Diablo 4 Gets Live Action Trailer by Marvel Director

Diablo 4 reveals a live-action trailer produced in partnership with an Oscar-winning director in the Marvel cinematic universe.

Diablo 4 just displayed an incredible new live-action trailer produced in collaboration having a famous Marvel director. This awesome trailer features a number of Diablo 4’s classes for action in a way that hasn't been seen before.

Chloé Zhao is definitely an award-winning Chinese movie writer, producer, and director who rose to prominence after her first feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, was released in 2015. She is most contemporarily noted for her role because the co-writer and director of Eternals, the 26th film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe released in 2021.

Now, Zhao has partnered with Blizzard to create a live-action trailer for Diablo 4. Though merely a minute long, this commercial blazes through each one of the five playable classes in Diablo 4, showcasing a number of their most iconic spells and talents in a new light. All throughout, the innocent citizens of Sanctuary plead using the viewer in order to save them while demons swarm about, threatening to plunge the planet into chaos. The trailer ends having a stunning image of Lilith, who appears to be as if she had stepped straight from the game itself.

Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time Diablo and Marvel have crossed paths. Last September, Diablo 2 Resurrected got a live-action trailer featuring Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and also the Legend from the Ten Rings. The grim commercial cast Liu as a stand-in for the protagonist of Diablo 2, and did a great job of teasing the remake’s release.

Many fans of Diablo 4 were understandably floored by the game’s newest trailer. Few were likely to see a glimpse of Diablo 4 in live-action, and fewer still suspected an award-winning director like Zhao could be involved. Players couldn't decide which from the classes had the best cameo within the trailer, but many agreed that the full-length Diablo movie or TV series in this style could be incredible.

With its announcement in 2019, many fans fight to believe Diablo 4 is nearly out, nevertheless, its release is imminent. Early access begins June 2, using the full launch coming four days after. Diablo 4 has dropped several trailers teasing cinematics and battles found in-game prior to its launch, and crossover events in Diablo Immortal and World of Warcraft are actually live. Players won’t need to wait long to dive into Diablo 4, but luckily, they've plenty of things to do within the last days before it comes down.

Diablo 4 launches on June 6 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.