and puppet of goldan Daniel woo as goldan a Sinister orc warlock who is the founder and leader of the horde wielding powerful fell magic and driven by his ravenous desire for power Ruth Nea as Queen teria queen of Stormwind King Lane's wife and anduin's sister Anna Galvin as draa durotan's mate and the mother of thr Callum Keith reny as moros the caretaker of karajan and Med's assistant Berkeley Duffield as Kalen loar's son Ryan Robbins as Kos Dean Redmond as varis caged frostwolf in addition Terry notary provides the voice and motion capture for grish hellc scream the or Chieftain of the war song Clan though the part is listed in the CRS as peon notary also served as stunt coordinator and movement coach for the film working with cast members keble kazinski Brown woo and Galvin on their portrayals of the Orcs And with Foster on his portrayals of magic Michael Adam appears as king Magny bronzebeard the dwarf ruler of Iron Forge Glen clo makes an unit appearance as a Loi an ancient Mage locked in an artifact within Darin described as the guardian before there was a guardian in the comics elodi was the first guardian of Tyrus and a male half elf while the character in the film is closer to that of Awin Med's mother Chris medson who served as a co-producer and uncrit story writer for the film and is the senior vice president of story and franchise development at Blizzard Entertainment and the voice of Thal in the warcraft franchise makes an unred Cameo appearance as a turbaned perfume vendor on the streets of Stormwind Kingdom production development and pre-production the project was officially announced in May with blizzard initially wanting it to be set in the universe of the real-time strategy Warcraft Orcs And Humans video game from this setting was later dropped because blizzard decided that it would be too similar to The Lord of the Rings initially scheduled for a release the film would not see a release in that year by ComicCon the film was announced to still only be in the development stage the cast of Warcraft at the same San Diego ComicCon to promote the film UI B made a bid to direct but was turned away by blizzard who he claims to have said we will not sell the movie rights not to you especially not to you because it's such a big online game success maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income what the company has with it Sam Ry was initially attached to direct but was replaced by Duncan Jones in January upon coming aboard Jones immediately voiced his displeasure at the script which which he stated was the stale fantasy Trope of humans are the good guys monsters are the bad guys with Blizzard's approval who had also been looking to change the story Jones altered the story so that it's Jones also faced personal struggles during filming as his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after Jones took over and his father David Bowie died from cancer late in production Jones thus summed up the challenge by telling the New York Times my film started and ended with cancer at San Diego Comic conon in July a concept trailer was presented featuring a battle between a human and an orc Paul Deno Travis fiml ansen Mount and Anton Yelchin emerged as the Front Runners for the lead role with fiml winning the role in October on December the main cast of the film consisting of fiml Ben Foster Paula Patton Dominic Cooper Toby kebble and Robert kazinski was announced Idina menel Debbie Gibson Julie delpy Allison Eastwood and Leighton Meer were also considered for the role of garona Hell forson on December Universal added Daniel woo and Clancy Brown to the cast in early March newcomer Berkeley Duffield joined the cast filming principal photography began on January and lasted for 4 months finishing on May filming took place primarily in Vancouver among other locations post- production lasted 20 months regarding the use of computer generated imagery Janes said it's a tool like any other it can be done well and it can be done the best CGI has you forgetting that it's CGI and accepting the visual as whatever it is supposed to be like props no one has an issue with props in film do they cinematographer Simon dugin stated the film had a long prep of about weeks in addition to the weeks of shooting music Warcraft original motion picture soundtrack is the soundtrack this music was composed by Ramin gwa and released on June de jawwa was hired by Jones in legendary pictures in October the vinyl version of the soundtrack was released on September relas releas theatrical Cai atrical Warcraft was set to be released on December but following the announcement of the coinciding release of Star Wars the Force awakens the release was pushed back to the following year the film premiered at the lay Grand Rex in Paris on May it was released in the United Kingdom on May in the United States on June and in Australia on June oh media Warcraft was released on digital download on September and was released on Blu-ray Ultra HD Blu-ray Blu-ray D and DVD on September in the United States and Canada select ions of the physical release include a digital copy of World of Warcraft along with digital bonus codes for other blizzard games to tie in with the film reception box office Warcraft gross dollar million in the United States and dollar million in other countries for a worldwide total of million dollars given its million dollar production budget and additional million dollars spent on promotions the film needed to earn million dollars in order to break even in July The Hollywood Reporter said the film Lost the studio around million dollars although noted several Executives put the losses in the million dollars range worldwide it became the highest grossing film based on a video game it was the first video game film to cross million dollars in ticket sales globally and was also only the second Hollywood release after Terminator geneses to earn million dollars in China without making million dollars in the united states in the United States and Canada Warcraft opened on June alongside the conjuring and now you see me and was projected to gross around million dollars in its opening weekend variety reported that the film was generating only moderate interest Among Us movie goers which could possibly hurt its box office performance Stateside with poor reviews and competition from the aforementioned films and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows released the week prior also affecting its performance the film gross dollar million from theaters in its Thursday night previews in dollar million on its first day it went on to gross dollar million finishing second at the box office Behind The Conjuring dollar million it fell by percent on its second weekend earning dollar million critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of percent based on reviews with an average rating of/ the website's critical consensus reads Warcraft has visual Thrills to spare but they and director Duncan Jones distinctive gifts are wasted on a sluggish and derivative adaptation of a best-selling game with little evidence cinematic value on Metacritic the film has a score of outof based on critics indicating generally unfavorable reviews audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B on an a to f scale jeoff Burkshire of variety criticized the film's attempts at adapting a source material with inherent Ridiculousness with regard to how the original game series was not meant to have a very deep narrative it's an unwaveringly Earnest film that never owns up to exactly how campy every character every conflict and every new realm truly is a a out of the AV club wrote that to watch Warcraft is never to be transported but to weigh through a thick morass of Mythology exposition Gody light show effects half-ass character development and formulaic franchise groundwork while describing director co-writer Duncan Jones as a talented sci-fi fabulist who's Fallen screaming into the same CGI Abyss that consumed Peter Jackson during his unfortunate Hobbit cycle Helen O'Hara reviewing for British GQ stated that although the film itself is a strong adaptation of Warcraft the script diminishes the film's impact the problem is that it just can't escape those Cod fantasy Roots there there are too many mysterious proper nouns being thrown into conversation and at least major characters competing for space we're zipping from one to another here so quickly that they only have time for the most portentous and sometimes clich dialogue Sheri Lindon of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review citing the performances and story as highlights Brian truid of USA Today also praise the acting particularly keble's performance as deroin keble's performance show cases the nuances of a father gripped by the no- win situation of having no home and his family in constant danger through it also stated that he found it was not necessary for viewers of the film to have prior knowledge of the warcraft series to enjoy the film future with the film storyline leaving Warcraft open to possible sequels Jones has expressed interest in a sequel to the film likely to be adapted from Warcraft II tides of Darkness the second video game in the warcraft franchise on June Jones tweeted that the chance of Warcraft getting a sequel doesn't look good in September it was reported that legendary is developing a new Warcraft film though it's unclear if this is a planned reboot or a sequel to Jones film or if it will continue to be distributed by Universal Pictures or transferred to legendary's current release Partners Sony Pictures Warner Bros or Netflix Travis fiml born July is an Australian actor and former model he is known for his role as Ragnar Loth Brock in the History Channel television series fightings and as andwin lothar in the live action adaptation of Warcraft he also starred in the HBO Max science fiction series Raised by Wolves early life and modeling fiml was born near auka Victoria Australia and was raised in lockington the youngest of three brothers he is the son of Jenny a recreation officer for disabled people and Chris a cattle farmer aspiring to be a professional Australian Rules footballer fiml moved to Melbourne to play for the saint Kilda football club in the AFL but a broken leg sidelined him before the season began he was accepted into rmit for an architecture course but later deferred to travel abroad fimmel's modeling career began when he was spotted working out at a gym in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorne by the flat made of Matthew Anderson a talent scout for the Chadwick models agency fiml headed to the United States and was signed on the spot with agency law models and after walking into their office broke and barefoot cast by Jennifer star he became the first male in the world to secure a six-figure deal to model exclusively for Calvin Klein for a year and the last to be personally contracted by the Brand's anonomous designer he fronted CK's crave men's fragrance campaign and modeled the Brand's famous underwear it was reported that one of his London Billboards had to be pulled down after complaints from an auto club of traffic congestion and accidents by rubbernecking female drivers but fiml insisted the story started with a rumor spread on the internet he was named one of the world's sexiest Bachelors by America's People magazine in and at the time was regarded as the most in demand male model in the world it has been suggested by some journalists that fiml was the inspiration for Sex and the City heartthrob Jerry Smith gerro fiml has appeared on multiple magazine covers including Esquire Rogue Empire at large good weekend numero home and America's TV Guide he turned down an offer from Australia's 7 Network to be a guest judge on the TV series make me a supermodel acting career early work fiml began his prolific acting career by appearing in the music videos for Janet Jackson's song Someone to call my lover and I'm real original version by Jennifer Lopez both in he studied under Ivana chabuk the Hollywood acting coach of movie stars Brad Pitt and Jared Leo he took two years to pluck up the courage to audition for his first role saying half of acting is overcoming your fears and letting yourself be vulnerable in front of people he landed the title lead in the WB series Tarzan in described by CNN as one of the five hottest things happening in entertainment right now in which he did most of his own stunts in addition he appeared in two television Pilots the wb's drama Rocky Point with Lauren holen and the fox crime Thriller Southern Comfort with mine stoan fiml has played a diverse spectrum of characters on the small and big screens in he portrayed a murderer in the Australian movie restraint and a a party boy and Surfer duded with Matthew mccon and Woody harelson in he portrayed a compassionate cowboy in Pure Country the gift and a forensic photographer in Australian horror film needle co-starring Ben melon he depicted a talented classical pianist in Ivory a creative edgy out of the box independent film that was an official selection in the Montreal World film festival and the Strasburg International Film Festival produced by Academy Award winner graay Frederickson and Co starring Martin Lando and Peter Stormare Ivory details the troubled lives of classical pianists at a major American Conservatory as they confront personal and professional rivalry fiml