Henry Cavill to Star in and Produce 'Warhammer 40,000' TV Series for Amazon
Henry Cavill to Star in and Produce 'Warhammer 40,000' TV Series for Amazon
Two years after acquiring global rights to 'Warhammer 40,000', Amazon MGM Studios has launched the development of a TV series based on the popular game.
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I predict he's going to do a great job, carry a lot of respect for the source material, get a season or two made before the network ruins it.
GW are notorious for demanding creative veto. Not because they want to interfere but to maintain continuity.
So even if the quality goes, it won't ruin the canon.
GW maintains continuity? Lol
Probably won't be Games Workshop that does it in; it'll be Amazon.
As is tradition
The balls on this guy. What a crazy IP universe to try and open.
Wonder if he play Astartes or Custodes?
He said his favorite to play is Custodes.
If they do anywhere close to how well they did with Fallout I'm fucking BEYOND stoked. Call me the conductor of the hype train idgaf I can't even fathom being able to watch any show containing the 40k universe. I'm at half mast just thinking about it.
Keep in mind that amazon also put out rings of power and halo.
Wheel of Time is appalling also
With how much of a WH40k nerd he is, I can’t imagine anyone else doing it better.
I knew nothing of Fallout and I loved it
I'm curious about warhammer 40k and I hope Henry Cavill is allowed to make it work.
Wouldn't trust it to anyone other than him. Dude is a legit WH40K geek and is going to make sure the spirit of the franchise won't get lost in translation
Oh, proper nerd stuff with a budget, nice.
Good. Cavill is a talented guy, I hope it turns out to be an engaging series. Was sorry to see him leave Witcher, really enjoyed his take on the character.
Isn't this old news? I think he talked about this years ago after quitting The Witcher.
The fact it's actually being made is new.
Yeah, it looked like it might not get made for a while. Seems they ironed out the kinks.
Two years after acquiring global rights to ‘Warhammer 40,000’, Amazon MGM Studios has launched the development of a TV series based on the popular game.
The decision aligns with a critical timeline detailed in Games Workshop’s recent financial report, stating that Amazon and the game’s manufacturer needed to finalize creative guidelines by December 2024 to maintain development rights.
There was a deadline of the end of this month to determine if they were actually going forward with it
I think so, from Dec 2022, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/henry-cavill-warhammer-40000-amazon-1235283251
This article just adds,
The project recently gained momentum with the assembly of a mini-room, where writers collaborated to outline a creative direction for the series.
This teamwork has now paved the way for the TV series to proceed into development, though a showrunner has yet to be confirmed as negotiations continue.
So I guess progress has been made... But not much.
Canceled before they air every episode. Even 2000AD stuff can’t quite break out internationally.
Fuck yeah, I thought this project was dead in the water. I really hope Cavill can help keep them from amazoning it.
Finally. He’s been wanting to do this for years. Didn’t he say in an interview he would like to play an Ultramarine?
He's mentioned wanting to play a primarch. So presumably Rowboat.
Ugh had to be Amazon.
Better than Netflix. Or what Apple did to Foundation.
Amazon has a pretty good track record: Good Omens, Expanse, Tales from the Loop, The Boys, Fallout.
While I agree about Foundation, I really don't know how anyone would properly adapt the book(s) and make something enjoyable to watch. The book is an important piece of sci-fi and inspired a lot of writers, but it really has aged like milk: it doesn't even have a named female character until 3/4 of the way through the book, and even then it can't pass the Bechtel test.
It's not like Warhammer has a lot of high quality source material to adapt.
There's like over a hundred novels to choose from, some of them are pretty decent.
My guess is he's going to do Gaunt's Ghost by Dan Abnett. It's good enough to be a stand alone series even if you don't know much about the 40k universe.
I just need to hear him scream “HERESY!” once, and I’ll be satisfied.
Oh, Henry Cavill. Seems like he has good intentions but he legit ruins every franchise he touches. Worst Superman. Worst Geralt.