In the bleak, dark future of the 41st millenniumthere’s just… contract negotiations? A year ago Games Workshop announced that it is working with Amazon Studios to bring its universe to market legendary science fiction miniatures game Warhammer 40,000 to film and television. It was like that again today, but now it’s time even an official.
So what actually changed between Amazon and Games Workshop?
While the deal announced in December 2022 was not necessarily final, it was one of the earliest stages of the licensing process: an agreement in principle. What has happened now is that the agreement is, well… no longer just in principle. Amazon now has the rights to manufacture it Warhammer 40,000 Film and television projects, hire talent to develop them, and ultimately put some of these ideas into production.
“All we can tell you at the moment is that they are an elite group of screenwriters, each with their own particular passion Warhammer“is assembled to help bring the locations and characters you love to the screen,” Games Workshop said a new statement published today.
This means that customization can actually begin Warhammeris the dystopian setting and also that it will be a considerable amount of time before we see anything of it. “TV and film production is a mammoth project. “It’s not uncommon for projects to take two to three years from this point until something hits the screen,” Games Workshop warned fans in its press release. A typical example: back in 2019The game publisher announced that it was developing a TV series around the character Gregor Eisenhorn with Spotnitz Productions. an inquisitor in the Order of the Empire of Mankind, consisting of zealous investigators of corruption and heresy. Since then, we’ve heard next to nothing, not even that plans to implement it have fallen through – although that seems much more likely now that Amazon has broad access to the customization rights for it 40K as a backdrop, Eisenhorn included.
Is Henry Cavill still involved with Amazon? Warhammer 40K Projects?
Yes indeed! The previous Superman And Witcher– an unabashed fan of 40K who has used his platform for this purpose in recent years Geek is interested in his miniatures– will continue to execute Amazon’s projects, regardless of the form they take, and “bring his pen, sword and/or spear to the project,” as Games Workshop put it in the company’s statement.
that’s not the case Necessary I mean, Cavill will star in these projects, but… come on. come on. This man is too much of one 40K Nerd not to show up in any capacity during all of this. He’ll be providing advice behind the scenes, no doubt lecturing on the minute details to as many people as possible Warhammer Lore, but that doesn’t stop him from appearing on screen. Than who? Time will tell, but we’ve had a few of them very stupid suggestions about the.
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