played Hellwig a prison guard in the film The Experiment it was reported that the role originally went to Elijah Wood who pulled out of shooting for reasons unknown so fiml instead took the Job the film is based on a real life experiment on volunteers by Stanford University that was cut short after spinning out of control with guards exhibiting sadistic behavior and prisoners suffering depression fiml starred opposite Patrick suy EE series The Beast he played rookie undercover FBI agent Ellis Dove partnered with a hardened veteran cop se's Charles Barker production ceased after episodes due to se's death from pancreatic cancer he played fugitive Mason boil in two episodes of NBC's action adventure Chase produced by Jerry brookheimer he appeared in fx's TV pilot Outlaw country in with Luke Grimes described as a modern drama set against the backdrop of a southern organized crime family according to variety he plays a rugged hard drinking gang member and the main character's best friend Fimo played the lead in NS herroom with Peter Fonda as a Former Intelligence officer trained in Black Ops tracking down the World's Most Wanted terrorist who is compromised by his own chain of command he co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton and E Longoria in the redneck Southern com flick The Baytown Outlaws playing one of the three hapless udie brothers who bites off more than he can chew when he agrees to help a woman get her godson back from her deadbeat ex-husband breakthrough and film work fiml was signed as the lead character for Four Seasons in the critically acclaimed drama television series Vikings co-starring Alexander Ludwig Katherine Winnick Gabriel burn Gustaf Skarsgard and lonus roce premiering in the show gained a cult following and Chronicles the extraordinary and ferocious world of the mighty Norsemen who raided traded and explored during the Middle Ages he played a character Loosely based on Ragnar L Brock the legendary Viking leader who is frustrated by the unadventurous Tendencies of his local Chieftain and Strikes Out to pillage new lands USA Today described fimmel's performance as engaging while The Huffington Post called it his breakout role fiml starred as military commander anduin loar in Warcraft in a liveaction film adaptation of the warcraft video game franchise it it was reported that a horse spooked by a wind fan collapsed on fiml while performing one of his own stunts but he emerged unscathed he was cast as a quirky hipster in the romantic comedy Maggie's plan with Ethan Hawk Greta Gerwig Maya Rudolph Bill haer and Julianne Moore and a loving but irresponsible father in lean on Pete with Charlie Plumber and Steve BMI named as the actor of the year in GQ Australia's men of the Year Awards fiml told the audience in his characteristic humorous self-deprecating Style I'm not sure how I got this but I demand a recount the story line was inspired by a California Bank Heist fiml was the lead actor in danger closed the Battle of Long tan playing the role of Major Harry Smith who led soldiers under his command against the Viet Kong during the Battle of Long Tan in the Vietnam War it is based on the historic account of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who defeated and estimated North Vietnamese soldiers in a rubber Plantation near neat on August he co-starred as a deputy sheriff opposite fellow Australian Margot Robbie in the indie film Dreamland set in the S Dust Bowl the story follows a teenage boy on his quest to beat out the FBI to capture a fugitive bank robber in order to claim a bounty and save the Family Farm present television and film balance in fiml featured as a TV presenter in here are the young men which was adapted from a novel about three Dublin high school graduates whose epic binge to Mark the end of an era is blighted by catastrophe from two he appeared in HBO Max's science fiction drama Raised by Wolves from director Ridley Scott and Scott free Productions which marked fimmel's return to television it was a role that earned him a nomination for best actor in a science fiction fantasy series at the Critics Choice super Awards the dystopian narrative depicts him as an atheist soldier with a mysterious backstory in a new Society created after a war sparked by religious differences decimates Earth in a review of his role as a killer for hire and the action crime Thriller die in a gunfight Forbes states that fiml steals every scene he's in and has what could be the most compelling and morally Tangled character Arc of anyone in the entire story fiml played a genius reclusive and cookie inventor in the science fiction neo- Noir film Zone it co-starred Guy Pierce and was set in a colony of state-of-the-art humanoid robots and Drew comparisons to Blade Runner he also appeared in Indie drama deia's gone co-starring Marissa to based on a short story about a black man with an intellectual disability who is accused of his sister's murder and embarks on a journey to clear his name and find out who's responsible in one way fiml plays a mysterious passenger who meets a lifelong criminal played by Coulson Baker AKA Machine Gun Kelly who has stolen from the biggest mob boss in town and Boards a bus to flee he also appeared in Fool's Paradise a comedy by Charlie Day about a fool for love who becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all featuring an AMC western series that dirty black bag he was cred as a producer and co-starred with Dominic Cooper Douglas Booth and Aiden Gillan from Game of Thrones it shows a clash between an apparently Incorruptible sheriff with a dark past and a taciturn Bounty Killer trapped by a desire for vengeance that cannot be fulfilled starring in the Stan original miniseries black snow fiml plays Cold Case detective on the trail of the killer of a teenage girl from a small Australian South Sea Islander Community after the opening of a time capsule unearths a secret his performance earned him a nomination for best lead actor in a drama in the ACTA Awards in March black snow was renewed for a second series with fiml reprising the role he was cast in Stan's satirical series caught with Susan Sarandon Shawn Penn Matthew Fox Lincoln yunes and real life Channel TV presenters Carl stefanovic and Ali Langdon the storyline centers around four irreverent Australian soldiers mistaken for Americans in a war torn country who realize they can be social media famous when they produce a hostage video that goes viral helping to bring the bestselling novel boy swallows Universe to Netflix fiml stars as a drug dealing stepdad a semi-autobiographical memoir by Trent Dalton The Coming of Age drama set in Suburban Brisbane Australia features a captivating blend of magic and innocence intertwined with the brutal truths of the world as a boy grapples with a lost father a mute brother a recovering addict mother and the unlikely people that shape his world he co-starred with Gerard Butler in the CIA Thriller Kandahar with a script written by a former military intelligence officer and based on his real life experiences in Afghanistan passed in the controversial Western film rust production was temporarily suspended in New Mexico when a prop gun with a live bullet allegedly fired by co-star Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer helina Hutchin and led to involuntary manslaughter charges fiml plays Bounty Hunter Fenton preacher Lang who joins a US Marshall in pursuit of Baldwin's character Outlaw Harland rust after he helps his year old grandson break out of prison after being convicted of an accidental murder and sentenced to hang fiml plays a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the emperor's trust in the TV series Dune prophecy a prequel to The Blockbuster movie Dune starring Timothy chalamet Zenia and Jason mimoa the series co-stars Emily Watson and is based on the New York Times best-selling novel Sisterhood of Dune personal life F's favorite recreational activities include Australian Rules Football fishing camping horse riding surfing riding motorbikes and going to the beach fiml played a celebrity cricket match in the Australia vs England Hollywood ashes with fellow Australian actors Jesse Spencer from House Cameron D celebrity chef Kura Stone INXS bass guitarist Gary Gary beers and Cricket fast bowler Michael Casper known for his rugged good looks blue-eyed fiml has expressed a preference for being Barefoot and presents as mellow in promotional interviews for his work he has also expressed a desire to return to farm life in Australia once he's finished with Hollywood business ventures Ka in fiml founded his own beer brand travela with the winner of the fourth series of Master Chef Australia Andy Allen and X senden football club CEO Xavier Campbell as one of the investor Paula Maxine Patton born December is an American actress and producer Patton made her feature film debut in a comedy hitch and has had starring roles in the films Deja Vu precious Jumping the Broom Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol guns Warcraft and sacrifice early life and education Patton was born in Los Angeles California to Joyce Nan Roden a school teacher and Charles Patton a lawyer her mother is of German and Dutch descent and her father is African-American she graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School and then started college at University of California Berkeley transferring to University of Southern California's film school after her first year shortly after completing her studies she won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS career Patton provided additional vocals for Usher on his album confessions she provided the female vocal counterpart on the song can you handle it which was co-written by Robin Thick whom she would later marry Patton has songw writing CRS on multiple Robin Thick albums under the name Max derived from her middle name Maxine Patton made her film debut with a small part in the romantic comedy film hitch alongside Will Smith in the same year she followed that with a small part in the drama film London in she appeared alongside Outcast members Andre Benjamin and big boy in the musical film Idol wild written and directed by Brian Barber Patton's Big Break came in when she landed the pivotal female lead role of Clare cuch in the science fiction Thriller Deja Vu alongside Denzel Washington the film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office hit grossing over us million dollars worldwide she also appeared in her then husband Robin Thick is lost without you video in in an interview with hot Paula revealed on Ebro in the morning that she ghost wrote with her ex-husband Robin Thick under the name Max hattington in Patton played television reporter Kate Madison in the comedy drama Swing Vote alongside Kevin Cosner and Amy Carson the wife of Ben kefir Southerland in the supernatural horror film mirrors in Lee daniels's critically acclaimed drama film precious she played Ms blue rain a teacher at the Alternative High School in Harlem New York who teaches and mentors disadvantaged students including the titular character clar's Precious Jones gabori cab she later co-starred as Queen latifa's characters god sister in the romantic comedy just right Hatton with Tom Cruz and Anil kapor at the screening of Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol in in late it was announced that Patton would succeed Sharon Stone as the new full-time assistant district attorney on the NBC crime drama series law ORD Special Victims Unit when Patton was cast in the lead female role in action film Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol however her role on law Order Special Victims Unit was reduced to one episode she was replaced by Melissa Sage Miller Mission Impossible was released on December and was a critical and Commercial Success grossing almost us million dollars worldwide also in Patton played the leading role in the comedy film jumping the broom in Patton co-starred alongside Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in the action comedy film guns and starred in the leading role in the romantic comedy film baggage claim the latter film received negative reviews from numerous Critics on February it was announced that Patton was cast as lead character in the ABC crime drama pilot Runner it was not picked up to Series in Patton starred in the romantic comedy film the perfect match alongside Terrence Jenkins and Cassie Ventura appeared alongside Adam Sandler and David Spade in direct to Netflix comedy film The doover and starred as garona hell foren in the warcraft film adaptation released in June in January Patton was cast in the lead roll of the ABC Drama Series somewhere between which premiered as a mid-season replacement on July and was was canceled after one season in she starred in the BET first original film sacrifice personal life she in at age Patton met recording artist Robin thii who was then at an under hip hop club called called ballast ex Co founded and co-hosted by David foso on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles when thick asked her to dance according to thick he sang Stevie W's jungle fever to her as they danced the couple did not begin dating until and married on June Patton gave birth to their son Julian fuo on April they announced their separation on February after years together and almost 9 years of marriage on October Patton officially filed for