Although last year it briefly looked as if Henry Cavill would return to the big screen as Superman, it is now clear that a new Man of Steel awaits us in cinemas in 2025. Cavill has also been out of The Witcher since this year. So the actor has his lost two most famous roles.
However, Cavill doesn’t seem too nervous. Last but not least, he has been associated with a major franchise launch for around a year: under the Amazon umbrella new fantasy universe based on the popular tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. Now the plans are becoming concrete.
After Superman and The Witcher, Henry Cavill is bringing the fantasy epic Warhammer 40,000 to Amazon Prime
As the company Games Workshop, the home of Warhammer 40,000, revealed on its official website, the contracts are with Amazon in dry towels. Twelve months after the initial announcement, the project has the green light from all sides and can now enter the development phase with several screenwriters.
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The deal gives Amazon the exclusive rights to the film adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, both in the film and in the series. Games Workshop hopes this will attract more attention for its own brand. Cavill and Co. are intended to reach target groups that have previously had no contact with the game.
Warhammer 40,000 takes you into a dark future with people, monsters and epic battles
Warhammer 40.0000 (also known as Warhammer 40K or W40K) is a tabletop game in which participants build huge armies and go into battle against each other
– with small figures, lots of war equipment and several throws that are used in all moves.
The battles are fought on gigantic game boards, which are often very detailed and predominantly lean towards a dark aesthetic. End-time worlds As far as the eye can see: In Warhammer 40K we find ourselves in the 41st millennium, where people fight against monsters from the fantasy and sci-fi genres, among other things.
New Henry Cavill project: We still have to wait a long time for Warhammer 40,000 to launch on Amazon Prime
A great attraction of the game is the design of the game board: landscapes are modeled, buildings are constructed and figures are painted. That’s exactly what’s happening now at Amazon, too several screenwriters to work on the conception of the W40K cinematic universe, including Cavill in his role as executive producer.
Cavill is an avid fan of the game and is watching the Warhammer 40,000 film adaptation to his passion project. But here we come to the biggest catch in the undertaking: According to Games Workshop, it will be a long time before we actually see something of Warhammer 40,000 on Amazon.