The curse of the videogame film may finally be about to break.

The first poster for World Of Warcraft has been unveiled, with the very first trailer set for release on Friday.

The film is based on Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game - the most popular MMORPG in the world, with more than 100million accounts being created over its lifetime.

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The poster pits against each other the movie's two warring factions - the orcish Horde and the human Alliance.

On the left side, slathered in red warpaint with protruding tusks pierced, is leader of the Horde Ogrim, played by Fantastic Four's Dr Doom, Toby Kebbel. 

On the right is Alliance champion Anduin Lothar, played by bearded Vikings star Travis Fimmel.

According to the official website, the film is set in the normally peaceful realm of Azeroth, now on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another

'As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people and their home.'

The film is directed by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones, who was also behind 2009's Moon and 2011's Source Code.

He has indicated before that it will not be a straight good vs evil story - that each side will have a protagonist whom audiences could root for.