divorce and joint custody of their son the divorce was finalized on March in January a judge denied Patton's request to limit Thick's custody after she accused him of child abuse later that month Patton was granted sole custody and a restraining order that included their son Julian and her mother Joyce Patton against thick after she accused him of domestic violence infidelity and drug and alcohol addiction Patton and thick reached a custody agreement in August as of September Patton expressed that she and her son practice Buddhism Benjamin a foster born October is an American actor his films include the Punisher X-Men the Last Stand and Alpha Dog both Days of Night the messenger and Pandorum both the mechanic Contraband Kill Your Darlings and Lone Survivor both the program and leave no Trace he has won an independent Spirit award for portraying Tanner Howard in hell or high water he also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin in the television series 6 feet under early life P Foster was born in Boston on October the son of restaurant owners Steven Foster and Gillian kerwan he has described his parents as free spirited Vietnam protesting hippies he has a younger brother John who is also an actor in the Foster family relocated to Fairfield Iowa when their Boston home was broken into by robbers while they were present Foster was raised Jewish and had a bar mitzvah ceremony his paternal grandparents were Celia seagull and Abraham Foster who was a prominent judge and politician in Boston their families immigrated from the Russian Empire as a youth he attended interlock and arts camp and studied theater there career Foster at the Toronto Film Festival in Foster began working as an actor when he was years old in and he starred in the Disney Channel television series flashforward his first major film role was in the barry levenson film Liberty Heights which Todd McCarthy described as an outstanding big screen debut in he acted in the film get over it Foster also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin episodes in the HBO Original Series 6 feet under after appearing in the films and The Punisher Foster appeared in hostage with Bruce Willis Kevin Pac and Michelle horn in Foster appeared in X-Men the Last Stand as the comic book hero Angel Warren Worthington i i i in the crime Thriller alpha dog he played the character Jake mzeri and added glaucoma drops to his eyes to simulate the appearance of a drug addict in the film in he played coldblooded killer and Outlaw Charlie prince in the western film to Yuma in February he was cast to replace Shia labuff in the Broadway play orphans as his first theater performance in May it was announced that he would star opposite Gillian Anderson and Vanessa Kirby in Benedict Andrew's new production of a street car Named Desire at the Young Vic in London the same production closed on September and transferred to New York in opening at sa an's Warehouse in Brooklyn Foster played Lance Armstrong in the biopc the program and co-starred in the fantasy Adventure Warcraft released in June also in Foster appeared in hell or high water as the dangerous Tanner Howard opposite Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges he reunited with director Barry levenson to make the Survivor in Foster was acclaimed for his roles and has received numerous Awards nominations Foster has often received praise from critics for his intense and unhinged performances in numerous films film critic Matt zuller seats described Foster in as one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeeing Sometimes He suggests the film you'd rather be watching personal life K Foster was in a relationship with German actress and tral his co-star in the movie Pandorum tral revealed in an interview that she had moved to Los Angeles and lived with Foster until their relationship ended around Foster began a relationship with actress Robin Wright in early they became engaged in early but called off their engagement on November Foster and Wright reconciled in early however on August they announced they were ending their second engagement in October Foster announced his engagement to actress Laura Peron Peron gave birth to their first child a daughter Ella in August Foster and propon married in June their son was born in February after filming of the movie here ended five members of the cast and crew got tattooed with the letters TI which stand for this is Armenia Foster practices transcendental Mas Dominic Cooper born June is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse kuster on the AMC Show preacher and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with appearances in Captain America the First Avenger and the ABC series Agent Carter among other Marvel Productions Cooper played sky in mamam Mia and its sequel mamam Mia here we go again early in his career Cooper was cast in significant roles in Productions by the Royal National Theater and Royal Shakespeare company he received a claim for originating the role of dhin in the play The History Boys with which in he returned to the West End transferred to Broadway and adapted to film since that time he has acted in a series of British and American Productions including the acclaimed period pieces in education and My Week with Marilyn as well as action films such as Abraham Lincoln vampire Hunter and Need for Speed early life and education Cooper was born and brought up in Greenwich London the son of Julie NE Heron a nursery school teacher and Brian Cooper an Auctioneer he has two brothers Simon and Nathan a musician in the band The Modern a half brother James and a half sister Emma his maternal great-grandfather was film Enthusiast ET Haron who published the kinematograph weekly Dominic attended John Ball Primary School in Black Heath London followed by Thomas Talis School in nearby kid Brook then trained at the London Academy of Music and dramatic art Lambda in professional acting graduating in career Cooper at the Berlin International Film Festival for the Devil's Double Cooper first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in mother class Molly house at the National Theater in Cooper was involved in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys as the character D from its first reading he also toured with the production to Broadway Sydney Wellington and Hong Kong as well as appearing in the radio and film adaptations of the play he has had notable roles in the Royal National theat adaptation of the His Dark Materials Trilogy where he played the lead character will Perry the TV series down toe and sense sensibility in he appeared as sky in Mama Mia in which he sang several songs the same year he appeared opposite Kira nightly in The Duchess as Charles Gray and D Earl Gray he starred in films and education and freef Fallin and also played hippius in feder at the National Theater alongside Helen Miran and Margaret taac in he played Rock drummer Ben in the film Tamara Drew and in played the leading roles of Latif yahia and UD Hussein Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's son in the biographical film The Devil's Double which was critically acclaimed but criticized for whitewashing and portrayed Milton H Marine in My Week with Marilyn was also the year Cooper first appeared as Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe initially appearing in the film Captain America the First Avenger he reprised his role in the Marvel one shot Agent Carter 2 years later and in the television series of the same May in and in he appeared as vampire Henry Sturges an Abraham Lincoln vampire Hunter around this time he was cast in the lead role in the unproduced Albert Hughes project Motor City based on the blacklisted script of the same name in February he signed on to replace Clive Owen the financial Thriller cities ultimately leaving Motor City cities was cancelled after production delays Cooper at the San Diego ComicCon to promote preacher in he portrayed the main antagonist in two films Dino Brewster in Need for Speed and Mam and Dracula Untold Cooper depicted James Bond author Ian Fleming in the television miniseries Fleming the man who would be bonded in the next year he appeared in two films miss you already and the lady in the van a film by Nicholas heitner who had previously directed him in the stage adaptation of his dark materials and both theatrical and film versions of The History Boys Cooper played Jesse kuster the lead role in AMC's preacher the program debuted in in may he co-starred in the warcraft film adaptation which was released in June in late he starred in a well-received we and Revival of Steven jeffy's play The Libertine at the hey Market theater he played John Wilmot Earl of Rochester the role originated on stage by John Malkovich and played by Johnny Depp in the film Cooper reprised his role of sky in ssql film mamamia Here We Go Again personal life in Cooper shared a flat with James Cordon his co-star in The History Boys in starter for until Cordon started a family with his wife Julia Cary Cooper was responsible for introducing cordin to Julia whom he had known for years and who was working at save the children when he and cordin called in one night he is also the Godfather of cordon's first child Max Cooper dated his mama mia co-star Amanda sea freed on and off from two from two he was in a relationship with Irish actress Ruth Nea they first met in on the set of the national theat production of fader and starred opposite each other in other projects including the short film hello C the film Warcraft and AMC's preacher they lived together in London's Primrose Hill despite breaking up in the Press first reported the split April Cooper has been in a relationship with actress Gemma Chan since politics in August he was one of public figures who were signatories to a letter to the guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue Tobias Alister Patrick kelborn July is an English actor he is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes control rockn Rolla Prince of Persia the sands of time warhorse Wrath of the Titans Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fantastic Four Warcraft a monster calls benur and gold he is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode the entire history of you and starred in the second film of the monsterverse film series Kong Skull Island and the Apple TV series servant and For All Mankind early life life e keble the fourth of five children was born in ponr Yorkshire but grew up in Nottinghamshire where he attended the grove school now the Newark Academy in Balton he was brought up by his mother Michelle Nethers a cook and Landscape Gardener and his father Robert keble an engineer from Zimbabwe he was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic Primary School Keel trained in acting at the Central Junior television Workshop in Nottingham along with Andrew shim and Vicky McClure career Kel's first movie appearance was as Anthony a young man with a learning difficulty in the Shane Meadows directed Dead Man's Shoes he was nominated for most promising newcomer at the British independent film Awards the same year keble appeared in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Woody Allen's match point in keble played Rob greton the manager of Joy Division in Anton corban's award-winning biopic of Ian Curtis control for which his performance won the best supporting actor award at the British independent film Awards he was also nominated for the London film critics Circle Awards Best Supporting British actor award keble at the orange British Academy film Awards in February in December keble took the lead in an episode of season of Jimmy McGovern's BBC series the street which subsequently won the bafta for best drama series his other work for the BBC included a modern retelling of MC Beth alongside James McAvoy while his the roles included Spells at the almea theater in David ha's reworking of maxing gorky's enemies and at the playhouse in RC Sheriff's classic Journey's End in September keble was featured in rock and roll a winner of the Empire Award for best British film written and directed by Guy Richie alongside actors Tom Wilkinson Gerard Butler and dandy we Newton Keel played a heroin addicted musician Johnny quid for which he was nominated for bafta orange Rising Star Award of the bafta awards an award aard voted for by the public keble was also nominated for the Empire Award for best newcomer but lost out to his friend Gemma Aron keble appeared in the film Cherry directed by Steven friers in which he took a small role alongside Michelle Piper he filmed in Morocco and London with Jake Gyllenhaal for Prince of Persia sands of time in keble played a leading role in the entire history of youu the finale of the first series of Charlie brooker's Anthology series Black Mirror which was written by Jesse AR strong Robert Downey Jr has since bought the rights to adapt the script for a forthcoming film in keble took over the role of Koba in the sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Keel played the Marvel antagonist Dr Doom in the Fantastic Four film and an Orc dooen in the warcraft he played Jack Chapman in the fantasy action film Kong Skull Island while also providing guidance for Kong's motion capture sequences Duncan Zoe Haywood Jones born May is a British film director film producer and screenwriter he directed the films Moon source code