Warcraft Movie Director's New Film Created In Unreal Engine 5

Duncan Jones, the director of movies like Warcraft, Moon, and Source Code and son of legendary musician David Bowie, has wrapped filming on his next movie, Rogue Trooper. Additionally, casting for the movie has been announced, alongside confirmation that the animated film is being produced using Epic's Unreal Engine 5.

Jones wrote and directed the movie, which stars Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk) as the title character, alongside a cast that also includes Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avengers), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters), Reece Shearsmith (Saltburn), Jemaine Clement (Avatar: The Way of Water, Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), Diane Morgan (Cunk on Earth), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror), Asa Buttefield (Sex Education), and Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings).

Based on the comic, Rogue Trooper follows the character 19, who is the lone survivor of an attack. "Desperate to track down the traitor who sold him and his comrades out, the super soldier is accompanied by three killed-in-action squad mates, whose personalities have been stored in his gun, helmet, and rucksack," reads a line from the movie's description.

Treehouse Digital is doing all the imagery and animation work for Rogue Trooper using Unreal Engine 5. Producer Stuart Fenegan said Epic's engine is now so sophisticated that filmmakers can use it to "achieve a very high standard of animation within an indie budget."

The Rogue Trooper movie does not yet have a release date, but keep checking back for more.

Epic's Unreal Engine was also used to film The Mandalorian and Westworld, among other productions. Epic says it's not just a game engine but instead a platform of tools that creators can use to make their projects come to life, whatever they might be.

A Rogue Trooper video game was released in 2006, with a "Redux" version landing on more modern platforms in 2017.