GAME OF THRONES Composer Ramin Djawadi Confirmed To Score Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT

Director Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon) has confirmed via Twitter that Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Safe House, Clash of The Titans) to score Warcraft. The fantasy film is based on the hugely successful RPG game.

Warcraft will be starring Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ben Schnetzer, Rob Kazinsky, Clancy Brown, Ruth Negga, Daniel Cudmore and Daniel Wu. It will be released on March 11th, 2016.

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Toby Kebbell In Talks For BEN-HUR Villain Messala

Variety reports that Toby Kebbell is in talks to play villain Messala in Timur Bekmambetov's remake of Ben-Hur. Jack Huston is in the title role with Morgan Freeman in a supporting role as well. Production is about to begin in Europe next year. And it's casting at the moment is beyond impressive. Interesting enough the script was penned by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years A Slave, Three Kings, Red Tails) and Keith Clarke (The Way Back).  The epic's release date is set for February 26th, 2016.

Toby played ape villain Koba played in the massive summer hit Dawn of The Planet of The Apes. Koba was actually one of my favorite blockbuster villains of the year, and it's mainly due to his motion capture performance. Director Matt Reeves has actually teased his return in the third film, which could mean Kebbell might be apart of that franchise for a while. This must have led to his casting as Dr. Doom in Josh Trank's Fantastic Four reboot, and we're highly anticipating seeing some footage of Toby as the iconic Marvel baddie. He also recently wrapped production on Duncan Jones's Warcraft for Legendary.

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VIKINGS Actor Travis Fimmel And Others Also In The Mix For Lead Roles In Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT

Deadline has updated their original Warcraft casting story to include more named that are now in the mix. They include Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Paul Dano (Prisoners, Looper), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek 1-2, Like Crazy) and Anson Mount (Hell On Wheels). The most interesting name in the group is Fimmel who is the main draw to the History Channel series Vikings, which is somewhat in the same ballpark as Legendary's Warcraft. It sounds like the roles are other than one offered to Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell And Paula Patton In Talks For Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT

Deadline reports that Legendary Pictures is casting for their live-action film Warcraft based on the best-selling video game. The film which has Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon) set direct is looking at Colin Farrell to take the lead role as an offer has gone out to him. Actress Paula Patton is also in the mix and is in talks for the female lead.

Johnny Depp Wanted For Duncan Jones' WARCRAFT?

TrackingBoard states that Legendary Pictures is considering Johnny Depp to star in Warcraft. It was announced yesterday that Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) would be replacing Sam Raimi as the film's director. Jones had been previously linked for Man of Steel and The Wolverine. Pirates of The Caribbean 5 is currently still being written and Depp recently signed on to Wally Pfister's digital thriller Transcendance (another project with WB). It's unknown if Depp will be able to make Warcraft considering shooting is expected to begin in the Fall and could conflict with other productions.

Duncan Jones Hired By Legendary Pictures To Direct WARCRAFT

HeatVision reports British director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) has been hired to helm the live-action film adaptation of the wildly popular fantasy video game series Warcraft. Previously, Sam Raimi had been hired to direct but left to make Oz, The Great And Powerful for Disney instead. It sounds like the studio is gearing up for some exciting genre-based projects including Guillermo del Toro's robots versus kaiju flick Pacific Rim and Gareth Edwards' Godzilla reboot. Legendary is looking to start production in the Fall and eying a 2015 release date.

Robert Rodat To Do Rewrites On Thor 2 Script

Deadline reports that screenwriter Robert Rodat has been brought on to do some late rewrites on the Thor 2 script before the summer production start in London. It's interesting that Marvel would be pushing rewrites since pre-production I assume is already underway on the Thor sequel. Rodat is best known for writing Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot but was also involved with writing Sam Raimi's adaptation of Warcraft. Rewrites are a common thing, the original Thor film was also written by Don Payne but writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz added to the script in a similar way.