Warcraft and mute for Moon he won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a British writer director or producer he is the son of English singer songwriter David Bowie and cypriot born American model actress and journalist Angie Bowie early life bang Jones was born at Bramley Hospital in Bramley London on May the first child of English singer songwriter and musician David Bowie and his first wife Angela Angie Boe Barnett an American model and actress his maternal grandfather George was a United States Army veteran and Mining engineer who ran a mill for the Cypress mines Corporation while his maternal grandmother Helena was a naturalized Canadian his mother was born and raised in Cyprus and has Polish ancestry his birth prompted his father to write cooks for his album hunky dory mostly raised by his father David and his Scottish Nanny Maran SK joanes spent time growing up in London Berlin and vevy in Switzerland he attended the first and second grade at the Commonwealth American school now the International School of loan and Loan when his parents divorced in February his father was granted custody of 8-year-old Jones who was then known as zoi Bowie to rhyme with his father's stage name and he visited his mother on school holidays until ending contact with her at age at age he enrolled in the Scottish co-educational boarding school Gordon stone at the age of he decided that he preferred to be called Joey and used this nickname until shortening it to Joe in his later teen years the Press reported that he went by Joe in when attending his father's wedding to fashion model Iman where he was the best man he reverted to his birth name around the age of Jones is the half brother of Alexandria Lexi Jones born the daughter of his father and his father's second wife Iman he is also the half brother of staa Lana Celesta lipka born from his mother's relationship with musician Andrew lipka better known as drew blood he has a stepsister zuula Haywood born who is the daughter of Ean and former NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood Aman's second husband by Jones graduated with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the College of woster he then pursued a PhD degree at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee but left before completion to attend London film school where he then graduated in while growing up Jones dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler and his father frequently praised what he called Jones natural strength career Jones with his father at the premiere of moon in Jones was one of many cameramen at his father's widely televised te birthday party directed by Englishman Tim Pope at Madison Square Garden in and also at two bullan at concerts at Rosland Ballroom in New York City in June he was also the in-game cinematics director for the political simulator Republic the revolution as well as scripting elements of the game name Jones directed The Campaign for The French Connection fashion label the concept of fashion vs style was to reinvigorate the brand and move it away from the former incarnation of fcuk which style pundits believed had become tired and overused the advert debuted in the week ending February and featured two women representing fashion and style fighting and briefly kissing each other the advertisement generated complaints to the advertising standards Authority Jones's first feature film film moon was nominated for seven British independent film Awards in and one two best British independent film and the Douglas Hickox Award for best British director on their debut feature it was also nominated for two bafta awards at the ceremony winning Jones the bafta award for outstanding debut by a British writer director or producer the film has received other nominations from film festivals and societies including the bafta Carl foran award he directed The Summit entertainment project source code a science fiction Thriller from vendom pictures which was produced by Mark Gordon source code was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July in the United States Jones directed and co-wrote Warcraft based on the video game series of the same name which was released in the summer of his next film would return to the science fiction genre and be called mute starring Alexander Skarsgard and Paul Rudd Jones had been developing the project for years and described it as a spiritual sequel to moon and was inspired by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner the film set in Berlin 40 years in the future follows a mute bartender investigating his lovers disappearance the film was produced and released by Netflix and became available to stream worldwide in February through his social media Jones announced in July that his next project would be a science fiction film based on the ad Comics character Rob Trooper in July he told Entertainment Weekly The Script is really looking pretty good now it's getting to the point where we're going to have to start casting and making the thing personal life Jones became engaged to photographer Rane ranilo B on June they married on November on the same day ranilo was diagnosed with breast cancer the couple have campaigned for the awareness for the disease and for early diagnosis on July ronquillo gave birth to their first child a son their son was named Stenton David Jones on October Jones announced that he and Ron quilo were expecting a second child Jones announced the birth of their daughter on April he named her Zoe after his own childhood name Warcraft is a franchise of video games novels and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment the series is made up of six core games Warcraft Orcs humans Warcraft I I tides of Darkness Warcraft I I reign of chaos World of Warcraft Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble the first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer controlled enemy the fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role playing game mmm o RPG where players control their character and interact with each other in a virtual world expansion sets were released for Warcraft I I beyond the dark portal Warcraft i i i i The Frozen Throne and multiple expansions were released for World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Wrath of the Lich King cataclysm M Mists of Pandaria Warlords of dror Legion battle for Azeroth shadowlands and dragon flight world of warcraft's 10th 11th and 12th expansions the war within midnight and the last Titan were announced in late at BlizzCon on November blizzard announced a remaster of Warcraft I I entitled Warcraft i i i reforged featuring remodeled characters and graphics with a prospective release in the game was officially released on January all games in the series have been set in and around the high fantasy world of Azeroth initially the start of the series focused on the human Nations that make up the Eastern kingdoms and The orish Horde which arrived in Azeroth via a dark portal beginning the great Wars the Orcs Came From Another World referred to as dror the world that will be shattered into pieces by demonic Magics during the events of Warcraft I I there after being known as Outland later on in the series The World of Azeroth was expanded revealing the new continents of cindor northren Pandaria the broken Isles C tias zandalar and the dragon Isles allowing the introduction of the night elves Torin pandarin and other major races into the universe the world of Azeroth also contains the traditional fantasy setting races of elves dwarfs gnomes Orcs And trolls unusually for the genre all of these races are available to be played whereas trolls and full-blooded Orcs are usually presented in fantasy fiction as being solely antagonists for protagonists of the more humanfriendly races the series spawns several books and other media covering a broad range of characters and timelines in the warcraft Universe a collectible card game was published which offered those who bought booster packs a chance to gain access codes to Limited in game content in World of Warcraft Comics have been released alongside the books further covering parts of the universe's storyline a short-lived online subscription only magazine was available but lat ceased publication after five issues a film adaptation Warcraft was released in video games tell the first three games in the warcraft series including their expansion packs were all released on both the PC and Macintosh all of these games were of the real-time strategy genre each game proceeded to carry on the storyline of the previous games and each introduced new features and content to improve gameplay the name Warcraft was proposed by blizzard developer Sam deer it was chosen because it sounded super cool according to Blizzard co-founder Alan Adam without any particular meaning attached to it Warcraft I I tides of Darkness was the first game in the series to feature play over the internet using Battle.net although this was not included until a later release of the game Warcraft I I was also the first in the series to be re-released as a battle chest a bundled copy of the game containing both the original and expansion Warcraft i i i rign of chaos was the first game in the series to feature a collector's ion which all subsequent games have released as well Warcraft II and World of Warcraft also have both had battle chests released for them subsequent to their initial release the Battle.net ion of Warcraft I I was also the first to introduce the use of CD keys to the series requiring each user online to have their own copy of the game in order to be able to connect in an adventure game in the series Warcraft Adventures lord of the Clans was announced as being cancelled having been previously delayed from a release in Blizzard Entertainment moved the series away from the real-time strategy genre and released World of Warcraft a massively multiplayer online role-playing game mmm o RPG requiring a subscription fee to be paid to play it also introduced regular additional content to the series in the form of patches World of Warcraft gained popularity worldwide becoming the world's largest sub description based mm o rpgn the game reached a peak million subscribers worldwide in October World of Warcraft has had eight expansions as of with a ninth on the way during the production of StarCraft II wings of Liberty blizzard co-founder Frank Pierce stated that if there's a team that's passionate about doing another Warcraft real-time strategy then that's definitely something we would consider it's nothing that we're working on right now we have development teams working on cataclysm star craft I I wings of Liberty Diablo i i i i and when those teams are all off the projects they're working on they'll be intimately involved in the discussions about what's next in blizzard announced a new free-to-play online digital collectible card game originally titled Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft with the beta being available in summer of in March Hearthstone was released in addition to free-to-play basic gameplay Hearthstone contains fee based features such as additional card packs on May blizzard announced a new Warcraft free to play mobile game called Warcraft arklite Rumble in blizzard and mites canceled an unannounced World of Warcraft mobile spin-off game on November blizzard released the free to play mobile Tower Defense and action strategy game Warcraft Rumble at BlizzCon Blizzard Entertainment unveiled three forthcoming expansions to World of Warcraft the war within midnight and the last Titan these expansions collectively constitute the world Soul Saga a narrative Continuum led by Chris medson blizzard also announced World of Warcraft cataclysm classic and confirming their commitment to a more accelerated timeline for future content drops magazine in blizzard announced that it would be releasing a magazine with future us limited this magazine would be purchasable by online subscription and not for sale in news agents or stores making them collector's items the magazine released quarterly and each contained pages no advertisements were included in the magazine in September blizzard announced that the magazine was ceasing publication refunds plush toys or in-game pets were given to subscribers depending on the outstanding length of subscription film adaptation main article Warcraft film in a may press release Blizzard Entertainment and legendary pictures announced that they would develop a live action film set in the warcraft Universe at biscon according to Mike morheim a script was being written in January Duncan Jones was announced to direct the adaptation from a script by Charles lit the film was set to begin principal Photography in early with a plot based on the novel Warcraft The Last Guardian on July legendary pictures and Warner Bros entertainment unveiled a Sizzle reel during their San Diego ComicCon panel with dunin Jones hopping on stage briefly to discuss the project production on the film started shooting on January the first fulllength trailer for the film was released on November Warcraft premiered in Los Angeles on June and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June it received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed million dollars worldwide Heroes of the Storm main article Heroes of the Storm in blizzard released Heroes of the Storm