It’s been a week in hell for Henry Cavill, who announced he won’t be returning to the role of Superman, and there were also reports that he won’t be returning to his previous role in Netflix’s Witcher series either. Seemingly on the horizon, the actor will join the lead and executive produce a TV adaptation of Warhammer 40K for Amazon. hollywood reporter.
There are currently no other names attached to the project, and Amazon is still in talks to acquire the rights to the tabletop franchise, so it could be a while before the series goes into production. Amazon has reportedly finalized a rights deal with Games Workshop after months of negotiations and competition with rival companies.
Warhammer 40K is a tabletop game set in a dark dystopia 40,000 years in the future. The game features multiple factions, including the human Imperium of Man, the elven Eldari, skeleton androids called Necrons, and alien races such as Orcs, Tyranids, and Tau, all engaged in a brutal and never-ending war. .
Cavill has previously spoken about his love for Warhammer, speaking in multiple interviews about painting minis and playing tabletop campaigns. He also states that Total War: Warhammer 2 was his favorite game, with six different races he played six different times.
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