Check Out Thrilling New Warcraft Movie Teaser

Anticipation is especially high for the Warcraft movie this week. Following the publication of new character shots and a poster from the forthcoming fantasy epic, it was announced that the first full trailer will arrive on Friday. In advance of that, a short teaser has been released. Check it out below:

Warcraft is directed by Duncan Jones, who previously made the acclaimed sci-fi movies Moon and Source Code. It stars Dominic Cooper, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbel, and Clancy Brown. The film has had a lengthy production process--the 123 day shoot wrapped in May 2014, and the original release date of December 2015 has shifted twice, to the current date of June 10, 2016.

Earlier this year, in an interview with The Verge, Jones spoke about the need to make the movie accessible to audiences who had never played the video game. "It was imperative that we came up with a story which stood in its own right, and brought an audience who didn't know Warcraft along with it," he said.

"I saw that as my job on this film. Help realize and communicate this universe that Blizzard had built up through Warcraft, and bring it to an audience that didn't know anything about it. And with this first film I think we’ve done a great job of that."

Warcraft is one of more than a dozen movies based on video games currently in development. Check out GameSpot's roundup to see some of the others.