a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game in which players can control various characters from Blizzard's franchises as playable Heroes the majority of which come from the warcraft Universe the game also features numerous mounts based on mounts or other creatures from World of Warcraft as well as a Battleground based on the PVP Zone Altera pass a number of Warcraft themed skins have been introduced for Heroes of the Storm in The Echoes of alter event in June various soundtracks from World of Warcraft such as obsidian sanctum from Wrath of the Lich King the wandering aisle from Mists of Pandaria and Stormwind theme are present as background music in the Game Heroes of the Storm is inspired by defense of the Ancients a community created mod based on Warcraft II setting setting location most of the warcraft series takes place on the planet of Azeroth other planets in the warcraft Universe include dror and its sundered remnants known as Outland Argus kerish mam also known as the shattered Abyss Zoro ranor and netha there are also several metaphysical areas mentioned including the emerald dream the elemental Plains the twisting nether the Great Dark Beyond and the shadowlands warcraft Orcs humans the first game in the series takes place in Azeroth Azeroth northren Pandaria Azeroth has four known continents named the Eastern kingdoms kandor northren and recently rediscovered pandoria all continents are separated by the great sea three major archipelagos also reside in the great sea the broke broken Isles xandar the birthplace of the troll civilization cul tias a maritime human nation and the dragon Isles the birthplace of the dragons in the center of the great sea is an enormous Everlasting Vortex called the Maelstrom beneath which lies The Aquatic city of nzar home of the amphibious Naga near the Maelstrom lies the volcanic aisle of kzin home of the Goblins the Eastern kingdoms are the primary setting of the first two games and their expansions and the first half of Warcraft I I reign of chaos it is made up of areas or zones the kingdom of Stormwind lies at the south of the Eastern kingdoms South of the Dwarven Kingdom of kodan and north of the Jungle known as stranglethorn Veil the capital city of Stormwind Stormwind City is nestled into the northwest of elwin forest a large Forest at the center of the Kingdom the Dwarven capital in KMOD dun called Iron Forge is located in duno the former human Kingdom of Lord Aon which successfully headed the Human Alliance in Warcraft I I tides of Darkness but later fell to the Scourge in Warcraft i i i reign of chaos is located north of the Southern kingdoms underneath the ruined city of Lord Aron Now lies the unders city capital of The Forsaken a rebel band of the undead Scourge the area is now known as tires full Glades and is threatened by the Western plague lands held back at the work Northeast of Lord Aron is the Elven nation of qu phis and its capital city Silver Moon both of which were conquered by The Scourge in Warcraft I I reign of chaos the continent of kimor was introduced in Warcraft i i i reign of chaos and is made up of zones whereas the Eastern kingdoms can be described as the equivalent of medieval Europe with traditional kingdoms and advanced cities kimor can be compared to the Americas at the time of the first arrivals of Europeans full of wild lands the geography and topography of kandor are similar to North America and Africa with massive ancient forests and mountains covering the North and vast deserts and savanas in the South the night Elven kingdom is located in the northwest region of cindor also including the island teldr actually a giant tree similar in lore and spelling to GD dril off the northwest coast which contains the city of darnassus to the South past the ashenvale forest is a stretch of land known as the Barons situated between the grasslands of mulgore to the west and durotar the land settled by the Orcs to the east mulgore is home to the Toren capital of thunderbluff a large city of tapes and lodges built on top of a conglomerate of high plateaus which are only accessible by air travel and a great series of lifts built down to the ground in the north of durotar is the Fortress city of orger the capital of the Orcs the third continent northren is located in the northern polar region of Azeroth and is the primary stronghold of the malevolent Undead scourge northren is featured in Warcraft i i i reign of chaos and its expansion set Warcraft i i i The Frozen Throne and is the main location featured in World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King the second expansion pack to World of Warcraft in the expansion World of Warcraft cataclysm Azeroth has been changed permanently in game even for players without the expansion set installed the corrupted Black Dragon Aspect Deathwing the Destroyer formerly naron the Earth order has broken free from imprisonment in deam part of the elemental plane and caused major changes and destruction in the land in addition many new parts of the continents of Azeroth that have previously been inaccessible have become Key Parts in the new world lorewise this is the second major change to the face of Azeroth the first being the sundering the sundering was caused as a result of the war of the Ancients where Demons of the burning Legion invaded the ancient cindor it caused a massive explosion that split the one continent into the for scen in game and created the Maelstrom World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria was the fourth expansion released and it focuses on the mythical and long-forgotten lands of Pandaria a continent far to the South that has until now been shrouded in magical mists with both factions landing on Pandaria adventurers ReDiscover the ancient pandaran people whose wisdom will help guide them to new Destinies the Pander and Empire's ancient enemy the Manti and their legendary oppressors the enigmatic MoGo the story line for Mists of pandoria is split into multiple chapters the story arc that introduces Pandaria where players discover the continent and level up helping to solve problems and figure out what happened for the past years and why was included entirely within the initial expansion release later chapters in the storyline brought the war between the horde and the alliance back into Focus including changing parts of Pandaria via phasing to Show additional settlements and eventually returning the players back to kellor for a final showdown dethroning warchi garage hellc scream World of Warcraft Legion was the sixth expansion released and it focuses on the broken Isles a continent and group of islands located Northeast of the Maelstrom in the middle of the great sea one of the islands contains the Tomb of the dark titan sargeras the burning Legion has started an invasion of Azeroth and the player characters must find powerful artifacts to stop The Invasion having wed the burning legion's attempts to invade Azeroth the players and other significant lore characters traveled to Argus the home world of the burning Legion in order to end its threat while successful they couldn't stop sarus entirely before being banished and imprisoned he thrust a magical sword into the surface of Azeroth leaving the planet wounded and bleeding a magical substance called azerite World of Warcraft battle for Azeroth was the seventh expansion released and it focuses on the islands of Cyra and zandel are two islands which are home to their respective kingdoms this is the first expansion that introduces two new continents on initial release during this expansion The Horde and Alliance seek the aid of the kingdoms of xandar and culas respectively for the reignited war between the factions throughout campaigns on both continents adventurers learn the history of both kingdoms and uncover plots involving the old gods events influenced by Enzo and his followers lead to the discovery of the continents of nazjatar the underwater Kingdom of Azara and mechagon an island inhabited by the mechagnomes the final patch of battle for Azeroth takes players back to the veil of Eternal blossoms and ulum to cure them of the corruption of enoth and ultimately face the old God himself in his Empire of NY aloa the story of battle for Azeroth is also the first time players are given choices that can have a significant impact on their own Adventures one significant choice is whether to join the orc verac sorang in his Rebellion Against The Horde war chief Sylvanas windrunner another choice that players are given is whether to become a servant of En zo both choices lead to Unique dialogue cinematics and quests depending on the choices made the ninth expansion World of Warcraft Dragon flight centers around the reappearance of the Dragon Isles home of the dragons and their many aspects including the humanoid dra the various Dragon groups and subspecies are referred to as dragonflights and are all descendants of the original Proto dragons who chose to become empowered by the magic of a race of God like beings called the Titans the plot of dragonflight deals with the Awakening of the dra theier after years in response to the threat of rasage at the stor eater a primalist Proto Dragon who seeks to separate the rest of her kind from the dragon flights and retake Azeroth for themselves the dra are divided into two groups one that allies with the alliance and one The Horde to deal with this threat roosth eventually Falls to both groups but not before she releases her three siblings faak the Blazing Fano the frozen heart and Darron the stoneart starring in the Stan original miniseries black snow fiml plays Cold Case detective on the trail of the killer of a teenage girl from a small Australian South Sea Islander Community after the opening of a time capsule unearths a secret his performance earned him a nomination for best lead actor in a drama in the ACTA Awards in March black snow was renewed for a second series with fiml reprising the role he was cast in Stan's satirical series caught with Susan Sarandon sha Penn Matthew Fox Lincoln yunes and real life Channel TV presenters Carl stefanovic and Ali Langdon the storyline centers around four irreverent Australian soldiers mistaken for Americans in a war torn country who realize they can be social media famous when they produce a hostage video that goes viral helping to bring the best selling novel boy swallows Universe to Netflix fiml stars as a drug dealing stepdad a semi-autobiographical memoir by Trent Dalton The Coming of Age drama set in Suburban Brisbane Australia features a captivating blend of magic and innocence intertwined with the brutal truths of the world as a boy grapples with a lost father a mute brother a recovering addict mother and the unlikely people that shape his world he co-starred with Gerard Butler in the CIA Thriller Kandahar with a script written by a former military intelligence officer and based on his real life experiences in Afghanistan passed in the controversial Western film rust production was temporarily suspended in New Mexico when a prop gun with a live bullet allegedly fired by co-star Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer helina Hutchin and led to involuntary manslaughter charges fiml plays Bounty Hunter Fenton preacher Lang who joins a US Marshall in pursuit of Baldwin's character Outlaw Harland rust after he helps his year-old grandson break out of prison after being convicted of an accidental murder and sentenced to hang fiml plays a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past who seeks to gain the emperor's trust in the TV series Dune prophecy a prequel to The Blockbuster movie Dune starring Timothy chalamet Zenia and Jason mimoa the series co-stars Emily Watson and is based on the New York Times best-selling novel Sisterhood of Dune personal life fim's favorite recreational activities include Australian Rules Football ball fishing camping horse riding surfing riding motorbikes and going to the beach fiml played a celebrity cricket match in the Australia vs England Hollywood ashes with fellow Australian actors Jesse Spencer from House Cameron D celebrity chef Curtis Stone INXS bass guitarist Gary Gary beers and Cricket fast bowler Michael caspert known for his rugged good looks blue-eyed fiml has expressed a preference for being Barefoot and presents as mellow in promotional interviews for his work he has also expressed a desire to return to farm life in Australia once he's finished with Hollywood business ventures K in fiml founded his own beer brand travela with the winner of the fourth series of Master Chef Australia Andy Allen and ex senden football club CEO Xavier Campbell as one of the investor Paula Maxine Patton born December is an American actress and producer Patton made her feature film debut in a comedy hitch and has had starring roles in the film Deja Vu precious Jumping the Broom Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol guns Warcraft and sacrifice early life and education Patton was born in Los Angeles California to Joyce Nan Roden a school teacher and Charles Patton a lawyer her mother is of German and Dutch descent and her father is African-American she graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School and then started college at University of California Berkeley transferring to University of Southern California California's film school after her first year shortly after completing her studies she