Orcs: The Movie  

Posted by Scott Oden in , ,

Being a hardcore geek, I have a Google alert set up to let me know of any new Orc-related news on the Internet. Imagine my surprise, then, when it alerted me to the presence of an Orc movie. At first, I thought it was some kind of joke in advance of Halloween. But it seems to be true. Someone is making an Orc movie in Utah . . . and they're playing it for laughs.

According to the premise, a horde of Orcs have survived in the more remote crags of the Rocky Mountains; for whatever reason, they come pouring out of the mountains to destroy mankind. Apparently, our survival rests in the hands of "a couple of bumbling but well-meaning park rangers and Katie, a hot and feisty, over-the-top environmentalist." Yeah, lucky us.

The movie has a sparse blog (seemingly designed solely to trigger alerts like mine, rather than to give any substantive information -- like why the hell they can't do a serious movie about Orcs) and a Facebook page. On a positive note, the producers do seem to be eschewing the WoW/Warhammer greenskins in favor of Tolkien-style Orcs. I guess we should be thankful that they're trying, right?

What's next, Gentle Readers? Conan: the Musical?

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6 comments

David J. West  

I live in Utah county and thats the first I have heard of it.

It would be nice to expect something a little more but whatdya do but write better books to make up for it.

1:37 AM
Tom  

If they're doing it for laughs, I'd prefer the WoW orcs.

Either way, I'll add it to my NetFlix when it invariably goes DTV.

8:36 AM
The Lauderdale  

I'm just thrilled there's going to be an Orc movie. And I suppose if we are to be fair, the LOTR movies, which make up most of the very few movies Orcs appear in, are on the more serious side...

8:59 AM
Scott Oden  

You're right, Sarah, but I just wish the film-makers would've taken the path less traveled to give us a movie from the Orcs' POV, rather than what superficially appears to be yet another serio-comic teen slasher movie with Orcs serving as stand-ins for zombies. Still, I'll take whatever Orky goodness I can get . . .

10:47 PM
Kike  

I prefer greenskins. By far.

1:58 AM
Josh  

Yeah, It's being filmed in Salt Lake City.

Here's a link to a news story on it;
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-15089-Salt-Lake-City-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Orcs-Invade-Salt-Lake

Anyhoo, just a spoof film taking advantage of the ork-based market, largely due to WoW.

However, I'm a huge fan of orks (yes I spell it o-r-k) but I owe it to a little-known tabletop war game called Warhammer. I wish they made a more epic film about orks. But if this new film has a bit of commercial success, I'm sure it won't take long.

8:36 PM

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