Duncan Jones' new 'World of Warcraft' movie cast announced: Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbell & more star in 'Warcraft,' filming stars January 2014

Nearly a year after signing director Duncan Jones to the project, Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures have officially announced the cast for Warcraft, the film adaptation of the incredibly popular online computer game World of Warcraft. According to the film's official press release, the cast includes Ben Foster, Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, and Rob Kazinsky. Plus, Dominic West is reportedly in final stages of negotiations for the project.

The following actors were not included in the press release, but have been rumored to be attached to the project: Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, Anton Yelchin and Anson Mount. We will probably learn pretty soon if these talents will have a part in Warcraft.

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The award-winning gaming series from developer Blizzard has yet to have a film adaptation, mainly because of the fear of messing it up. World of Warcraft has an incredible following, so Legendary Pictures (the production company holding the rights to the project) wanted to get it right. After director Sam Raimi backed out of the project, Jones was approached and he accepted.

Here is an excerpt from the announcement:

The script was written by Charles Leavitt and rewritten by Duncan Jones, and production is set to begin in Vancouver in January 2014. 

Charles Roven, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni and Alex Gartner will produce. Stuart Fenegan, Jillian Share, Brent O'Connor and Blizzard's Mike Morhaime and Paul Sams will serve as executive producers. Chris Metzen, Rob Pardo and Nick Carpenter from Blizzard will co-produce.