won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS career Patton provided additional vocals for Usher on his album confessions she provided the female vocal counterpart on the song can you handle it which was co-written by Robin Thick whom she would later marry Patton has songwriting CRS on multiple Robin Thick albums under the name Max derived from her middle name Maxine Patton made her film d with a small part in the romantic comedy film hitch alongside Will Smith in the same year she followed that with a small part in the drama film London in she appeared alongside Outcast members Andre Benjamin and big boy in the musical film Idol wild written and directed by Brian Barber Patton's Big Break came in when she landed the pivotal female lead role of Clare cev in the science fiction Thriller Deja Vu alongside Denzel Washington the film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office hit grossing over us million dollars worldwide she also appeared in her then husband Robin Thick is lost without you video in in an interview with hot Paula revealed on Ebro in the morning that she ghost wrote with her ex-husband Robin Thick under the name Max hattington in Patton played television reporter Kate Madison in the comedy drama Swing Vote alongside Kevin Cosner and Amy Carson the wife of Ben kefir Southerland in the supernatural horror film mirrors in Le daniels's critically acclaimed drama film precious she played Ms blue rain a teacher at the Alternative High School in Harlem New York who teaches and mentors disadvantaged students including the titular character clar's Precious Jones gabori cab she later co-starred as Queen latifa's characters god sister in the romantic comedy just right Patton with Tom Cruz and Anil kapor at the screening of Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol in in late it was announced that Patton would succeed Sharon Stone as the new full-time assistant district attorney on the NBC crime drama series law ORD Special Victims Unit when Patton was cast in the lead female role in action film Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol however her role on law Order Special Victims Unit was reduced to one episode she was replaced by Melissa Sage Miller Mission Impossible was released on December and was a critical and Commercial Success grossing almost us million dollars worldwide also in Patton played the leading role in the comedy film jumping the broom in Patton co- starred alongside Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in the action comedy film guns and starred in the leading role in the romantic comedy film baggage claim the latter film received negative reviews from numerous Critics on February it was announced that Patton was cast as lead character in the ABC crime drama pilot Runner it was not picked up to Series in Patton starred in the romantic comedy film the perfect match alongside Terrence Jenkins and Cassie Ventura appeared alongside Adam Sandler and David Spade in direct to Netflix comedy film The doover and starred as garona hell foren in the warcraft film adaptation released in June in January Patton was cast in the lead role of the ABC Drama Series somewhere between which premiered as a mid-season replacement on July and was canceled after one season in she starred in the BET first original film sacrifice personal life she in at age Patton met recording artist Robin thii who was then at an under hiip hop club called called bisx Co founded and co-hosted by David foso on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles when thick asked her to dance according to thick he sang Stevie wonders jungle fever to her as they danced the couple did not begin dating until and married on June Patton gave birth to their son Julian fuo on April they announced their separation on February after years together and almost 9 years of marriage on October Patton officially filed for divorce and joint custody of their son the divorce was finalized on March in January a judge denied Patton's request to limit thick his custody after she accused him of child abuse later that month Patton was granted sole custody and a restraining order that included their son Julian and her mother Joyce Patton against thick after she accused him of domestic violence infidelity and drug and alcohol addiction Patton and thick reached a custody agreement in August as of September Patton expressed that she and her son practice Buddhism Benjamin a foster born October is an American actor his films include the Punisher X-Men the Last Stand and Alpha Dog both Days of Night the messenger and Pandorum both the mechanic Contraband Kill Your Darlings and Lone Survivor both the program and leave no Trace he has won an independent Spirit award for portraying Tanner Howard in Hell or High he also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin in the television series 6 feet under early life P Foster was born in Boston on October the son of restaurant owners Steven Foster and Gillian kerwan he has described his parents as free-spirited Vietnam protesting hippies he has a younger brother John who is also an actor in the Foster family relocated to Fairfield Iowa when their Boston home was broken into by robbers while they were present Foster was raised Jew and had a bar mitzvah ceremony his paternal grandparents were Celia seagull and Abraham Foster who was a prominent judge and politician in Boston their families immigrated from the Russian Empire as a youth he attended interlock and arts camp and studied theater there career Foster at the Toronto Film Festival in Foster began working as an actor when he was years old in and he starred in the Disney Channel television series Flash Forward his first major film role was in the barry levenson film Liberty Heights which Todd McCarthy described as an outstanding big screen debut in he acted in the film get over it Foster also had a recurring role as Russell Corwin episodes in the HBO Original Series 6 feet under after appearing in the films and The Punisher Foster appeared in hostage with Bruce Willis Kevin Pac and Michelle horn in Foster appeared in X-Men the Last Stand as the comic book hero Angel Warren Worthington i i i in the crime Thriller alpha dog he played the character Jake mzeri and added glaucoma drops to his eyes to simulate the appearance of a drug addict in the film in he played coldblooded killer and Outlaw Charlie prince in the western film to Yuma in February he was cast to replace Shia Lau in the Broadway play orphans as his first theater performance in May it was announced that he would star opposite Gillian Anderson and vessa Kirby in Benedict Andrew's new production of a street car Named Desire at the Young Vic in London the same production closed on September and transferred to New York in opening at Saint an's Warehouse in Brooklyn Foster played Lance Armstrong in the biopc the program and co-starred in the fantasy Adventure Warcraft released in June also in Foster appeared in hell or high water as the dangerous Tanner Howard opposite Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges he reunited with director Barry levenson to make the Survivor in Foster was acclaimed for his roles and has received numerous Awards nominations Foster has often received praise from critics for his intense and unhinged performances in numerous films film critic Matt Zer seats described Foster in as one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeeing Sometimes He suggests the film you'd rather be watching personal life K Foster was in a relationship with German actress Anie trow his co-star in the movie Pandorum trial revealed in an interview that she had moved to Los Angeles and lived with Foster until there were relationship ended around Foster began a relationship with actress Robin Wright in early they became engaged in early but called off their engagement on November Foster and Wright reconciled in early however on August they announced they were ending their second engagement in October Foster announced his engagement to actress Laura propon propon gave birth to their first child a daughter Ella in August Foster and Peron married in June their son was born in February after filming of the movie here ended five members of the cast and crew got tattooed with the letters TI which stand for this is Armenia Foster practices transcendental Mas Dominic Cooper born June is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse kuster on the AMC Show preacher and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with appearances in Captain America the First Avenger and the ABC series Agent Carter among other Marvel Productions Cooper played sky in mamam Mia and its sequel mam Mia here we go again early in his career Cooper was cast in significant roles in Productions by the Royal National Theater and Royal Shakespeare company he received a claim for originating the role of dhin in the play The History Boys with which in he returned to the West End transferred to Broadway and adapted to film since that time he has acted in a series of British and American Productions including the acclaimed period pieces in education and My Week With Marilyn as well as action films such as Abraham Lincoln vampire Hunter and Need for Speed early life and education Cooper was born and brought up in Greenwich London the son of Julie n Heron a nursery school teacher and Brian Cooper an Auctioneer he has two brothers Simon and Nathan a musician in the band The Modern a half brother James and a half sister Emma his maternal great-grandfather was film Enthusiast ET Haron who published The kinematograph Weekly Dominic attended John Ball Primary School in Black Heath London followed by Thomas Talis School in nearby kid Brook then trained at the London Academy of Music and dramatic art Lambda in professional acting graduating in career Cooper at the Berlin International Film Festival for the Devil's Double Cooper first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in mother claps Molly house at the National Theater in Cooper was involved in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys as the character D from its first reading he also toured with the production to Broadway Sydney Wellington and Hong Kong as well as appearing in the radio and film adaptations of the play he has had notable roles in the Royal National theater's adaptation of the His Dark Materials Trilogy where he played the lead character will Perry the TV series down to earth and sense sensibility in he appeared as sky and mam Mia in which he sang several songs the same year he appeared opposite Kira nightly in The Duchess as Charles Gray ND Earl gray he starred in films and education and freef Fallin and also played hippius in feder at the National Theater alongside Helen mirin and Margaret taac in he played Rock drummer Ben in the film Tamara Drew and in played the leading roles of Latif Yahya and UD Hussein Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's son in the biographical film The Devil's Double which was critically acclaimed but criticized for whitewashing and portrayed Milton H Marine in My Week with Marilyn was also the year Cooper first appear as Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe initially appearing in the film Captain America the First Avenger he reprised his role in the Marvel one shot Agent Carter 2 years later and in the television series of the same name in and in he appeared as vampire Henry Sturges an Abraham Lincoln vampire Hunter around this time he was cast in the lead role in the unproduced Albert Hughes project Motor City based on the blacklisted script of the same name in February he signed on to replace Clive Owen the financial Thriller cities ultimately leaving Motor City cities was cancelled after production delays kooper at the San Diego ComicCon to promote preacher in he portrayed the main antagonist in two films Dino Brewster in Need for Speed and M and Dracula Untold Cooper depicted James Bond author Ian Fleming in the television miniseries Fleming the man who would be bond in the next year he appeared in two films miss you already and the lady in the van a film by Nicholas heitner who had previously directed him in the stage adaptation of his dark materials and both theatrical and film versions of The History Boys Cooper played Jesse kuster the lead role in AMC's preacher the program debuted in in may he co-starred in the warcraft film adaptation which was released in June in late he starred in a well-received Westend Revival of Steven jeffy's play The Libertine at the Hay Market theater he played John Wilmot Earl of Rochester the role originated on stage by by John movich and played by Johnny Depp in the film Cooper reprised his role of sky in ssql film mamam Mia here we go again personal life and Cooper shared a flat with James Cordon his co-star in The History Boys and starter for until Cordon started a family with his wife Julia Cary Cooper was responsible for introducing Cordon to Julia whom he had known for years and who was working at save the children when he and cordin called in one night he is also the Godfather of cordon's first child Max Cooper dated his mama mia co-star Amanda sea freed on and off from two from two he was in a relationship with Irish actress Ruth Nea they first met in on the set of the national theat production of fader and starred opposite each other in other projects including the short film hello Carter the film