Warcraft Movie Panel: Major Casting Announcements, First Look Art and More

Legendary Pictures is livetweeting from BlizzCon 2014's Warcraft movie panel...and one of the [...]

By Russ Burlingame

Legendary Pictures is livetweeting from BlizzCon 2014's Warcraft movie panel...and one of the most secretive projects in Hollywood has become a ton less secretive.

Above, you can see a teaser image featuring one of the fim's orcs; below, you can see the tweets that name a huge chunk of the cast, including The Flash's Clancy Brown and Marvel's Agent Carter's Dominic Cooper.

The orcs will be led by Orgrim, pictured above and played by Rob Kasinsky, who appeared at today's panel carrying Orgrim's giant doomhammer and performing motion capture for the audience.

Here's the complete listing, courtesy Legendary:

Until now the specific characters that the film's principal cast are playing have been kept under wraps. Today the characters were announced, divided between 'Alliance' and 'Horde' – the two opposing armies recognized by Warcraft fans across the world.

THE ALLIANCE

Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel)

The lead protagonist for the Alliance, Lothar is a war hero who has sacrificed everything to keep the people of Azeroth safe.

King Llane Wrynn (Dominic Cooper)

King Llane is the leader of the Alliance city of Stormwind and a beacon of hope to its people in a time of darkness.

Medivh (Ben Foster)

Known as 'the Guardian,' Medivh is a mysterious and reclusive protector who wields formidable power.

Khadgar (Ben Schnetzer)

Khadgar is a gifted young mage, embarking on a daring search for the truth.

Lady Taria (Ruth Negga)

Taria is the royal Queen of Stormwind, King Llane's great love and most trusted counsel.

Garona (Paula Patton)

Caught between the Alliance and the Horde, Garona is a strong-willed survivor who must decide where her true loyalty lies.

THE HORDE

Durotan (Toby Kebbel)

The lead protagonist for the Horde, Durotan is the noble Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan, battling to save his people and his family from extinction.

Orgrim (Rob Kazinsky)

Orgrim is Durotan's right hand and a brave warrior destined to wield the Doomhammer: a weapon of orc legend.

Blackhand (Clancy Brown)

Known as 'The Destroyer', Blackhand is one of orc-kind's most fearsome and titanic warchiefs.

Gul'Dan (Daniel Wu)

Gul'dan is a supreme orc ruler, fueled by a dark magic that even he cannot control.

Warcraft is in theaters in March 2016.

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