as Warhammer 40,000 The franchise has enjoyed its greatest mainstream popularity era to date (thanks in part to video games win like star warrior 2), Games Workshop and Amazon-MGM Studios have announced that a TV series starring and executive produced by Henry Cavill is in development.
The timing of this announcement is no coincidence; secret levelThe short premiered on Prime Video (one of the shorts is based on Starfighter 2) and is very close to the December 2024 deadline Games Workshop recently set for a tentative creative vision. Agree on deadlines for Amazon’s adaptation efforts.
While we don’t know when Games Workshop and the studio agreed on creative guidelines internally, Deadline to share messages December 10, with Official Warhammer Community Blog This was confirmed shortly after, adding that the TV series, which is about to enter active development, is just the first in a series of projects that are planned to form a larger, more cohesive narrative. Henry Cavill then added some kind and exciting words to the announcement via Instagram.
according to Games Workshop Legal NoticeAmazon-MGM Studios now has exclusive rights to fully develop “movies and TV series set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.” But there’s an interesting bit in there that some publications have overlooked: Games Workshop has granted “Amazon the option to acquire equivalent rights in the Warhammer Fantasy universe following the release of the initial Warhammer 40,000 title.” It looks like the first installment The TV series has many highlights.
Both the legal notice and the Warhammer community blog post stress that it could be several years before anything is ready for release, but that’s how film and TV development works. For now, we can only hope that the writing process goes smoothly, whether the story focuses on powerful Space Marines or something else entirely.
This marks another positive move by Amazon into the large-scale franchise space. fall out Currently filming the second season; the long-awaited mass effect tv show Recently announced; Mars Being rewritten as we speak; and The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power is well on its way to completing its planned five-season arc..