Warcraft and AMC's preacher they lived together in London's Primrose Hill despite breaking up in the Press first reported the split April Cooper has been in a relationship with actress gemach Chan since politics in August he was one of public figures who were signatories to a letter to the guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue Tobias Alister Patrick kelborn July is an English actor he is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes control rock Rolla Prince of Persia the sands of time warhorse Wrath of the Titans Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fantastic Four Warcraft a monster calls benur and gold he is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode the entire history of you and starred in the second film of the monsterverse film series Kong Skull Island and the Apple TV series servant and For All Mankind early life a keble the fourth of five children was born in pontif Yorkshire but grew up in Nottinghamshire where where he attended the grove school now the Newark Academy in Balton he was brought up by his mother Michelle Nethers a cook and lscape Gardener and his father Robert keble an engineer from Zimbabwe he was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic Primary School keple trained in acting at the Central Junior television Workshop in Nottingham along with Andrew shim and Vicky McClure career kep's first movie appearance was as Anthony a young man with a learning difficulty in the Shane Meadows directed Dead Man's Shoes he was nominated for most promising newcomer at the British independent film Awards the same year keble appeared in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Woody Allen's match point in keble played Rob greton the manager of Joy Division in Anton corban's award-winning biopic of Ian Curtis control for which his performance won the best supporting actor award at the British independent film Awards he was also nominated for the London film critics Circle Awards Best Supporting British actor award keble at the orange British Academy film Awards in February in December keble took the lead in an episode of season of Jimmy McGovern's BBC series the street which subsequently won the bafta for best drama series his other work for the BBC included a modern retelling of MC Beth alongside James McAvoy while his theater roles included Spells at the almea theater in David hair's reworking of maxing gorky's enemies and at the playhouse in RC Sheriff's classic Journey's End in September keble was featured in rock and roll a winner of the Empire Award for best British film written and directed by Guy Richie alongside actors Tom Wilkinson Gerard Butler and dandy we Newton Kell played a heroin addicted musician Johnny quid for which he was nominated for bafta orange Rising Star Award of the bafta awards an award voted for by the public kebble was also nominated for the Empire Award for best newcomer but lost out to his friend Gemma Aron keble appeared in the film Cherry directed by Steven friers in which he took a small role alongside Michelle Piper he filmed in Morocco and London with Jake Gyllenhaal for Prince of Persia sands of time in keble played a leading role in the entire history of you the finale of the first series of Charlie brooker's Anthology series Black Mirror which was written by Jesse Armstrong Robert Downey Jr has since bought the rights to adapt the script for a forthcoming film in keble took over the role of Koba in the sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Keel played the Marvel antagonist Dr Doom in the Fantastic Four film and an Orc dooen in the warcraft he played Jack Chapman in the fantasy action film Kong Skull Island while also providing guidance for Kong's motion capture sequences Duncan Zoe Haywood Jones Bourne May is a British film director film producer and screenwriter he directed the films Moon source code Warcraft and mute for Moon he won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a British writer director or producer he is the son of English singer songwriter David Bowie and cypriot born American model actress and journalist Angie Bowie early life bang Jones was born at Bramley Hospital in Bramley London on May the first child of English singer songwriter and musician David Bowie and his first wife Angela Angie Boi Barnett an American model and actress his maternal grandfather George was a United States Army veteran and Mining engineer who ran a mill for the Cypress mines Corporation while his maternal grandmother Helen was a naturalized Canadian his mother was born and raised in Cyprus and has Polish ancestry his birth prompted his father to write cooks for his album hunky dory mostly raised by his father David and his Scottish Nanny Marian SK Joon spent time growing up in London Berlin and vevy in Switzerland he attended the first and second grade at the Commonwealth American school now the International School of loan in loan when his parents divorced in February his father was granted custody of 8-year-old Jones who was then known as Zoe Bowie to rhyme with his father's stage name and he visited his mother on school holidays until ending contact with her at age at age he enrolled in the Scottish co-educational boarding school Gordon stone at the age of he decided that he preferred to be called Joey and used this nickname until shortening it to Joe and his late later teen years the Press reported that he went by Joe in when attending his father's wedding to fashion model Iman where he was the best man he reverted to his birth name around the age of Jones is the half brother of Alexandria Lexi Jones born the daughter of his father and his father's second wife Iman he is also the half brother of staa lurana Celeste lipka born from his mother's relationship with musician Andrew lipka better known as drew blood he has a stepsister Zula Haywood born who is the daughter of Ean and former NBA basketball player Spencer Haywood iman's second husband by Jones graduated with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the College of Worster he then pursued a PhD degree at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee but left before completion to attend London film school where he then graduated in while growing up Jones dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler and his father frequently praised what he called Jones natural strength career Jones with his father at the premiere of moon in Jones was one of many cameramen at his father's widely televised te birthday party directed by Englishman Tim Pope at Madison Square Garden in and also at two bullan at concerts at rosand Ballroom in New York City in June he was also the in-game cinematics director for the political simulator Republic the revolution as well as scripting elements of the game Jones directed The Campaign for The French Connection fashion label the concept of fashion vs style was to reinvigorate the brand and move it away from the former incarnation of fcuk which style pundits believed had become tired and overused the advert debuted in the week ending February and featured two women representing fashion and style fighting and briefly kissing each other the advertisement generated complaints to the advertising standards Authority Jones's first feature film moon was nominated for seven British independent film Awards in and one two best British independent film and the Douglas Hickox Award for best British director on their debut feature it was also nominated for two bafta awards at the ceremony winning Jones the bafta award for outstanding debut by a British writer director or producer the film has received other nominations from film festivals and societies including the bafta Carl foran award he directed The Summit entertainment project source code a science fiction Thriller from vendom pictures which was produced by Mark Gordon source code was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July in the United States Jones directed and co-wrote Warcraft based on the video game series of the same name which was released in the summer of his next film would return to the science fiction genre and be called mute starring Alexander Skarsgard and Paul Rudd Jones had been developing the project for years and described it as a spiritual sequel to moon and was inspired by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner the film set in Berlin 40 years in the future follows a mute bartender investigating his lover disappearance the film was produced and released by Netflix and became available to stream worldwide in February through his social media Jones announced in July that his next project would be a science fiction film based on the ad Comics character Ro Trooper in July he told Entertainment Weekly The Script is really looking pretty good now it's getting to the point where we're going to have to start casting and making the thing personal life Jones became engaged to photographer Rine ronilo B on June they married on November on the same day ranilo was diagnosed with breast cancer the couple have campaigned for the awareness for the disease and for early diagnosis on July ronquillo gave birth to their first child a son their son was named Stenton David Jones on October Jones announced that he and Ron quilo were expecting a second child Jones announced the birth of their daughter on April he named her Zoe after his own childhood name Warcraft is a franchise of video games novels and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment the series is made up of six core games Warcraft Orcs humans Warcraft I I tides of Darkness Warcraft I I reign of chaos World of Warcraft Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble the first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer controlled enemy the fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role playing game mmm o RPG where players control their character and interact with each other in a virtual world expansion sets were released for Warcraft I I beyond the dark portal Warcraft i i i i The Frozen Throne and multiple expansions were released for World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Wrath of the Lich King cataclysm Mists of Pandaria Warlords of dror Legion battle for Azeroth shadowlands and dragon flight World of Warcraft 10th 11th and 12th expansions the war within midnight and the last Titan were announced in late at BlizzCon on November blizzard announced a remaster of Warcraft I I entitled Warcraft i i i reforged featuring remodeled characters and graphics with a prospective release in the game was officially released on January all games in the series have been set in and around the high fantasy world of Azeroth initially the start of the series focused on the human Nations that make up the Eastern kingdoms and The orish Horde which arrived in Azeroth via a dark portal beginning the great Wars the Orcs Came From Another World referred to as dror the world that will be shattered into pieces by demonic Magics during the events of Warcraft I I thereafter being known as Outland later on in the series The World of Azeroth was expanded revealing the new continents of cindor northren Pandaria the broken Isles col tias zandalar and the dragon Isles allowing the introduction of the night elves Torin pandarin and other major races into the universe the world of Azeroth also contains the traditional fantasy setting races of elves dwarves gnomes Orcs And trolls unusually for the genre all of these races are available to be played whereas trolls and full-blooded Orcs are usually presented in fantasy fiction as being solely antagonists for protagonists of the more humanfriendly races the series spawns several books and other media covering a broad range of characters and timelines in the warcraft Universe a collectible card game was published which offered those who bought booster packs a chance to gain access codes to Limited in game content in World of Warcraft Comics have been released alongside the books further covering parts of the universe's storyline a short-lived Online subscription only magazine was available but later ceased publication after five issues a film adaptation Warcraft was released in video games tell the first three games in the warcraft series including their expansion packs were all released on both the PC and Macintosh all of these games were of the real-time strategy genre each game proceeded to carry on the storyline of the previous games and each introduced new features and content to improve gameplay the name Warcraft was proposed by blizzard developer Sam dear it was chosen because it sounded super cool according to Blizzard co-founder Alan Adam without any particular meaning attached to it Warcraft I I tides of Darkness was the first game in the series to feature play over the internet using Battle.net although this was not included until a later release of the game Warcraft I I was also the first in the series to be re-released as a battle chest a bundled copy of the game containing both the original and expansion Warcraft i i i rign of chaos was the first game in the series to feature a collector's ion which all subsequent games have released as well Warcraft I II and World of Warcraft also have both had battle chests released for them subsequent to their initial release the Battle.net ion of Warcraft I I was also the first to introduce the use of CD keys to the series requiring each user online to have their own copy of the game in order to be able to connect in an adventure game in the series Warcraft Adventures lord of the Clans was announced as being cancelled having been previously delayed from a release in blizzard enter detainment moved the series away from the realtime strategy genre and released World of Warcraft a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game mmm o RPG requiring a subscription fee to be paid to play it also introduced regular additional content to the series in the form of patches World of Warcraft gained popularity worldwide becoming the world's largest subscription based mm o rpgn the game reached a peak million subscribers worldwide in October World of Warcraft has had eight expansions as of with a ninth on the way during the production of Starcraft I I wings of Liberty blizzard co-founder Frank Pierce stated that if there's a team that's passionate about doing another Warcraft real-time strategy then that's definitely something we would consider it's nothing that we're working on right now we have development teams working on cataclysm Starcraft I I wings of Liberty Diablo i i i i and when those teams are all off the projects they're working on they'll be intimately involved in the discussions about what's next in blizzard announced a new free-to-play online digital collectible card game originally titled Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft with the beta being available in summer of in March Hearthstone was released in addition to free-to-play basic gameplay Hearthstone contains fee based features such as additional card packs on May blizzard announced a new Warcraft free to play mobile game called Warcraft arkite Rumble in blizzard and mites canceled an unannounced World of Warcraft mobile spin-off game on November blizzard released the free to-play mobile Tower Defense and action strategy game Warcraft Rumble at BlizzCon Blizzard Entertainment unveiled three forthcoming expansions to World of Warcraft the war within midnight and the last Titan these expansions collectively constitute the world Soul Saga a narrative Continuum led by Chris medson blizzard also announced World of Warcraft cataclysm class classic and confirming their commitment to a more accelerated timeline for future content drops magazine in blizzard announced that it would be releasing a magazine with future us limited this magazine would be purchasable by Online subscription and not for sale in news agents or stores making them collector's items the magazine released quarterly and each contained Pages no advertisements were included in the magazine in September blizzard announced that the magazine was ceasing publication refunds clut toys or in-game pets were given to subscribers depending on the outstanding length of subscription film adaptation main article Warcraft film in a may press release Blizzard Entertainment and legendary pictures announced that they would develop a liveaction film set in the warcraft Universe at biscon according to Mike morheim a script was being written in January Duncan Jones was announced to direct the adaptation from a script by Charles lit the film was set to begin principal Photography in early with a plot based on the novel Warcraft The Last Guardian on July legendary pictures and Warner Bros entertainment unveiled a Sizzle reel during their San Diego ComicCon panel with Duncan Jones hopping on stage briefly to discuss the project production on the film started shooting on January the first fulllength trailer for the film was released on November Warcraft premiered in Los Angeles on June and was released by Universal pictures in the United States on June it received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed million dollars worldwide Heroes of the Storm main article Heroes of the Storm in blizzard released Heroes of the Storm a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game in which players can control various characters from Blizzard's franchises as playable Heroes the majority of which come from the warcraft Universe the game also features numerous mounts based on mounts or other creatures from World of War craft as well as a Battleground based on the PVP Zone Altera pass a number of Warcraft themed skins have been introduced for Heroes of the Storm in The Echoes of alarak event in June various soundtracks from World of Warcraft such as obsidian sanctum from Wrath of the Lich King the wandering Isle from Mists of Pandaria and Stormwind theme are present as background music in the Game Heroes of the Storm is inspired by defense of the Ancients a community created mod based on Warcraft I I i setting setting location most of the warcraft series takes place on the planet of Azeroth other planets in the warcraft Universe include dror and its suered remnants known as Outland Argus kerish mam also known as the shattered Abyss Zoro ranor and netha there are also several metaphysical areas mentioned including the emerald dream the elemental Plains the twisting nether the Great Dark Beyond and the shadowlands warcraft Orcs humans the first game in the series takes place in Azeroth Azeroth northrend Pandaria Azeroth has four known continents named the Eastern kingdoms kandor northren and recently rediscovered pandoria all continents are separated by the great sea three major archipelagos also reside in the great sea the broken Isles xandar the birthplace of the troll civilization cul tias a maritime human nation and the dragon Isles the birthplace of the Dragon in the center of the great sea is an enormous Everlasting Vortex called the melstrom beneath which lies The Aquatic city of nazjatar home of the amphibious Naga near the melstrom lies the volcanic aisle of kzin home of the Goblins the Eastern kingdoms are the primary setting of the first two games and their expansions and the first half of Warcraft I I reign of chaos it is made up of areas or zones the kingdom of Stormwind lies at the south of the Eastern Kingdom south of the Dwarven Kingdom of kodan and north of the Jungle known as stranglethorn Veil the capital city of Stormwind Stormwind City is nestled into the northwest of elwin forest a large Forest at the center of the Kingdom the Dwarven capital in KMOD called Iron Forge is located in duno the former human Kingdom of Lord Aon which successfully headed the Human Alliance in Warcraft I I tides of Darkness but later fell to the Scourge in Warcraft i i i reign of Chaos is located north of the Southern kingdoms underneath the ruined city of Lord Aron Now lies the unders city capital of The Forsaken a rebel band of the undead Scourge the area is now known as tires full Glades and is threatened by the Western plague lands held back at the work Northeast of lorderon is the Elven nation of qualis and its capital city Silver Moon both of which were conquered by the scourge and Warcraft I I reign of chaos the continent of kimor was introduced in Warcraft i i i reign of chaos and is made up of zones whereas the Eastern kingdoms can be described as the equivalent of medieval Europe with traditional kingdoms and advanced cities kimor can be compared to the Americas at the time of the first arrivals of Europeans full of wild lands the geography and topography of kandor are similar to North America and Africa with massive ancient forests and mountains covering the North and vast deserts and savanas in the South the night Elven kingdom is located in the northwest region of cindor also including the island tle actually a giant tree similar in lore and spelling to gdra seil off the northwest coast which contains the city of darnassus to the South past the ashenvale forest is a stretch of land known as the Barons situated between the grasslands of mulgore to the west and durotar the land settled by the Orcs to the east mulgore is home to the Toren capital of thunderbluff a large city of tapes and lodges is built on top of a conglomerate of high plateaus which are only accessible by air travel and a great series of lifts built down to the ground in the north of durotar is the Fortress city of orger the capital of the Orcs the third continent northren is located in the northern polar region of Azeroth and is the primary stronghold of the malevolent Undead Scourge northrend is featured in Warcraft i i i reign of chaos and its expansion set Warcraft i i i The Frozen Throne and is the main location featured in World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King the second expansion pack to World of Warcraft in the expansion World of Warcraft cataclysm azero has been changed permanently in game even for players without the expansion set installed the corrupted Black Dragon Aspect Deathwing the Destroyer formerly neion the Earth waterer has broken free from imprisonment in defam part of the elemental plane and caused major changes and destruction in the land in addition many new parts of the continents of Azeroth that have previously been inaccessible have become Key Parts in the new world lorewise this is the second major change to the face of Azeroth the first being the sundering the sundering was caused as a result of the war of the Ancients where Demons of the burning Legion invaded the ancient cindor it caused a massive explosion that split the one continent into the for scen in game and created the Maelstrom World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria was the fourth expansion released and it focuses on the mythical and long-forgotten lands of Pandaria a continent far to the South that has until now been shrouded in magical mists with both factions landing on Pandaria adventurers ReDiscover the ancient pandaran people whose wisdom will help guide them to new Destinies the Pander and Empire's ancient enemy the Manti and their legendary oppressors the enigmatic MoGo the story line for Mists of pandoria is split into multiple chapters the story arc that introduces Pandaria where players discover the continent and level up helping to solve problems and figure out what happened for the past years and why was included entirely within the initial expansion release later chapters in the storyline brought the war between the horde and the alliance back into Focus including changing parts of Pandaria via phasing to Show additional settlements and eventually returning the players back to kumor for a final showdown dethroning Warchief garage hell scream World of Warcraft Legion was the sixth expansion released and it focuses on the broken Isles a continent and group of islands located Northeast of the Maelstrom in the middle of the great sea one of the islands contains the Tomb of the dark titan sargeras the burning Legion has started an invasion of Azeroth and the player characters must find powerful artifacts to stop The Invasion having thwarted the burning legion's attempts to invade Azeroth the players and other significant lore characters traveled to Argus the home world of the burning Legion in order to end its threat while successful they couldn't stop sarus entirely before being banished and imprisoned he thrust a magical sword into the surface of Azeroth leaving the planet wounded and bleeding a magical substance called azerite World of Warcraft battle for Azeroth was the seventh expansion released and it focuses on the islands of cyas and xandar two islands which are home to their respective kingdoms this is the first expansion that introduces two new continents on initial release during this expansion The Horde and Alliance seek the aid of the kingdoms of xandar and culas respectively for the rited war between the factions throughout campaigns on both continents adventurers learn the history of both kingdoms and uncover plots involving the old gods events influenced by Enzo and his followers lead to the discovery of the continents of nazjatar the underwater Kingdom of asara and mechagon an island inhabited by the mechagnomes the final patch of battle for Azeroth takes players back to the veil of Eternal blossoms and ulum to cure them of the corruption of enoth and ultimately face the old God himself in his Empire of NY aloa the story of battle for Azeroth is also the first time players are given choices that can have a significant impact on their own Adventures one significant choice is whether to join the orc verac sorang in his Rebellion Against The Horde war chief Sylvanas windrunner another choice that players are given is whether to be become a servant of En both choices lead to Unique dialogue cinematics and quests depending on the choices made the ninth expansion World of Warcraft Dragon flight centers around the reappearance of the Dragon Isles home of the dragons and their many aspects including the humanoid dra theier the various Dragon groups and subspecies are referred to as Dragon flights and are all descendants of the original Proto dragons who chose to become empowered by the magic of a race of God like beings called the Titans the plot of dragonflight deals with the Awakening of the dra after years in response to the threat of rasage at the storm eater a primalist Proto Dragon who seeks to separate the rest of her kind from the dragon flights and retake Azeroth for themselves the dra are divided into two groups one that allies with the alliance and one The Horde to deal with this threat rigth eventually Falls to both groups but not before she releases her three siblings fak the Blazing fono the frozen heart and derron The Stone Heart